FESTIVAL 2026 Schedule

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Saturday
October 31

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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

10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
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, Cake, & the Artful Life
Jill Dawson and Camille de Peretti
Conversation
In Other Worlds
Portia Elan, Huang Chong‐Kai, and Jeremy Tiang
Conversation
Blood on the Page
Craig DiLouie and Emily A. Weedon
Conversation
Motherline
Marie NDiaye and Amanda Peters
Conversation
The CanLit Canon at 100: Who Gets In, Who Gets Left Out?
Various participants
Panel Discussion
Global Trends in Publishing
Various participants
Panel Discussion
Indie Publishing: Fighting for Great Writing
Various participants
Panel Discussion
Rethinking Mentorship, Opportunity, and Publishing Career Paths
Various participants
Panel Discussion
Memory & Migration
Anita Rau Badami and Rabindranath Maharaj
Conversation
Reframing History: Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Various participants
Panel Discussion
The Price of a Better Life
Randy Boyagoda and Priya Guns
Conversation
Wonder in the Wild
Chen-Fu Hsu and Mark Medley
Conversation
Ghosts, Secrets & The Uncanny: The Boundless Horizons of Queer Fiction
Saleem Haddad and Jordan Tannahill
Conversation
Lives on the Line
Jose Ando and Alex Spring
Conversation
The Places We Carry
Nyla Matuk and Ashraf Zaghal
Conversation
Home Sweet Haunted Home
Jessica Hamilton and Sophia Hannan
Conversation
Secrets & Legacies
Zak Jones and Salha Obaid
Conversation
Rupture / Justice: Truths Told in Fiction
Philippe Sands, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, and Gaël Faye
Conversation
Rupture / Justice: An Unfinished Reconciliation
Philippe Sands, Jesse Wente, and Mayo Moran
Conversation
The Small Ones: Nazanine Hozar in Conversation with John Irving
Nazanine Hozar and John Irving
Conversation
Writing Outside English and French: Language, Audience, and Recognition in Canada
Various participants
Panel Discussion
Who Gets to Tell the Story? Oral History Against Erasure
Various participants
Panel Discussion
Literature in Translation
Daniel Hahn and Jeremy Tiang
Panel Discussion
Arab Voices, Memory, and the Next Narrative in the Global Diaspora
Saleem Haddad, Nyla Matuk, Hind Shoufani, and Ashraf Zaghal
Panel Discussion
All Times: Indigenous Futurity through Story
Alicia Elliot, Jasmin McGaughey, and Bebe Oliver
Conversation
Folklore & Fierce Women
Bar Fridman-Tell and Lindsay Wong
Conversation
Thinking From Black
Various participants
Conversation
Rebel English Academy: Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif 
Conversation
The Abyss: Jeyamohan
Jeyamohan
Conversation
Trick or Read
Various participants
Presentation
Toronto Made Market: Made Local, Loved by Readers
Various participants
Exhibition
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
Workshop: Animal Drawing with Mark Liam Smith
Mark Liam Smith
Workshop
Workshop: Illustrating with Jackie Morris
Jackie Morris
Workshop
Writing the “Hermit Crab” Story: How to Build a Story Inside Another Form with Chika Unigwe
Chika Unigwe
Masterclass
Rustling Through the Dilly Bag: Finding Poetry from Memory with Evelyn Araluen
Evelyn Araluen
Masterclass
Previous date

Saturday
October 31

Next date
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
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
Previous date
Saturday
October 31
Next date
10:00am ↑ 6:00pm
Victoria College, Room 206
Toronto Made Market: Made Local, Loved by Readers
Various participants
Exhibition
10:00am ↑ 10:45am
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Global Trends in Publishing
Various participants
Panel Discussion
10:30am ↑ 11:30am
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Tea, Cake, & the Artful Life
Jill Dawson and Camille de Peretti
Conversation
11:00am ↑ 12:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Ghosts, Secrets & The Uncanny: The Boundless Horizons of Queer Fiction
Saleem Haddad and Jordan Tannahill
Conversation
11:00am ↑ 11:45am
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Indie Publishing: Fighting for Great Writing
Various participants
Panel Discussion
11:30am ↑ 12:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Writing Outside English and French: Language, Audience, and Recognition in Canada
Various participants
Panel Discussion
11:30am ↑ 12:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Folklore & Fierce Women
Bar Fridman-Tell and Lindsay Wong
Conversation
11:30am ↑ 1:00pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Writing the “Hermit Crab” Story: How to Build a Story Inside Another Form with Chika Unigwe
Chika Unigwe
Masterclass
12:00pm ↑ 12:45pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Rethinking Mentorship, Opportunity, and Publishing Career Paths
Various participants
Panel Discussion
12:30pm ↑ 1:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
In Other Worlds
Portia Elan, Huang Chong‐Kai, and Jeremy Tiang
Conversation
1:00pm ↑ 2:00pm
Victoria College, Room 211
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
1:00pm ↑ 2:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Who Gets to Tell the Story? Oral History Against Erasure
Various participants
Panel Discussion
1:00pm ↑ 2:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Lives on the Line
Jose Ando and Alex Spring
Conversation
1:30pm ↑ 2:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Thinking From Black
Various participants
Conversation
1:30pm ↑ 2:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Memory & Migration
Anita Rau Badami and Rabindranath Maharaj
Conversation
1:30pm ↑ 2:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Rupture / Justice: Truths Told in Fiction
Philippe Sands, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, and Gaël Faye
Conversation
2:00pm ↑ 3:00pm
Victoria College, Room 212
Workshop: Animal Drawing with Mark Liam Smith
Mark Liam Smith
Workshop
2:30pm ↑ 3:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Literature in Translation
Daniel Hahn and Jeremy Tiang
Panel Discussion
2:30pm ↑ 3:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Blood on the Page
Craig DiLouie and Emily A. Weedon
Conversation
2:30pm ↑ 3:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
The Places We Carry
Nyla Matuk and Ashraf Zaghal
Conversation
3:00pm ↑ 4:00pm
Victoria College, Room 211
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
3:00pm ↑ 4:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Reframing History: Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Various participants
Panel Discussion
3:00pm ↑ 4:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Rebel English Academy: Mohammed Hanif
Mohammed Hanif 
Conversation
3:00pm ↑ 4:30pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Rustling Through the Dilly Bag: Finding Poetry from Memory with Evelyn Araluen
Evelyn Araluen
Masterclass
3:30pm ↑ 4:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Rupture / Justice: An Unfinished Reconciliation
Philippe Sands, Jesse Wente, and Mayo Moran
Conversation
4:00pm ↑ 5:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Arab Voices, Memory, and the Next Narrative in the Global Diaspora
Saleem Haddad, Nyla Matuk, Hind Shoufani, and Ashraf Zaghal
Panel Discussion
4:00pm ↑ 5:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Home Sweet Haunted Home
Jessica Hamilton and Sophia Hannan
Conversation
4:30pm ↑ 5:30pm
Victoria College, Room 212
Workshop: Illustrating with Jackie Morris
Jackie Morris
Workshop
4:30pm ↑ 5:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
The Price of a Better Life
Randy Boyagoda and Priya Guns
Conversation
4:30pm ↑ 5:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Motherline
Marie NDiaye and Amanda Peters
Conversation
5:00pm ↑ 6:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
The Abyss: Jeyamohan
Jeyamohan
Conversation
5:30pm ↑ 6:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
The Small Ones: Nazanine Hozar in Conversation with John Irving
Nazanine Hozar and John Irving
Conversation
5:30pm ↑ 6:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Secrets & Legacies
Zak Jones and Salha Obaid
Conversation
5:30pm ↑ 6:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
All Times: Indigenous Futurity through Story
Alicia Elliot, Jasmin McGaughey, and Bebe Oliver
Conversation
6:00pm ↑ 7:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
The CanLit Canon at 100: Who Gets In, Who Gets Left Out?
Various participants
Panel Discussion
6:30pm ↑ 7:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Wonder in the Wild
Chen-Fu Hsu and Mark Medley
Conversation
7:30pm ↑ 9:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Trick or Read
Various participants
Presentation
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