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 […]
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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.
Juliana Neufeld is a Canadian children’s book illustrator and comic artist, known for her work on Treasure Hunters, the bestselling middle grade series by James Patterson, as well as her collaborations with multidisciplinary artist Vivek Shraya. Juliana’s work is inspired by folk art, classic children’s literature and small moments of connection and humour in everyday […]
Sam Shelstad is the author of the story collection Cop House, the novel Citizens of Light and the forthcoming novel The Cobra and the Key. Citizens of Light won the 2023 Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime First Novel. Shelstad lives in Toronto.
Join Daniel Rotsztain, also known as the Urban Geographer, on a walking and mapping tour of Toronto’s waterfront. Using interactive maps, participants will be invited to rewrite their urban landscape and contribute to a collective poetry map that will reveal the usually concealed layers of the city. Date & Time: October 2 at 2:30pm ET […]
Credits include: Broadway: ANGELS IN AMERICA (Tony and Drama Desk nominations); RACING DEMON, DANCE WITH ME, M. BUTTERFLY. Off-Broadway: PROPHECY, FAMILY WEEK, VITA & VIRGINIA, DEADMAN’S CELL PHONE, SPALDING GRAY: STORIES LEFT TO TELL, WIT for which she won the Drama Desk, OBIE, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics Awards. Regional Theater: Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage, […]
Explore Indigo’s bookstore in the Marilyn Brewer Community Space inside Harbourfront Centre all weekend. From memoirs to children’s books, and romance to thrillers, the bookstore will be stocked with featured Festival books. See the full #FestofAuthors22 reading list here. Bookstore Hours: September 22 & 23: 4pm – 9:30pm September 24 & 25: 10am – 9:30pm […]
