Outdoors, all day through to October 2, 2022. The transformative power of writing is explored in the Writers Collective of Canada and Art of Time Ensemble’s multidisciplinary video concert, Who Is We: Voices Across The Divides, presented at TIFA through a self-guided 12 part installation series, accessible by QR codes. Who Is We: Voices Across […]
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Stage in the Park, September 24 at 11:30am ET. Witness the magnificent, brave voices of the Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) as emerging writers read courageous pieces from the New Front Line Anthologies, highlighting themes of courage, hope and resilience, moderated by award-winning poet, Lisa Richter. In the anthologies’ introduction, Roland Gulliver (TIFA) writes, “The […]
Academy Award-nominated Canadian screenwriter, director and actor Sarah Polley received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay Away from Her, her feature-length directorial debut, adapted from the Alice Munro story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” Polley went on to nurture a thrilling, successful career in film, with her next screenwriting and directorial project – the […]
Rummana Chowdhury is a poet, activist and cultural personality and is the author of 50 books in both Bengali and English, comprising of poetry, short stories, columns, essays and novels. Rummana has received multiple literary awards from Bangladesh, India, Europe and North America on Diaspora literature and translation works. She has won the 2022 IPPY […]
Bhajan Sarker, a Bengali author, was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After studying at Terasree Kali Narayan Institution, Dhaka College, Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET), and Windsor University, Bhajan Sarker is now a Professional Engineer in Canada and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Although he started writing with poetry, Bhajan Sarker is now well-known as a fiction writer […]
Debanjana Mukherjee Bhowmik has always lived in a cloud of creativity. Although her academic degrees are in Architecture and Computer Science Engineering, she holds an immense passion for creative writing. At the age of seventeen, Debanjana was selected nationally by the Poetry Society Of India, Delhi, as one of the youth poets. She has had […]
Shabbeedur Shuja was born and raised in Bangladesh and has been writing since his teenage years. His first book of fiction Nilee was published in Bengali when he was nineteen. Since then he has written over two dozen novels in Bengali. He traveled to the USA in the early 90s for higher education and later […]
Sreyoshi Bose Datta, a copy editor by profession, has a master’s degree in English literature and language from Jadavpur University, India, and University of Windsor, Canada. She is a supporter and advocate of language rights and language equity in Canada and elsewhere. Sreyoshi is an interpreter and translator in Canada, working with community partners to […]
Badal Ghosh was born in Bangladesh in 1966 and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing. He also completed advanced studies in Digital Marketing Management from UofT. Now he is teaching at a renowned College in Toronto. Badal has published more than 20 research articles in different research Journals, more than 100 creative articles and […]
Akhtar Hossain is a writer, drama director, and columnist. His recent novel is based on the true story of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Akhtar has written and directed 13 stage plays. They were all staged in Canada. Akhtar was involved in television and radio program as a child artist. His first short story was published […]
Stage in the Park, September 30 at 6:30pm ET. Stories have shaped Turtle Island for thousands of years. First Story Toronto’s tours, in person and virtual, bring to the fore the importance of sharing, listening and witnessing Indigenous oral histories and truthtelling. Join the First Story tour hosts Jill Carter, Jon Johnson and Audrey Rochette in conversation with TIFA Director Roland […]
Harbourfront Centre’s West Lawn, October 2 at 10:30am – 6pm Canadian Geographic Education’s vibrant and colourful Giant Floor Maps are unlike any other educational resource in the country. These maps offer students an opportunity to discover and explore the diverse aspects of geography in a unique and interactive way that accommodates various learning styles and […]
Harbourfront Centre’s West Lawn, October 1 at 10:30am – 6pm Canadian Geographic Education’s vibrant and colourful Giant Floor Maps are unlike any other educational resource in the country. These maps offer students an opportunity to discover and explore the diverse aspects of geography in a unique and interactive way that accommodates various learning styles and […]
West Bays, September 30 at 2pm ET. Join Pierre Cattan in the West Bays for a demonstration of his Small Bang graphic novel project. More information to come. This is a free event. Find the venue on the #FestofAuthors22 map here.