FESTIVAL 2026 Schedule
Sunday
November 1
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
Tea, Cake & The Ties that Bond Us
Conversation
Bright Machines and Dark Stars
Conversation
Some Assembly Required
Conversation
The Shape of Becoming
Conversation
The View from the Future: Who Gets to Write What Comes Next?
Panel Discussion
Yearning as the Antidote to Despair
Conversation
Guelph Masterclass Conversation: Raoul de Jong
Conversation
The Dark Side of Devotion
Conversation
The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki
Conversation
Sex, Crime & Happily Ever After: How Women Took Over the Bestseller Lists
Conversation
Housing Inc.: Leilani Farha
Conversation
Rupture / Justice: Paradise Lost? What is Gained?
Conversation
How Revolutions Begin: Scott Anderson in conversation with Janice Stein
Conversation
Beyond Butter Chicken: Making the Immigrant Culture Palatable
Panel Discussion
Writing Between Jobs: Immigrant Writers, Precarious Work, and the Struggle to Create
Panel Discussion
Reading in the Age of Distraction
Panel Discussion
Roots & Routes
Conversation
Birds of a Feather
Conversation
Cross Borders: Canada, America and the Midterms
Conversation
An Insider’s Guide to Publishing
Panel Discussion
Crafting a Compelling Pitch With Pete Crighton
Workshop
Sunday
November 1
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
Sunday
November 1
November 1
10:00am
↑
5:00pm
Victoria College, Room 206
Victoria College, Room 206
Toronto Made Market: Made Local, Loved by Readers
Exhibition
10:30am
↑
5:00pm
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Small Press Fair 2026
Exhibition
10:30am
↑
11:30am
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Tea, Cake & The Ties that Bond Us
Conversation
11:00am
↑
12:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
The View from the Future: Who Gets to Write What Comes Next?
Panel Discussion
11:00am
↑
12:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Beyond Butter Chicken: Making the Immigrant Culture Palatable
Panel Discussion
11:30am
↑
12:30pm
Victoria College, Room 211
Victoria College, Room 211
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Workshop
11:30am
↑
1:00pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Creating Vivid Characters with Shyam Selvadurai
Masterclass
11:30am
↑
12:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Roots & Routes
Conversation
12:00pm
↑
1:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Bright Machines and Dark Stars
Conversation
12:30pm
↑
1:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki
Conversation
12:30pm
↑
1:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
Rupture / Justice: Paradise Lost? What is Gained?
Conversation
1:00pm
↑
2:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Writing Between Jobs: Immigrant Writers, Precarious Work, and the Struggle to Create
Panel Discussion
1:00pm
↑
2:00pm
Victoria College, Room 212
Victoria College, Room 212
An Insider’s Guide to Publishing
Panel Discussion
1:00pm
↑
2:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Yearning as the Antidote to Despair
Conversation
1:30pm
↑
2:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Some Assembly Required
Conversation
1:30pm
↑
2:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Birds of a Feather
Conversation
2:00pm
↑
3:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Sex, Crime & Happily Ever After: How Women Took Over the Bestseller Lists
Conversation
2:00pm
↑
3:30pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Finding Your Life’s Narratives Arc with Bonny Reichert
Masterclass
2:30pm
↑
3:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Reading in the Age of Distraction
Panel Discussion
2:30pm
↑
3:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Guelph Masterclass Conversation: Raoul de Jong
Conversation
2:30pm
↑
3:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
How Revolutions Begin: Scott Anderson in conversation with Janice Stein
Conversation
3:00pm
↑
4:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
The Shape of Becoming
Conversation
3:00pm
↑
4:00pm
Victoria College, Room 212
Victoria College, Room 212
Crafting a Compelling Pitch With Pete Crighton
Workshop
3:30pm
↑
4:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Cross Borders: Canada, America and the Midterms
Conversation
4:00pm
↑
5:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Housing Inc.: Leilani Farha
Conversation
4:00pm
↑
5:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
The Dark Side of Devotion
Conversation
5:00pm
↑
7:00pm
Winter Garden Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre
East West Street: A Song of Good & Evil
Performance