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Wordfest Calgary is currently reading

The Promise of Canada: 150 Years--People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country

by Charlotte Gray

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The Marriott Cell: An Epic Journey from Cairo's Scorpion Prison to Freedom

by Mohamed Fahmy

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Testimony: A Memoir

by Robbie Robertson

bookshelves: currently-reading, memoir, non-fiction, wf-2016

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Wordfest Calgary Read and Review Group — 22 members — last activity Nov 02, 2016 07:48AM
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Wordfest Youth Read & Review — 8 members — last activity Jan 11, 2016 08:14AM
The Wordfest Youth Read & Review Program is a great way to contribute year-round to Wordfest Youth as it prepares for its 20th Festival in October 201 ...more

@yycbookclub — 30 members — last activity Jan 25, 2017 01:45PM
A not-quite-monthly club in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We read what we like when we can, and get together to chat about it. Follow us on Twitter and In ...more