TIFA Virtual Book Club
2026 UPDATE
After many successful seasons, TIFA is bringing to a close this latest chapter of the TIFA Bookclub. We are delighted to continue presenting a full calendar of inspiring festivals and sell-out events all year round, with plans to explore new, innovative ways to bring writers to readers, both in-person and online.
Love reading? Join the club!
Enjoy the company of fellow readers by becoming a part of TIFA’s Official Book Club. We’re thrilled to announce the return of two virtual seasons in 2025, featuring thoughtfully curated reading lists and engaging conversations. The Winter and Fall seasons each include five meeting sessions that spotlight a specific contemporary book that delivers compelling storytelling and thought-provoking themes. Sessions are facilitated by author and award-winning educator Catherine Graham, and many will include guest appearances by the authors themselves.
A Message for Authors
We have been made aware that an unidentified party on the internet is advertising a TIFA virtual book club and encouraging authors to sign up for a fee. TIFA is a trade name of the Toronto International Festival of Authors and the use of the name by this unidentified and unrelated party is unauthorized.
Catherine Graham’s eighth book, Æther: An Out-of-Body Lyric, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, Toronto Book Award and won the Fred Kerner Book Award. Her sixth collection, The Celery Forest, was named a CBC Best Book of the Year and was a finalist for the Fred Cogswell Award. Her debut novel Quarry won an IPPY Gold Medal for Fiction, The Miramichi Reader Award for Best Fiction and was a finalist for the Sarton Women’s Book Award and Fred Kerner Book Award. The Most Cunning Heart, her second novel, was named a Miramichi Reader Best Book and was a finalist for the Fred Kerner Book Award. Published internationally, her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and appear in Best Canadian Poetry. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto SCS where she won an Excellence in Teaching Award and co-hosts The Hummingbird Podcast—part of the WNED PBS Amplify app. Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We’re Dead: New and Selected Poems is her latest book. Visit her online at www.catherinegraham.com and @catgrahampoet.