Tom Wilson Tehoháhake is a modern Mohawk artist, Juno Award winner, best-selling author, and newly appointed member of the Order of Canada. In Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs, Wilson delves into Mohawk heritage through a captivating collection of paintings and multimedia works that reflect his journey of cultural discovery. The Festival of Indigenous Stories is […]
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TIFA’s World in Other Words event series is back. Changing language or regional focus every few years, this is the second year spotlighting Arabic writers. Discover the vibrant stories of resilience and identity with author Danny Ramadan and author/illustrator Barrack Zailaa Rima. Novelist Ramadan’s memoir offers a personal journey through the life of a queer […]
No time like the present for these two magical realism novels by Scott Alexander Howard and Shelley Wood. In Howard’s The Other Valley, Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Top Four Pick, his protagonist lives in the present, a town surrounded by a border; in one direction is the same town twenty years ahead; in the other, […]
Don’t miss this special opportunity to hear Michael Ondaatje discuss his return to poetry with A Year of Last Things. The new collection explores themes of displacement, memory and cultural intersections through intimate moments and fragments of his life. Born in Sri Lanka and now living in Toronto, Ondaatje reflects on his life as a […]
TIFA’s most provocative conversation series returns, bringing together authors and industry experts to examine the culture and politics that shape the world around us and the books we read. As co-host of CBC Radio’s As It Happens, Carol Off spent a decade and a half talking to people in the news five nights a week […]
A special opening night of the 2024 Festival, Toronto International Festival of Authors presents the international superstar, Liane Moriarty, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers to discuss her new novel, Here One Moment, a brilliantly constructed tale about a short domestic flight on which each passenger […]
Join cartoonist Léonie Bischoff for a discussion on Anaïs Nin and the art of the graphic novel. Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies (translated by Jenna Allen) tells the story of one of the best-known authors of women’s erotica in the 1920s and ‘30s, combining her life and art, the truth and fiction with illustrations as surreal […]
TIFA’s most provocative conversation series returns, bringing together authors and industry experts to examine the culture and politics that shape the world around us and the books we read. Why can’t we talk to each other anymore? We all have a lot to stay but when did we stop listening? In the age of hurried […]
Forests destroyed. Wildlife hunted for profit and sport. The railroad crashing through his quiet hometown. Inklings of the start of the American Civil War. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s journals and writing, Helen Humphreys‘ Followed by the Lark is a moving novel written by one of Canada’s most brilliant and beloved authors, that traverses the life […]
Kick off the MOTIVE weekend with a deep dive into the genre with none other than the master of mystery, Walter Mosley! Renowned for creating the iconic Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s coolest detective, Mosley has topped bestseller lists, garnered many accolades and even landed a spot in the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. […]
Linwood Barclay, international master of mystery, returns to the MOTIVE stage this year with I Will Ruin You. In this heart-pounding story, a teacher’s heroic response to a life-or-death event at school makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer. Richard is hailed as a hero by members of the town, but his situation rapidly […]
In Hannah Mary McKinnon’s The Revenge List, Frankie finds herself in an anger management class and is made to write a “forgiveness list,” but when the list goes missing the people she’s named start getting hurt in freak accidents, each deadlier than the last. In Jonathan Whitelaw’s The Village Hall Vendetta, a journalist and his […]
Join Bob and Phil, retired Toronto detectives, for a wild ride through the city’s crime history! With 30+ years of police experience, they’ll dish out jaw-dropping tales from Toronto’s underbelly. From shocking scandals to downright bizarre incidents, discover how crime shaped the city over 300 years. This event showcases stories handpicked from their walking tours, […]
Moderated by Jass Aujla (author of Next Of Twin), and joined by panelists Alie & Hejsa Christensen (authors of Stealing John Hancock) and Michael & Zack Urlocker (authors of The Man from Mittelwerk) will have an intimate conversation about co-author relationships and discuss the beauty and challenges of writing as part of a team.
A missing child. Conspiracy theories. A race against time. These are topics that both Rick Mofina’s Someone Saw Something and Abir Mukherjee’s Hunted deal with. In Someone Saw Something, a child goes missing in Central Park, leading to a twisty thriller that unravels family secrets. In the action-packed thriller Hunted, two parents are thrown together […]
Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail crime fiction reviewer, and Otto Penzler, publisher and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop (New York City), share their unfiltered opinions on tropes in crime writing – including who they think does it best! They’ll touch on the best and the worst of trends in the genre, revealing which tropes […]
Join Laurah Norton and Sarah Weinman for a thrilling conversation about forensic science and true crime! Norton, host of the hit podcast The Fall Line, dives into the history of forensics and the tireless work that goes into solving cold cases in her book Lay Them to Rest. Weinman, author of many acclaimed true crime […]
Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail crime fiction reviewer, and Otto Penzler, publisher and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop (New York City), bring their expertise to the MOTIVE stage for an illuminating conversation on crime writing through the ages. From Wilkie Collins to modern thrillers, Cannon and Penzler offer their reflections on the development of […]
Vacations don’t always go as planned. In Catherine Mack’s witty and suspenseful novel, Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies, fictional author Eleanor Dash embarks on her Italian book tour that turns into a real-life murder mystery. Roz Nay’s thriller, The Offing, is set in the beautiful and dangerous waters around Australia where two young […]
Step into the world of theatre and intrigue with Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti as they bring the fictional town of Port Ellis to life in their latest book, Bury the Lead. While the sweet and cosy cottage town is best known for its butter tarts, something scandalous is going on as the lead actor […]
Get ready for a thrilling retrospective of Murdoch Mysteries with author Maureen Jennings, the mastermind behind the beloved book series. Joined by special guest Arwen Humphreys, known for playing the beloved Margaret Brackenreid in the show, Jennings will take us on the journey from idea to screen, sharing anecdotes and insights into the creation of Detective […]
In this session of Ask The Expert, authors Hannah Mary McKinnon and Jonathan Whitelaw answer all things research for writing crime – how to find quality sources, what to avoid and how to manage potential risks. Bring your questions on all that goes into getting the facts straight, and the fiction great, when writing crime […]
Canadian thriller writers Ian Hamilton and Steve Urszenyi take to the stage to dive into their new books and share an author’s perspective on what makes the thriller genre so endlessly appealing. In Hamilton’s The Fury of Beijing, the heart-thumping final book in the Ava Lee series, the protagonist embarks on a quest for revenge […]
Join us for a film screening of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (1945), preceded by a special introduction by long-time editor of mystery fiction, Otto Penzler and author Jeffrey Round. Reel in the full story on the lasting impact Christie has had on the crime writing world and how her work continues to […]
