Canadian literary icon and Companion of the Order of Canada Thomas King brings you his latest novel, Sufferance. In his latest book, the National Aboriginal Achievement Award-winner draws you into the ominous life of Jeremiah Camp, a.k.a. the Forecaster, a man who can look into the future but doesn’t like what he sees. When Jeremiah […]
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Zoe Whittall‘s The Spectacular offer new insights on love, artistry and the role of family in our lives. The Spectacular starts in 1997, and chronicles the struggles of a granddaughter, mother and grandmother as they strive for freedom from society’s expectations of womanhood. Join the acclaimed writer for a lively conversation about acceptance and rejection […]
Jamaican poet, essayist and novelist Kei Miller presents his critical and lyrical collection of interconnected essays, Things I Have Withheld, as Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning writer Ian Williams brings fresh eyes to today’s urgent conversation on race and racism with his collection of essays Disorientation: Being Black in the World. This archived presentation from the Toronto […]
Métis writer, poet and Grain Magazine prose editor Lisa Bird-Wilson joins award-winning Chilean author Lina Meruane in captivating conversation on the ripple effect of childhood trauma on the generations of family, and the journey to catharsis. Meruane presents her latest novel, Nervous System (translated to English by Megan McDowell), an extraordinary clinical biography of a family, full of affection, resentment, dark humor, buried secrets and […]
Scaredy Squirrel is preparing for Halloween – and you can too, with a safety guide for scaredys, from everyone’s favourite worrywart. Scaredy Squirrel’s creator, Mélanie Watt, will introduce you to Scaredy’s ideas, strategies and plans to help survive Halloween all in one piece. From costume suggestions, to recommendations for outwitting infamous Halloween monsters, the advice […]
Enjoy this imaginative showcase of African diasporic worldviews that represents a wide spectrum of possibilities to alter your reality, from Afrofuturism, African futurism and Afro-surrealism to magical realism and science fiction. In this archived presentation (originally aired on October 26, 2021), host Levyi-Alexander Love introduces the vibrant and expressive vocals of D’Andrew Ricketts-Dunn and Markus […]
Acclaimed American writer and twice finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Russell Banks graces the TIFA virtual stage to present his alluring new novel, Foregone. Join Banks in compelling conversation about the mysteries that unfold on a man’s deathbed through fragments of his ominous past, when memory and imagination dissolve and when truth and redemption compete […]
Literary heavyweights David Baldacci and Linwood Barclay team up for a thrilling dissection of Baldacci’s newest addition to his gripping Special Agent Atlee Pine series, Daylight. Buckle up for a high-stakes chase through a global conspiracy as FBI agent Atlee Pine tracks down her long-lost twin sister, who was kidnapped long ago. Baldacci’s international bestselling […]
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Time, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vulture, The Guardian, and more, Matrix is a triumphant new novel from award-winning author Lauren Groff – her first since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies in 2019. Tune in for an empowering look at this defiant and timely novel, led by interviewer Marsha Lederman. The […]
Two debut authors and 2021 literary award contenders, Kavita Bedford and Aimee Wall, present their remarkable first novels in conversation with Stacey May Fowles. Australian-Indian writer Bedford introduces Friends and Dark Shapes, shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. The story chronicles a group of housemates in Sydney contending with gentrification, divisive politics, stalled careers and […]
In a compelling whodunnit investigation, journalist Elaine Dewar shows the science, follows the money, and connects the geopolitical interests that sent the world spinning in early 2020, when news of a SARS-like flu were reported in China. Her book On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years is part field notes and part […]
Join Asha Bromfield for an exciting interview and Q&A about her latest book, Hurricane Summer, creative process and writing inspiration. You may know actor and musician Asha Bromfield from the television series Riverdale and Locke and Key. Her sweeping literary debut, Hurricane Summer, tells the heartfelt, coming-of-age story of Tilla as she deals with colorism, […]
As a small boy growing up in Brazil, Geraldo Valério loved the birds and butterflies in his garden. Now he’s a picture book artist and his passion for the environment can be seen in My Book of Birds and My Book of Butterflies, which depict luscious illustrations and fun nature facts. Travel with Geraldo on […]
In April 1992, the painter Francis Bacon took ill while holidaying in Spain. He died in a Madrid hospital, alone, except for the ministrations of a hospice nun, Sister Mercedes. In his bold and brilliant short work of experimental fiction, Max Porter (author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny) inhabits the great […]
Join Lambda Literary Award author and Amazon First Novel Award-winner Casey Plett in conversation about belonging, the complexities of being and the bond between humans. Plett introduces her latest novel, A Dream of a Woman, a poignant collection of short stories centring transgender women seeking stable, adult lives. Quiet truths are uncovered in prairie high-rises […]
Tune in for a joyful conversation between two master short story writers. From the author of the wildly acclaimed Night Boat to Tangier (a New York Times “Top 10” book of 2019), Kevin Barry presents his latest collection, That Old Country Music. You’ll meet a ragbag cast of West Ireland characters, many on the cusp between love and catastrophe, navigating a contemporary Ireland that is in flux, but where old rhythms somehow […]
Don’t miss an unforgettable conversation between two social activists whose pens have proven mightier than swords. As a translator of ancient texts, and artistic director of Theater of War Productions, New York-based Bryan Doerries routinely brings catharsis to the traumatized by framing dramatic readings and facilitating discussions on pressing issues of public health and social […]
Join Toronto writers Therese Estacion and Charlie Petch for an evening of poetry and conversation. Their debut collections are an intimate portrayal and exploration of disability, gender and identity. Estacion’s Phantompains is a visceral, surreal collection dealing with loss and grief, inspired by Filipino horror and folktales, Petch’s Why I Was Late fuses text and […]
Described as “inscrutably brilliant” by The New York Times, poet, essayist, translator, classicist and professor Anne Carson takes to the TIFA virtual stage alongside visual artist Rosanna Bruno to present their fantastic comic book collaboration, The Trojan Women: A Comic. Based on Euripides’s famous tragedy, the classic story follows the fates of Hekabe, Andromache and Kassandra after Troy has been sacked and all its men killed. In this retelling, the characters […]
Enter the gritty and desperate world a compelling young woman fighting for a stable future for her family, in Willy Vlautin‘s The Night Always Comes. This latest novel by the award-winning author and songwriter with the iconic Richmond Fontaine and the Dlines, is a scorching portrait of hope, exploring the hollow promises of the “American […]
From National Book Award Finalist Joshua Ferris, the author of Then We Came to the End, now comes A Calling for Charlie Barnes, a tender portrait of a man whose need to be loved is his downfall, and a brutally funny account of how that love is finally earned. Tune in for a compassionately relatable look at how […]
Since her 2019 shot to literary stardom with her nonfiction work Three Women, Lisa Taddeo has made an international impact writing about feminism, power and rage. In her debut novel, Animal, Taddeo guides us on a visceral exploration of the fallout from a male-dominated society. The story introduces us to Joan, a woman who has […]
Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author André Alexis returns to the Festival with the highly anticipated conclusion to his five-part series of genre-bending novels. Ring comes on the heels of Pastoral, Fifteen Dogs, The Hidden Keys and Days by Moonlight to complete Alexis’s Quincunx, five stories philosophically sophisticated and utterly delightful. Provoked by a reading of Harlequin […]
Ann Goldstein is a renowned editor and translator of the Italian language, and current chief of the copy department for The New Yorker. Her skills have enabled the publshing phenomenon of the enigmatic Elena Ferrante to reach an English reading audience. Her latest translation of the acclaimed Italian novelist is The Lying Life of Adults, […]