THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. We apologize for any disappointment and inconvenience caused by this cancellation. Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! American crime writer Joe Ide […]
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Join us by the water to hear the latest in Canadian crime fiction! Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), a national non-profit organization for Canadian crime and mystery writers, will grace Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park to present a series of readings that will give audiences a thrilling glimpse into the latest scintillating stories by homegrown […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control. We apologize for any disappointment and inconvenience caused by this cancellation. Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! On Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park, bestselling […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! In Harbourfront’s West Bays, Diné writer and filmmaker Ramona Emerson will read from her debut novel Shutter, a crime thriller mixed with supernatural horror set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation. Event Info: Date & Time: June 4 at 6:15pm […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! Indigenous author, poet and playwright Marcie R. Rendon will grace Harbourfront’s West Bays to read from Sinister Graves, the third and newest book in the Cash Blackbear Mystery series. Event Info: Date & Time: June 3 at 12:45pm ET […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! On Harbourfront’s Stage in the Park, American-Canadian author Ausma Zehanat Khan will read from the first novel of her Detective Inaya Rahman series, Blackwater Falls. This timely thriller – incorporating complex and violent themes of racial tension and police […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! In Harbourfront’s West Bays, Icelandic author of the bestselling Thora Gudmundsdottir crime series and several stand-alone thrillers, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, will read from her book The Fallout. This is the sixth book in the Children’s House series. Event Info: Date […]
Join us by the water to listen to live readings from some of MOTIVE’s featured authors! In Harbourfront’s West Bays, German author Simone Buchholz will read from the latest book in her Chastity Riley Investigation series, The Acapulco. Event Info: Date & Time: June 3 at 1:45pm ET Where: Harbourfront Centre’s West Bays Duration: 15 […]
Join us by the water to hear the latest in Canadian crime fiction! Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), a national non-profit organization for Canadian crime and mystery writers, will grace Harbourfront’s West Bays stage to present a series of readings that will give audiences a thrilling glimpse into the latest scintillating stories by homegrown writers. […]
South Lawn Tent, September 25 at 1pm ET. Join author Adam Bunch for a Toronto-themed story time! Seated in one of our outdoor tents, Bunch will read a selection of stories from The Toronto Book of the Dead. With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled […]
Outdoor Stage, October 2 at 6pm ET Don’t miss a reading from influential, internationally renowned Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison. Goodison is the author of 14 books of poetry, in addition to short story and essay collections. Her significant body of work is enchanting, humorous, intelligent and offers an authentic voice on subjects of culture, family […]
Meet storytellers from unique communities around the world and across the local neighbourhoods of Toronto in the World in Other Words. Curated by Nedra Rodrigo, this event features established and emerging voices from the Tamil writing community in Ontario. With a mix of readings, poetry and short films, the showcase will celebrate the vibrant community […]
Outdoor Stage, June 4 at 6pm ET Hear the latest in Canadian crime fiction! Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), a national non-profit organization for Canadian crime and mystery writers, will present a series of readings that will give audiences a thrilling glimpse at the latest titles by Canadian authors. James Arnett, Russell Brooks, M.H. Callway, […]
Outdoor Stage, June 5 at 2pm ET Hear the latest in Canadian crime fiction! Crime Writers of Canada (CWC), a national non-profit organization for Canadian crime and mystery writers, will present a series of readings that will give audiences a thrilling glimpse at the latest titles by Canadian authors. Anthony Bibulka, Karen Grose, Gordon Jones, […]
Join us for a special evening of poetry as McClelland & Stewart launches new collections from poets Madhur Anand, Laurie D. Graham, Tolu Oloruntoba and Phoebe Wang. Hear the authors read a selection from their new books, then stick around as they sit down with moderator Natasha Ramoutar for a live discussion and Q&A. Anand’s new collection, […]
Governor General’s Literary Award finalist Larry Audlaluk was one of more than 90 Inuit relocated by the federal government to the High Arctic in the 1950s. They were promised a land of plenty, and were given an inhospitable polar desert. Audlaluk’s memoir, What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile, […]
What would happen if we stopped consuming so much? Governor General’s Literary Award finalist J.B. MacKinnon addresses this question in his imaginative new work, The Day the World Stops Shopping. Join him in conversation with Michelle Cyca for an eye-opening exploration of the economy and consumer habits, and how our planet, our society and even […]
Places and stories hold important meanings for families of all kinds, and are especially special in Indigenous cultures. Meet multi-award-winning young people’s author David A. Robertson, as he introduces you to a boy and his Moshom (grandfather), as they embark on an important northern journey in On the Trapline. Along the way, the boy will […]
It fell from the sky on a Thursday. None of the insects know where it came from, or what it is. Some say it’s an egg. Others, a gumdrop. But whatever it is, it fell near Spider’s house, so he’s convinced it belongs to him. From the creators of the critically acclaimed The Night Gardener […]
Meg Remy, frontperson and creative core of the band U.S. Girls, presents her debut book and memoir, Begin by Telling. This hybrid presentation of music, readings and conversation will showcase how this Juno and Polaris Prize-nominated musician has become one of the most vital storytellers of her time. English captioning is available for this video. […]
From Griffin Poetry Prize-winner Jordan Abel comes NISHGA, a deeply personal, devastating autobiographical meditation on the complicated legacies of Canada’s residential school system. Abel interrogates the complexities of intergenerational survivors’ relationships to Indigenous identity. This special event will thoughtfully confront the difficult truths about engaging with histories of colonial violence, for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples; […]
Readers who love a good heart-pounding historical mystery, and fans of Enola Holmes, won’t want to miss this thrilling TIFA Kids chat with authors Vivian French and Marthe Jocelyn. Vivian will share the inspiration behind The Runaways of Haddington Hall, a story of Minnie, a laundry maid in Victorian English, and her adventures living in […]
The phrase can you hear me now? has become ubiquitous in the age of digital meetings, but also speaks to global movements for change that call for marginalized voices to be represented, celebrated and heard. TIFA is proud to present a new collection of writing that responds to this phrase, penned by some of the […]