Cost:     Free, but please bring a book for the book swap. 

EPL celebrates their 2011 writer in residence, Marty Chan, with a mixer for writers, social media junkies and book lovers. Marty will unveil his programs and offer a sneak peek of his published play, The Forbidden Phoenix.

The event is free, but EPL has set up a book swap for lovers of literature to share their passion. Please bring a book you love, and believe other people should read. We’ll collect the novels and put them on display for people to pick their first book to read in 2011.

Bring your smartphones for a good new-fashioned tweetup. (Note: every person who attends the event and can tell Marty the Twitter hashtag for updates about EPL's writer in residence programs will receive an autographed copy of Marty's picture book, True Story. The hashtag is #EPLwriteR.) 

In addition to Marty, representatives from over 30 writing organizations will be on hand to talk to people. If you’re a fiction writer who wonders what it’d be like to adapt your novel into a stage play or movie script, you’ll be able to chat with people who work in theatre and film. Or if you have questions about poetry, fiction or nonfiction, someone is bound to have the answers. Check out who's coming.

Alberta Foundation for the Arts - grants programs (Jonathan Meakin)

Alberta Playwrights Network (Tracy Carroll)

Alberta Romance Writers Association (Billie Milholland)

Banff Centre Writing Studio (Greg Hollingshead)

Book Publishers Association of Alberta (Kieran Leblanc)

Canadian Authors Association (Jeananne Kirwin)

Canadian Authors Association Writer in Residence (Jocelyn Brown)

Canadian Literature Centre (Marie Carriere)

Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (Dennis Lee)

Citadel Theatre (Brian Dooley)

Creative Nonfiction Collective (Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail)

Daveberta.ca political blogger Dave Cournoyer

Edmonton Arts Council – grant programs (Stephen Williams)

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (Thomas Scott)

The Edmontonian (Jeff Samsonow)

Edmonton Journal (Paula Simons)

Edmonton Journal (web editor Karen Unland)

Edmonton Poetry Festival (Alice Majors)

EPL/U of A Writer in Exile (Goran Simic)

Edmonton Small Press Association (Lynette X)

Eighteen Bridges Magazine (Lynn Coady, Curtis Gillespie)

Espresso Books – University of Alberta (Jacqui Wong)

Film and Video Arts Society - Alberta (Geri Carr)

Get Publishing (Theresa Agnew)

Happy Harbor Comics (Jay Bardyla)

HERMEN Reading Series (Jeff Carpenter)

iNews880 (web editor Brittney LeBlanc)

League of Canadian Poets (Patrick Pilarski)

Litfest (David Cheoros)

MacEwan Writing Works (Theresa Agnew)

Mastermaq.ca social media guru Mack D. Male

Newest Press (Paul Matwychuk)

On Spec (Diane Walton)

Other Voices (Aspen Gainer, Erinne Sevigny)

Playwrights Guild of Canada (David Belke)

Professional Writers Association of Canada (Cynthia Dusseault)

Rat Creek Press (Darren Boisvert, Darlene Taylor)

Stroll of Poets (Alice Major)

University of Alberta Playwright in Residence (surprise guest)

University of Alberta Writer in Residence (Tim Bowling)

The Unknown Studio (Adam Rozenhart & Scott Bourgeois)

VUE Weekly (Samantha Power)

Walterdale Theatre (Kristen Finlay)

Writers Beyond Borders (Monika Igali)

Writers Guild of Alberta (Rita Espeschit, Carol Holmes)

The Writers Union of Canada (Greg Hollingshead)

Young Alberta Book Society (Dawn Ius)

If this isn’t enough reason to spend your Saturday afternoon at the Meet, Tweet and Greet, we’re offering door prizes, including books by Alberta authors and publishers, “how to” writing books and tickets to the Citadel Theatre’s new play, "The Three Musketeers."

 Bring a book, your smart phone and your friends. Meet Marty Chan and mingle with writers and fans of writers as we celebrate Edmonton’s fabulous writing community.