Tajja Isen is a writer, editor and voice actor. Her essays and criticism have appeared in dozens of outlets across the US and Canada. She is the editor in chief of Catapult magazine, the former digital editor of The Walrus and has also edited for Electric Literature. She is the coeditor of the essay anthology […]
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Chi Ta-wei is a renowned writer and scholar from Taiwan. Chi’s scholarly work focuses on LGBT studies, disability studies, and Sinophone literary history, while his award-winning creative writing ranges from science fiction to queer short stories. He is an associate professor of Taiwanese literature at the National Chengchi University. Chi Ta-wei’s Festival appearance is generously […]
Kim Leine is a Danish-Norwegian novelist. His previous novel to be translated into English, The Prophets of Eternal Fjord, was shortlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award, won the Golden Laurel Award, Denmark’s leading literary prize, and the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize, awarded for books published across all the Nordic countries. Kim Leine’s Festival […]
Patrik Svensson is an arts and culture journalist at Sydsvenskan newspaper. He lives with his family in Malmö, Sweden. The Gospel of Eels is his first book. Patrik Svensson’s Festival appearance is generously supported by the Swedish Arts Council. Patrik Svensson appears as part of Nordic Bridges 2022.
Karolina Ramqvist is one of the most influential writers and feminists of her generation in Sweden. In 2015, Ramqvist was awarded the prestigious P. O. Enquist Literary Prize for her novel The White City. Karolina Ramqvist’s Festival appearance is generously supported by the Swedish Arts Council. Karolina Ramqvist appears as part of Nordic Bridges 2022.
Áine Ní Ghlinn is a poet and children’s writer. She is the current Laureate na nÓg/Children’s Literature Laureate (2020-2023). She has written 35 books, poetry for adults as well as stories, novels and plays for young people. Awards include Patrick Kavanagh Fellowship; Listowel Writers’ Week poetry award (2022/2020/2019); Gradam Reics Carló Children’s Book of the […]
Naja Marie Aidt was born in Greenland and raised in Copenhagen. She is the author of eleven collections of poetry, a novel, and three short story collections, and the recipient of the Swedish Academy’s 2022 Nordic Prize. Her memoir, When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back, was longlisted for the 2019 National Book […]
Olga Ravn is one of Denmark’s most celebrated contemporary authors. Her work combines several genres. Her debut poetry collection, I Devour Myself Like Heather, was published to acclaim in 2012. Alongside Johanne Lykke Holm, Ravn ran the feminist performance group and writing school Hekseskolen from 2015 to 2019. She has worked as a critic, teacher, […]
Didier Leclair (Didier Kabagema) was born in Montreal to Rwandan parents. He grew up in Africa—Gabon, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast and Congo-Brazzaville—and returned to Canada in 1987. Since then, he has been living and writing in Toronto. In 2000, his novel Toronto, I Love You won the Prix Trillium, and he has also been a […]
Sonya Singh is a former entertainment reporter turned communications professional who has followed her dream of telling stories in front of the camera and now behind the scenes. Her debut novel, Sari, Not Sari, is an ode to her own personal dating experiences, during which she honed the art of writing the perfect break-up email/text. […]
Dr. Audrey Hudson is on the leadership team at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), where she is the Richard & Elizabeth Currie Chief of Education & Programming. Her research focuses on museums, art education, hip-hop, Black and Indigenous solidarities, K-12 pedagogies and social change. In recognition of her work at the AGO, Audrey was […]
Eleanor Wachtel is the cofounder and host of CBC Radio’s Writers & Company, now in its 32nd season. She’s also host and moderator of TIFF’s Books on Film series. Five selections of her conversations have been published, most recently The Best of Writers & Company. She has earned numerous accolades, including nine honorary degrees from […]
Natasha Donovan is an award-winning illustrator originally from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is a member of the Métis Nation of British Columbia. Natasha now lives on a tiny farm along with several wonderful creatures — both of the human and the nonhuman variety — in Deming, Washington.
Nedra Rodrigo is the founder of the Tamil Studies Symposium at York University, and the bilingual event series, The Tam Fam Lit Jam. She is a translator, academic, curator of Multi-arts events and a Member of the Board of Directors for the Tamil Community Centre Project. Her published translations include: In the Shadow of the […]
David Levithan is the author of many acclaimed YA novels, including Boy Meets Boy, Every Day, Two Boys Kissing, and (with Rachel Cohn) Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares. His most recent novels are the middle-grade novel The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother), (with Jennifer Niven) Take Me With You When You […]
Dionne Brand is the award-winning author of twenty-three books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She has written twelve books of poetry, six works of fiction and five works of nonfiction including An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading (2020); What We All Long For (2005); Love Enough (2014); and Nomenclature for the Time Being (2022). […]
Eliza Reid is a bestselling writer, public speaker, gender equality advocate, and cofounder of the acclaimed Iceland Writers Retreat. She was born and raised in Canada but has lived in Iceland for over twenty years. Her first book, Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World, was an instant […]
Kenneth Oppel is the author of numerous books for young readers. His award-winning Silverwing trilogy has sold over a million copies worldwide and was adapted into an animated TV series and stage play. Airborn won a Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award; its sequel, Skybreaker, was a New York […]
