Box Office
A Festival Pass is your ticket to explore as much of the 2023 Festival as you wish.* Come for an evening, a weekend, or all 11 days of celebration!
Passes are required to attend most staged, indoor events, but are not required to attend outdoor activities, TIFA Kids events, exhibits and installations, or visits to the Indigo Bookstore. Enjoy these offerings and more for free!
Ways to Save:
Students and youth aged 25 and under save up to 50% on all Pass types.
Groups save 25% on orders of five Passes or more, by calling the Harbourfront Centre Box Office.
Questions? Call the Harbourfront Box Office at 416-973-4000 (select option #1) or contact tickets@harbourfrontcentre.com.
*Masterclasses are excluded from Pass entry, and require a separate ticket purchase.
Single Day Passes
Weeknight
$1999
Entry to all 5+ Festival Events on chosen weeknight
Weeknight
$1999
Entry to all 5+ Festival Events on chosen weeknight
Subject to room capacities - arrive early to claim your seat
Excludes entry to Masterclasses
Events you can attend with this pass
Soundtracks & Stanzas
Love, Lust & Chaos
In the Deep Dark
Global Toronto 2023
OCAD Animated Literary Projections
Oceans & the Depths We Dive
CANCELLED – Recipes for the Perfect Life
How to Save a Life
Radical Repair
Student Literary CabaretOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Freedom to Read
Freedom to Read
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
A Fragile Way of Life
Writers Behind TypewritersWriters Behind Typewriters
2023 Ivy Award Keynote & Conversation
The Swing is the Thing
The SwingsThe SwingsOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Mother of All
Man Most Intimate
An Appetite for Change: The Antiracist Kitchen
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read
Dear and Best Friends
Prose, Poetry, Life
I Knew You Were TroubleWriters Behind TypewritersWriters Behind Typewriters
Blackbox Session
Ordinary MonstersOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Life’s Mess & MajestyCANCELLED – Food: The Language of Loss
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Freedom to Read
Freedom to Read
The Extraordinary OrdinaryWriters Behind TypewritersWriters Behind Typewriters
The Woman Who Was Everything by Craig StephensonOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Science of PoetryCanada in the WorldWrite the Neighbourhood
Turning the Page: The Next Chapter in Cookbooks
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Freedom to Read
Freedom to Read
Literary Kitchen Party – SOLD OUT
A Frank Conclusion
Rise Up, Rise Up
Rooting For the Anti-HeroWriters Behind TypewritersWriters Behind Typewriters
And The Winner Is… The UofT SCS Creative Writing AwardsOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Dumpling CityTaking Flight: Newcomers in Canada
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Freedom to Read
Freedom to Read
Shaping the Men That Shaped the World
Coming Together, Falling Apart
Toronto Poetry Slam
Diasporic Palimpsests and Outernationalist Dub in the Work of Angela Aujla and Indigenous Resistance
Indigenous Displacement: In ConversationOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Desire ElectricBanned Books & the Battle for the Freedom to Read
Toronto Lit Up: This is Us
Freedom to Read
Freedom to Read
Saturday
$3999
Entry to all 10+ Festival Events on chosen day
Saturday
$3999
Entry to all 10+ Festival Events on chosen day
Subject to room capacities - arrive early to claim your seat
Excludes entry to Masterclasses
Events you can attend with this pass
Destination Imagination, with Jeremy and Jazzy
Novel Experiences
Safe Girl to Love
Slipping Beneath the Surface
Casual Brutalities
Visions of Vinland
Narwhal & Jelly’s Tricks and Treats
Ashes to Ashes
The BFFs Club
The Many Adventures of LeilongThe Swings
Diaspora Dialogues: Re-Imagining Romance
RAISING OUR VOICES: 2023 PEN Canada Awards & Readings in Solidarity with Persecuted Writers
A Musical Journey to the Middle East
A Lost Samurai
Waking the Dead
The Handyman Method
Wattpad’s Ask the Expert – Writing Romance in 2023
Wattpad’s Ask The Expert – Online Publishing
Wattpad’s Ask The Expert – Story tropes; love them or leave them?
Small Press Book Fair
The Storydrop
Brontës Reimagined
Diaspora Dialogues: Beneath The Surface
Jeremy and Jazzy Crafty FunThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsOCAD Animated Literary ProjectionsBook Signing
Love and arms!
Born free?
Dragging the chains of memoryFall of the Newsstand? 
Discovering Islamic Calligraphy: the Art of Beautiful Writing
In a Blur of Love
Caught in the Crosshairs
Kingdoms of the Apocalypse
Composite Sketches
The Necessity of Truth
The World We’ll Live In
Break From Tradition
Escape Routes
Bursting with Life: The Gift of Mnoomin
Stories from Nunavut
Toronto, je t’aime / Toronto, I Love You
If I Were a Superhero
Displacement and Diaspora: Excluded Identities
Patient & Impatient Griselda
The Book Sanctuary
Tam Fam Lit Jam
Thunder Like a DrumThe Storydrop
A Portrait of a Man Learning to Love
Let Your Voice SoarLet Your Voice SoarStories from Nunavut
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of CanadaDisplacement and Diaspora: Polarization and the Perils of Displacement
Displacement and Diaspora: Reclaiming IdentitiesDisplacement and Diaspora: Planting New Roots
Displacement and Diaspora: Moving Parts (Migration and Mental Health)Displacement and Diaspora: Belongingness and Identity in New Homelands
Displacement and Diaspora: Diaspora on the Small and Silver ScreensDisplacement and Diaspora: Differing DiasporasThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe Swings
Picture Perfect
Haida Manga
A State of ExileChatGPT & VerseArtificial Intelligence: The Future is NowWrite the NeighbourhoodAfter the Deluge: Flood, Flight and Re-creation with First Story TorontoAftermath—Treaties and their Violation: The Deluge ContinuesRe-Worlding: A Flight Towards… with First Story Toronto
Sunday
$3999
Entry to all 10+ Festival Events on chosen day
Sunday
$3999
Entry to all 10+ Festival Events on chosen day
Subject to room capacities - arrive early to claim your seat
Excludes entry to Masterclasses
Events you can attend with this pass
The Faultlines of Family
Paris is Always a Good IdeaAt Last and Too Soon
How to Break a System
Chronicles of Conflict
Skipping Down Memory Lane
Carnival Queens & Dearest Dreams
Decoration Station
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
P.S. Tell *Everyone* with Vikki VanSickle
The Spooky Spirits & Ghastly Ghouls of Canada
Creating a Giant of a PictureCreating a Giant of a Picture
Diaspora Dialogues: Sheltering In Place
2023 PEN Canada Graeme Gibson Talk
Writing as a Passion
Bengalis in CanLit
Reading Bengali PoemsThe StorydropStorytelling Shape-shifters
Diaspora Dialogues: The Sweep of History
Animals of the BodyWrite the NeighbourhoodThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsOCAD Animated Literary Projections
Run Towards Awards
Restless Souls
Diaspora Dialogues: The Haunting of UsPop Up Poetry SlamThe Plant Based Treaty
A Theory of Everything
Thought Spirals
Words Shape our Worlds
True Story Hunter
Righting Old Wrongs
Gone Girls
Lineage and Legacy
Next Level Neighbourhoods
Frosty Frozen Fun
Crumpets & Cornbread & Challah, Oh My!
We’re Better Together
A Hockey Super Six Extravaganza
Justice for All
Join the Party
Wine and Words
How to Fail As A Popstar
Breaking BreadThe StorydropIndigenous Peoples Atlas of CanadaThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsToronto, je t’aime / Toronto, I Love You
Culinary Cravings
Archeology of Taste
DislocationsCrumpets & Cornbread & Challah, Oh My!Artificial Intelligence & the Author
All You Need is LoveLet Your Voice SoarLet Your Voice SoarMulti-Day Passes
Weekend
$6599
Entry to all 20+ Festival Events on chosen weekend
Weekend
$6599
Entry to all 20+ Festival Events on chosen weekend
Subject to room capacities - arrive early to claim your seat
Excludes entry to Masterclasses
Events you can attend with this pass
Destination Imagination, with Jeremy and JazzyNovel ExperiencesSafe Girl to LoveSlipping Beneath the SurfaceCasual BrutalitiesVisions of VinlandNarwhal & Jelly’s Tricks and TreatsAshes to AshesThe BFFs ClubThe Many Adventures of LeilongThe SwingsDiaspora Dialogues: Re-Imagining RomanceRAISING OUR VOICES: 2023 PEN Canada Awards & Readings in Solidarity with Persecuted WritersA Musical Journey to the Middle EastA Lost SamuraiWaking the DeadThe Handyman MethodWattpad’s Ask the Expert – Writing Romance in 2023Wattpad’s Ask The Expert – Online PublishingWattpad’s Ask The Expert – Story tropes; love them or leave them?Small Press Book FairThe StorydropBrontës ReimaginedDiaspora Dialogues: Beneath The SurfaceJeremy and Jazzy Crafty FunThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsOCAD Animated Literary ProjectionsBook SigningLove and arms!Born free?Dragging the chains of memoryFall of the Newsstand? Discovering Islamic Calligraphy: the Art of Beautiful WritingThe Faultlines of FamilyParis is Always a Good IdeaAt Last and Too SoonHow to Break a SystemChronicles of ConflictSkipping Down Memory LaneCarnival Queens & Dearest DreamsDecoration StationPeanut Butter Jelly TimeP.S. Tell *Everyone* with Vikki VanSickleThe Spooky Spirits & Ghastly Ghouls of CanadaCreating a Giant of a PictureCreating a Giant of a PictureDiaspora Dialogues: Sheltering In Place2023 PEN Canada Graeme Gibson TalkWriting as a PassionBengalis in CanLitReading Bengali PoemsThe StorydropStorytelling Shape-shiftersDiaspora Dialogues: The Sweep of HistoryAnimals of the BodyWrite the NeighbourhoodThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsOCAD Animated Literary ProjectionsRun Towards AwardsRestless SoulsDiaspora Dialogues: The Haunting of UsPop Up Poetry SlamThe Plant Based TreatyIn a Blur of LoveCaught in the CrosshairsKingdoms of the ApocalypseComposite SketchesThe Necessity of TruthThe World We’ll Live InBreak From TraditionEscape RoutesBursting with Life: The Gift of MnoominStories from NunavutToronto, je t’aime / Toronto, I Love YouIf I Were a SuperheroDisplacement and Diaspora: Excluded IdentitiesPatient & Impatient GriseldaThe Book SanctuaryTam Fam Lit JamThunder Like a DrumThe StorydropA Portrait of a Man Learning to LoveLet Your Voice SoarLet Your Voice SoarStories from NunavutIndigenous Peoples Atlas of CanadaDisplacement and Diaspora: Polarization and the Perils of DisplacementDisplacement and Diaspora: Reclaiming IdentitiesDisplacement and Diaspora: Planting New RootsDisplacement and Diaspora: Moving Parts (Migration and Mental Health)Displacement and Diaspora: Belongingness and Identity in New HomelandsDisplacement and Diaspora: Diaspora on the Small and Silver ScreensDisplacement and Diaspora: Differing DiasporasThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsPicture PerfectHaida MangaA State of ExileChatGPT & VerseArtificial Intelligence: The Future is NowWrite the NeighbourhoodAfter the Deluge: Flood, Flight and Re-creation with First Story TorontoAftermath—Treaties and their Violation: The Deluge ContinuesRe-Worlding: A Flight Towards… with First Story TorontoA Theory of EverythingThought SpiralsWords Shape our WorldsTrue Story HunterRighting Old WrongsGone GirlsLineage and LegacyNext Level NeighbourhoodsFrosty Frozen FunCrumpets & Cornbread & Challah, Oh My!We’re Better TogetherA Hockey Super Six ExtravaganzaJustice for AllJoin the PartyWine and WordsHow to Fail As A PopstarBreaking BreadThe StorydropIndigenous Peoples Atlas of CanadaThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsThe SwingsToronto, je t’aime / Toronto, I Love YouCulinary CravingsArcheology of TasteDislocationsCrumpets & Cornbread & Challah, Oh My!Artificial Intelligence & the AuthorAll You Need is LoveLet Your Voice SoarLet Your Voice Soar
Full Festival
$24999
Entry to all 200+ Festival Events
Full Festival
$24999
Entry to all 200+ Festival Events
Free limited edition TIFA totebag
Subject to room capacities - arrive early to claim your seat
Excludes entry to Masterclasses
Workshops
Masterclass
$49
Hands-on workshop with an acclaimed expert of the craft
Masterclass
$49
Hands-on workshop with an acclaimed expert of the craft
Excludes entry to Festival Events
Guaranteed spot in limited capacity setting
Masterclasses you can register for
Writing for an Audience, with Saeed Teebi
Saturday, September 23 at 1:00pm
Memoir in the Age of Transparency, with Charles Foran
Wednesday, September 27 at 5:30pm
Finding Your Narrative Edge in Memoir, with Kyo Maclear
Thursday, September 27 at 5:30pm
