FESTIVAL 2026 Schedule
Friday
October 30
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Isabel Bader Theatre
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College, Room 206
Victoria College, Room 211
Victoria College, Room 212
Victoria College, Room 215
Winter Garden Theatre
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
Tea & Talk: The Table Where We Meet
Conversation
Hidden Identities
Conversation
Toronto Poetry Slam
Performance
Yoga & Journaling
Workshop
Guelph Masterclass Conversation: Marie NDiaye
Conversation
Imagining Resistance Beyond Colonies
Conversation
The Bard, Rewritten
Conversation
Rupture / Justice: The Politics of Us and Them & the Other
Conversation
The Two Roberts: Damian Barr
Conversation
Riverwork: Lisa Robertson in Conversation with André Alexis
Conversation
Friday
October 30
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
Friday
October 30
October 30
2:30pm
↑
3:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Tea & Talk: The Table Where We Meet
Conversation
2:30pm
↑
4:00pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Tarot for fiction writers: The Fool, The Devil, The Moon, The Sun with Jill Dawson
Masterclass
2:30pm
↑
4:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Yoga & Journaling
Workshop
4:00pm
↑
5:00pm
Victoria College, Room 211
Victoria College, Room 211
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Workshop
4:00pm
↑
5:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
The Two Roberts: Damian Barr
Conversation
4:30pm
↑
5:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
The Bard, Rewritten
Conversation
5:00pm
↑
6:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Guelph Masterclass Conversation: Marie NDiaye
Conversation
5:00pm
↑
6:30pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Finding the Funny in Romance with Farah Heron
Masterclass
5:00pm
↑
6:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Hidden Identities
Conversation
5:30pm
↑
6:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Stories We Inherit
Conversation
5:30pm
↑
6:30pm
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Into the Unknown
Conversation
6:00pm
↑
7:00pm
Victoria College, Room 211
Victoria College, Room 211
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Workshop
6:30pm
↑
7:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
Rupture / Justice: The Politics of Us and Them & the Other
Conversation
6:30pm
↑
7:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Imagining Resistance Beyond Colonies
Conversation
7:00pm
↑
9:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Toronto Poetry Slam
Performance
7:00pm
↑
8:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Riverwork: Lisa Robertson in Conversation with André Alexis
Conversation
7:30pm
↑
8:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Breaking the Mold
Conversation
8:00pm
↑
9:00pm
Winter Garden Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre
Partita: An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver
Conversation