Wed, Oct 29 ↑ Sun, Nov 2, 2025

Festival 2025
Events

From award-winning authors to new voices, here are the storytellers joining us this year.

Festival Schedule

Wed, Oct 29 ↑ Sun, Nov 2, 2025

Festival 2025
Events

From award-winning authors to new voices, here are the storytellers joining us this year.

Festival Schedule

Wednesday, October 29

October 29, 2025 • 2:00pm

International Visitors Programme Keynote Conversation with Louisa Joyner

Conversation with the Associate Publisher at Faber & Faber, and Ivy and PACLA Award Ceremonies

October 29, 2025 • 6:30pm

Coaching Creativity: Mentorship in U of T’s Creativity Writing MA

Conversation in partnership with the Centre for Creativity

Thursday, October 30

October 30, 2025 • 5:30pm

And The Winner Is… The UofT SCS Creative Writing Awards

Celebrate emerging writers in the University of Toronto's creative writing program

October 30, 2025 • 7:30pm

Brick Books 50th Anniversary Celebration

A Party celebrating 50 Years of Brick Books. Free with Registration.

Saturday, November 1

November 1, 2025 • 10:00am

Small Press Fair

Visit booths from indie publishers across Ontario

November 1, 2025 • 10:00am

Publishing Forward: Mentorship in Action from Concept to Cover

International Visitors Programme Industry Panel, also open to the public

November 1, 2025 • 11:00am

Plot Twists Ahead: The Evolution and Future of Genre Fiction

International Visitors Programme Industry Panel, also open to the public

November 1, 2025 • 11:30am

Memory, Resistance, and the Power of Story: Ibtisam Azem, Zeina Sleiman, Saeed Teebi

Ibtisam Azem, Zeina Sleiman, and Saeed Teebi

Join three Palestinian writers for a conversation on the power of storytelling

November 1, 2025 • 12:00pm

Exporting Canadian Literature

International Visitors Programme Industry Panel, also open to the public

November 1, 2025 • 1:00pm

A Haunted History of Toronto with Adam Bunch

Adam Bunch

Join the author for a lesson on Toronto's dark past

November 1, 2025 • 1:00pm

Writers Collective of Canada Workshop

Join WCC for an expressive writing workshop in a shared, inclusive space

November 1, 2025 • 2:00pm

Writers Behind Typewriters

Get a personalized piece from an OCAD student

November 1, 2025 • 2:30pm

Beyond Tropes, Saviourism and the White Gaze: A conversation with Newcomer & Refugee Writers

Panel curated by Qissa

November 1, 2025 • 3:00pm

Guelph Masterclass Conversation: Cho Nam-Joo

Cho Nam-Joo and Canisia Lubrin

In partnership with University of Guelph

November 1, 2025 • 3:00pm

Writers Collective of Canada Workshop

Join WCC for an expressive writing workshop in a shared, inclusive space

November 1, 2025 • 4:00pm

Literature in Translation: Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King & Jeremy Tiang

Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King, and Jeremy Tiang

Free panel on the art of translating books

November 1, 2025 • 5:30pm

Small Press, Big Impact: Why Independent Publishing Still Matters

Hear from the indie publishers of Canada

Sunday, November 2

November 2, 2025 • 11:00am

The Global Canadian Revisiting History: Ann Y. K. Choi, Vinh Nguyen & Jinwoo Park

Ann Y. K. Choi, Vinh Nguyen, and Jinwoo Park

Revisit history with these three authors from the Asian diaspora

November 2, 2025 • 11:30am

Writers Collective of Canada Workshop

Join WCC for an expressive writing workshop in a shared, inclusive space

November 2, 2025 • 1:00pm

Family Faultlines: Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman & Jemimah Wei

Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman, and Jemimah Wei

Exploring the intricacies of family

November 2, 2025 • 2:30pm

Re/writing Connection

Writers Collective of Canada moderates a compelling panel discussion on the power of storytelling

November 2, 2025 • 3:00pm

Guelph Masterclass Talk: Jeremy Tiang

Jeremy Tiang and Canisia Lubrin

In partnership with University of Guelph

November 2, 2025 • 4:00pm

Creativity and the Classroom in the Age of AI

Conversation in partnership with the Centre for Creativity