Box Office

From one day to the whole festival, experience TIFA 2024 your way with the right Pass

 
 

Box Office

From one day to the whole festival, experience TIFA 2024 your way with the right Pass

How It Works

A Festival Pass is your ticket to explore the 2024 Festival! Come for an evening, a weekend, or every day of the Festival!

Tickets and passes are required to attend most staged, indoor events, but are not required to attend events in The Bays, TIFA Kids events, exhibits and installations, or visits to the Indigo Bookstore. Enjoy these offerings and more for free!

Special events, such as Yuval Noah Harari, Liane Moriarty and The Moth, as well as Masterclasses, are excluded from Pass entry and require a separate ticket purchase.

Ways To Save

Students and youth aged 25 and under save up to 40% on Passes.

Groups can save 25% on orders of five or more of the same Passes*online or through the Harbourfront Box Office.

*The discount does not apply to individual event tickets, masterclasses or student & youth passes.

Questions?

Call the Harbourfront Box Office at 416-973-4000 (select option #1) or contact tickets@harbourfrontcentre.com.

Special Event Tickets

Fri, Sep 13  •  7pm
$60 – $80

TIFA Presents: Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari

This event is at Koerner Hall

Thu, Sep 19  •  5:30pm
$28 – $44

A Flight of Revelations

Liane Moriarty
Ashley Audrain

This event is at Koerner Hall

Thu, Sep 19  •  8pm
$49 – $79

The Moth

Jon Goode
Tarek El-Ariss
Shayla Lawson
Ivy Le
Esau McCaulley
Carolyn Meyer

This event is at Koerner Hall

Multi-Day Passes

Festival Pass

$199.99

Student & Youth $129.99

Note: events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.

Friday, September 20

Festival 2024 Bookstore
Various participants

 

Student Literary Cabaret
Various participants

 

The Unravelling of Public and Private Lives
Andrew O'Hagan

 

Journeys Through Time
Anne Michaels

 

Women’s Rights (and Tasty Bites)
Geraldine DeRuiter

 

Saturday, September 21

Friendship, Home and Identity
Sadi Muktadir, Edward Y. C. Lee and Shyam Selvadurai

 

The Blank Page: Contemplation Space
Various participants

FREE

Bad Artist, Good Art: Caught Between Creativity and Productivity
Pamela Oakley, Gillian Turnbull and Nellwyn Lampert

FREE

Identity and the Supernatural
Cheryl Isaacs and Efua Traoré

 

An Unforgettable Life
Jane Urquhart

 

Hearts and Hauntings: YA Love Novels
Markus Harwood-Jones, Lynn Painter and J.M. Frey

 

All The Writing Advice I Wish I Had Ignored
J.M. Miro and Jackie Lau

FREE

Real-life Terror of Mental Illness
A.G.A Wilmot and K.J. Aiello

 

Rally the Tropes: Romance Showdown
Lily Chu, Markus Harwood-Jones, Jackie Lau and Lynn Painter

FREE

Started from the Bottom: Welcoming Celebrities Back Home
Greg Kearney and Timothy Taylor

 

Discovering the Korea Canada Anthology
Bora Chung and Lisa Bird-Wilson

FREE

The Lost Art of Conversation
Ian Williams

 

Small Press Book Fair
Various participants

FREE

Women Unscripted: Exploring Identity, Humour and Resilience
Zoe Whittall and Deepa Rajagopalan

 

Storydrop
Various participants

FREE

A Sweet Adventure
Yolanda T. Marshall

FREE

Write Your Way Home
Various participants

FREE

Rebellion With a Cause
Pascale Lacelle, M.K. Lobb and K.J. Aiello

 

Dislocation and Relocation
Tasneem Jamal and Nazneen Sheikh

 

Home, Sweet Home
Lian-En Lin

FREE

Burning Questions: Confronting the Challenges of our Global Climate Crisis
Margaret Atwood, John Vaillant, Catherine Abreu and Nahlah Ayed

 

Bringer of Monsters and Other Worlds
J.M. Miro

 

The Heart of Poutine: From Chip Wagons to National Symbol
Justin Giovannetti Lamothe

 

On the Edge: Stories of Struggle and Survival
Colin Barrett

 

Sunday, September 22

On the Outside Looking In
Chido Muchemwa and Amal Elsana Alh'jooj

 

Finding Spaces of Comfort
Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and Jess Taylor

 

A Journey Across Generations
Saumiya Balasubramaniam

FREE

Rally the Tropes: Horror
Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and A.G.A Wilmot

FREE

Curiosity Unleashed
Bob McDonald

 

Writing Queer
J.M. Frey and Markus Harwood-Jones

FREE

Utopias, Noir and The Stories They Tell
Bora Chung and Canisia Lubrin

 

Wars Fought at Home: Writing Trauma
Chinenye Emezie and Jenna Tang

 

Discovery Fun with the Ontario Science Centre
Various participants

FREE

Musings on Henry David Thoreau
Helen Humphreys

 

Frontline Fiction: War and Humanity
Saad T. Farooqi and Jacob Wren

 

Swooning for Romance Novels
Lily Chu, Jackie Lau and J.M. Frey

 

House of Horrors
Mason Coile and Marcus Kliewer

 

The Life and Art of Anaïs Nin
Léonie Bischoff

 

Echoes of Alfred Hitchcock: Exploring The Hitchcock Hotel
Stephanie Wrobel

 

Beneath the Surface: Culture, Landscape and the Planet
Wade Davis

 

Tuesday, September 24

2024 IVY Award and Conversation
Nicole Winstanley and Dawn Davis

FREE

Words are Weapons
Carol Off

 

Wednesday, September 25

Beyond Initial Enthusiasm: Embracing long-term diversity in publishing, with insights and strategies from leading publishers
Various participants

FREE

Finding Families in Many Forms
Gloria Blizzard and Jenny Heijun Wills

 

Fact in Fiction: Novels with True Crime
Nicola Lagioia and Michael Melgaard

 

Hidden Successes and Surprises: Opportunities and Challenges in Markets Around The World
Rafal Czech, Alexandra Heimann, Hannah Chukwu and Marion Wichmann

FREE

Canada’s Best Short Stories: Celebrating the Journey Prize
Alexander MacLeod and Souvankham Thammavongsa

 

Thursday, September 26

And The Winner Is… The UofT SCS Creative Writing Awards
Various participants

FREE

Relationships Reimagined
Myriam Lacroix and Holly Pester

 

The Heart of the City: Celebrating Toronto
Len Senater, Shawn Micallef and Catherine Hernandez

 

The Siege: Iranian Embassy, 1980
Ben Macintyre

 

Friday, September 27

Keynote: Regulating Emotions in an Apocalyptic Time
Nathan Radke, Lee Kuhnle and Shelly Lesher

FREE

Toronto Poetry Slam
Dwayne Morgan and Afra Atiq

 

The Secrets of a Time-Traveling Café
Toshikazu Kawaguchi

 

Saturday, September 28

Tea, Cake and Stories of Sorcery
Kate Heartfield and Anna Rasche

 

Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
Various participants

FREE

The Performance of Poetry
Afra Atiq and Martin Gomes

FREE

Between Worlds
Sinan Antoon and Noor Naga

 

Social Justice and Transformation
Ruha Benjamin

 

Dragon Tails and Tales
Ebtisam Al-Beiti

FREE

Towards Truth and Reconciliation
Marie Wilson

 

Arab Authors in the Diaspora: Navigating Activism and Identity
Sinan Antoon and Saeed Teebi

 

Tam Fam Lit Jam: Home/Safe
Padma Viswanathan and Catherine Hernandez

 

A Changing World: Inflation, War and Sanctions
Jeff Rubin

 

Storytime at Sea
Sarabeth Holden

FREE

Cultural Connections: Discovering Home Through Art and Storytelling
Various participants

FREE

Telling Tales of Time
Scott Alexander Howard and Shelley Wood

 

Why We Write
Various participants

FREE

The Cities We Called Home
Danny Ramadan and Barrack Zailaa Rima

 

Inside Canada’s Political Turmoil
Stephen Maher

 

A Poetic Journey Through the World
Michael Ondaatje

 

Sunday, September 29

Savouring Indigenous Heritage
Margaret Augustine and Lauren Beck

 

Opening the Door on the Past
Roddy Doyle

 

Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs
Tom Wilson Tehoháhake

 

Writers and the City
Jean Marc Ah-Sen and Alex Pugsley

 

How to Read the US Elections
David Shribman

 

Voices of Fire and Resilience
Brandi Morin and Angela Sterritt

 

The Wall Between: Jewish and Palestinian Perspectives
Raja Khouri and Jeffrey J. Wilkinson

 

The Ghosts of Stories Past
Lesley Crewe and Sarah Leipciger

FREE

Journeys of Justice
Murray Sinclair and Niigaan Sinclair

 

Cookbook Writing 101
Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma and Devan Rajkumar

FREE

Narrative Wisdom: Dissecting the World with Short Stories
Carleigh Baker and Amanda Peters

 

Journeys Through Heartache
Lesley Crewe and Sarah Leipciger

 

The Butterfly Effect
Geraldo Valério

FREE

Weekend Pass

$59.99

Student & Youth $34.99

Note: events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Friendship, Home and Identity
Sadi Muktadir, Edward Y. C. Lee and Shyam Selvadurai

 

The Blank Page: Contemplation Space
Various participants

FREE

Bad Artist, Good Art: Caught Between Creativity and Productivity
Pamela Oakley, Gillian Turnbull and Nellwyn Lampert

FREE

Identity and the Supernatural
Cheryl Isaacs and Efua Traoré

 

An Unforgettable Life
Jane Urquhart

 

Hearts and Hauntings: YA Love Novels
Markus Harwood-Jones, Lynn Painter and J.M. Frey

 

All The Writing Advice I Wish I Had Ignored
J.M. Miro and Jackie Lau

FREE

Real-life Terror of Mental Illness
A.G.A Wilmot and K.J. Aiello

 

Rally the Tropes: Romance Showdown
Lily Chu, Markus Harwood-Jones, Jackie Lau and Lynn Painter

FREE

Started from the Bottom: Welcoming Celebrities Back Home
Greg Kearney and Timothy Taylor

 

Discovering the Korea Canada Anthology
Bora Chung and Lisa Bird-Wilson

FREE

The Lost Art of Conversation
Ian Williams

 

On the Outside Looking In
Chido Muchemwa and Amal Elsana Alh'jooj

 

Finding Spaces of Comfort
Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and Jess Taylor

 

A Journey Across Generations
Saumiya Balasubramaniam

FREE

Rally the Tropes: Horror
Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and A.G.A Wilmot

FREE

Curiosity Unleashed
Bob McDonald

 

Writing Queer
J.M. Frey and Markus Harwood-Jones

FREE

Utopias, Noir and The Stories They Tell
Bora Chung and Canisia Lubrin

 

Wars Fought at Home: Writing Trauma
Chinenye Emezie and Jenna Tang

 

Small Press Book Fair
Various participants

FREE

Women Unscripted: Exploring Identity, Humour and Resilience
Zoe Whittall and Deepa Rajagopalan

 

Storydrop
Various participants

FREE

A Sweet Adventure
Yolanda T. Marshall

FREE

Write Your Way Home
Various participants

FREE

Rebellion With a Cause
Pascale Lacelle, M.K. Lobb and K.J. Aiello

 

Dislocation and Relocation
Tasneem Jamal and Nazneen Sheikh

 

Home, Sweet Home
Lian-En Lin

FREE

Burning Questions: Confronting the Challenges of our Global Climate Crisis
Margaret Atwood, John Vaillant, Catherine Abreu and Nahlah Ayed

 

Bringer of Monsters and Other Worlds
J.M. Miro

 

The Heart of Poutine: From Chip Wagons to National Symbol
Justin Giovannetti Lamothe

 

On the Edge: Stories of Struggle and Survival
Colin Barrett

 

Discovery Fun with the Ontario Science Centre
Various participants

FREE

Musings on Henry David Thoreau
Helen Humphreys

 

Frontline Fiction: War and Humanity
Saad T. Farooqi and Jacob Wren

 

Swooning for Romance Novels
Lily Chu, Jackie Lau and J.M. Frey

 

House of Horrors
Mason Coile and Marcus Kliewer

 

The Life and Art of Anaïs Nin
Léonie Bischoff

 

Echoes of Alfred Hitchcock: Exploring The Hitchcock Hotel
Stephanie Wrobel

 

Beneath the Surface: Culture, Landscape and the Planet
Wade Davis

 

Weekend Pass

$59.99

Student & Youth $34.99

Note: events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Tea, Cake and Stories of Sorcery
Kate Heartfield and Anna Rasche

 

Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
Various participants

FREE

The Performance of Poetry
Afra Atiq and Martin Gomes

FREE

Between Worlds
Sinan Antoon and Noor Naga

 

Social Justice and Transformation
Ruha Benjamin

 

Dragon Tails and Tales
Ebtisam Al-Beiti

FREE

Towards Truth and Reconciliation
Marie Wilson

 

Arab Authors in the Diaspora: Navigating Activism and Identity
Sinan Antoon and Saeed Teebi

 

Tam Fam Lit Jam: Home/Safe
Padma Viswanathan and Catherine Hernandez

 

The Ghosts of Stories Past
Lesley Crewe and Sarah Leipciger

FREE

Journeys of Justice
Murray Sinclair and Niigaan Sinclair

 

Cookbook Writing 101
Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma and Devan Rajkumar

FREE

Narrative Wisdom: Dissecting the World with Short Stories
Carleigh Baker and Amanda Peters

 

Journeys Through Heartache
Lesley Crewe and Sarah Leipciger

 

The Butterfly Effect
Geraldo Valério

FREE

A Changing World: Inflation, War and Sanctions
Jeff Rubin

 

Storytime at Sea
Sarabeth Holden

FREE

Cultural Connections: Discovering Home Through Art and Storytelling
Various participants

FREE

Telling Tales of Time
Scott Alexander Howard and Shelley Wood

 

Why We Write
Various participants

FREE

The Cities We Called Home
Danny Ramadan and Barrack Zailaa Rima

 

Inside Canada’s Political Turmoil
Stephen Maher

 

A Poetic Journey Through the World
Michael Ondaatje

 

Savouring Indigenous Heritage
Margaret Augustine and Lauren Beck

 

Opening the Door on the Past
Roddy Doyle

 

Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs
Tom Wilson Tehoháhake

 

Writers and the City
Jean Marc Ah-Sen and Alex Pugsley

 

How to Read the US Elections
David Shribman

 

Voices of Fire and Resilience
Brandi Morin and Angela Sterritt

 

The Wall Between: Jewish and Palestinian Perspectives
Raja Khouri and Jeffrey J. Wilkinson

 

Single Day Passes

Friday Pass

$15.99

Student & Youth $9.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Festival 2024 Bookstore
Various participants

 

Student Literary Cabaret
Various participants

 

The Unravelling of Public and Private Lives
Andrew O'Hagan

 

Journeys Through Time
Anne Michaels

 

Women’s Rights (and Tasty Bites)
Geraldine DeRuiter

 

Saturday Pass

$34.99

Student & Youth $19.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Friendship, Home and Identity
Sadi Muktadir, Edward Y. C. Lee and Shyam Selvadurai

 

The Blank Page: Contemplation Space
Various participants

FREE

Bad Artist, Good Art: Caught Between Creativity and Productivity
Pamela Oakley, Gillian Turnbull and Nellwyn Lampert

FREE

Identity and the Supernatural
Cheryl Isaacs and Efua Traoré

 

An Unforgettable Life
Jane Urquhart

 

Hearts and Hauntings: YA Love Novels
Markus Harwood-Jones, Lynn Painter and J.M. Frey

 

All The Writing Advice I Wish I Had Ignored
J.M. Miro and Jackie Lau

FREE

Real-life Terror of Mental Illness
A.G.A Wilmot and K.J. Aiello

 

Rally the Tropes: Romance Showdown
Lily Chu, Markus Harwood-Jones, Jackie Lau and Lynn Painter

FREE

Started from the Bottom: Welcoming Celebrities Back Home
Greg Kearney and Timothy Taylor

 

Discovering the Korea Canada Anthology
Bora Chung and Lisa Bird-Wilson

FREE

The Lost Art of Conversation
Ian Williams

 

Small Press Book Fair
Various participants

FREE

Women Unscripted: Exploring Identity, Humour and Resilience
Zoe Whittall and Deepa Rajagopalan

 

Storydrop
Various participants

FREE

A Sweet Adventure
Yolanda T. Marshall

FREE

Write Your Way Home
Various participants

FREE

Rebellion With a Cause
Pascale Lacelle, M.K. Lobb and K.J. Aiello

 

Dislocation and Relocation
Tasneem Jamal and Nazneen Sheikh

 

Home, Sweet Home
Lian-En Lin

FREE

Burning Questions: Confronting the Challenges of our Global Climate Crisis
Margaret Atwood, John Vaillant, Catherine Abreu and Nahlah Ayed

 

Bringer of Monsters and Other Worlds
J.M. Miro

 

The Heart of Poutine: From Chip Wagons to National Symbol
Justin Giovannetti Lamothe

 

On the Edge: Stories of Struggle and Survival
Colin Barrett

 

Sunday Pass

$34.99

Student & Youth $19.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
On the Outside Looking In
Chido Muchemwa and Amal Elsana Alh'jooj

 

Finding Spaces of Comfort
Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and Jess Taylor

 

A Journey Across Generations
Saumiya Balasubramaniam

FREE

Rally the Tropes: Horror
Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and A.G.A Wilmot

FREE

Curiosity Unleashed
Bob McDonald

 

Writing Queer
J.M. Frey and Markus Harwood-Jones

FREE

Utopias, Noir and The Stories They Tell
Bora Chung and Canisia Lubrin

 

Wars Fought at Home: Writing Trauma
Chinenye Emezie and Jenna Tang

 

Discovery Fun with the Ontario Science Centre
Various participants

FREE

Musings on Henry David Thoreau
Helen Humphreys

 

Frontline Fiction: War and Humanity
Saad T. Farooqi and Jacob Wren

 

Swooning for Romance Novels
Lily Chu, Jackie Lau and J.M. Frey

 

House of Horrors
Mason Coile and Marcus Kliewer

 

The Life and Art of Anaïs Nin
Léonie Bischoff

 

Echoes of Alfred Hitchcock: Exploring The Hitchcock Hotel
Stephanie Wrobel

 

Beneath the Surface: Culture, Landscape and the Planet
Wade Davis

 

Tuesday Pass

$15.99

Student & Youth $9.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
2024 IVY Award and Conversation
Nicole Winstanley and Dawn Davis

FREE

Words are Weapons
Carol Off

 

Wednesday Pass

$15.99

Student & Youth $9.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Beyond Initial Enthusiasm: Embracing long-term diversity in publishing, with insights and strategies from leading publishers
Various participants

FREE

Finding Families in Many Forms
Gloria Blizzard and Jenny Heijun Wills

 

Fact in Fiction: Novels with True Crime
Nicola Lagioia and Michael Melgaard

 

Hidden Successes and Surprises: Opportunities and Challenges in Markets Around The World
Rafal Czech, Alexandra Heimann, Hannah Chukwu and Marion Wichmann

FREE

Canada’s Best Short Stories: Celebrating the Journey Prize
Alexander MacLeod and Souvankham Thammavongsa

 

Thursday Pass

$15.99

Student & Youth $9.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
And The Winner Is… The UofT SCS Creative Writing Awards
Various participants

FREE

Relationships Reimagined
Myriam Lacroix and Holly Pester

 

The Heart of the City: Celebrating Toronto
Len Senater, Shawn Micallef and Catherine Hernandez

 

The Siege: Iranian Embassy, 1980
Ben Macintyre

 

Friday Pass

$15.99

Student & Youth $9.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Keynote: Regulating Emotions in an Apocalyptic Time
Nathan Radke, Lee Kuhnle and Shelly Lesher

FREE

Toronto Poetry Slam
Dwayne Morgan and Afra Atiq

 

The Secrets of a Time-Traveling Café
Toshikazu Kawaguchi

 

Saturday Pass

$34.99

Student & Youth $19.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Tea, Cake and Stories of Sorcery
Kate Heartfield and Anna Rasche

 

Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
Various participants

FREE

The Performance of Poetry
Afra Atiq and Martin Gomes

FREE

Between Worlds
Sinan Antoon and Noor Naga

 

Social Justice and Transformation
Ruha Benjamin

 

Dragon Tails and Tales
Ebtisam Al-Beiti

FREE

Towards Truth and Reconciliation
Marie Wilson

 

Arab Authors in the Diaspora: Navigating Activism and Identity
Sinan Antoon and Saeed Teebi

 

Tam Fam Lit Jam: Home/Safe
Padma Viswanathan and Catherine Hernandez

 

A Changing World: Inflation, War and Sanctions
Jeff Rubin

 

Storytime at Sea
Sarabeth Holden

FREE

Cultural Connections: Discovering Home Through Art and Storytelling
Various participants

FREE

Telling Tales of Time
Scott Alexander Howard and Shelley Wood

 

Why We Write
Various participants

FREE

The Cities We Called Home
Danny Ramadan and Barrack Zailaa Rima

 

Inside Canada’s Political Turmoil
Stephen Maher

 

A Poetic Journey Through the World
Michael Ondaatje

 

Sunday Pass

$34.99

Student & Youth $19.99

Events marked FREE do not require a pass for entry.
Savouring Indigenous Heritage
Margaret Augustine and Lauren Beck

 

Opening the Door on the Past
Roddy Doyle

 

Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs
Tom Wilson Tehoháhake

 

Writers and the City
Jean Marc Ah-Sen and Alex Pugsley

 

How to Read the US Elections
David Shribman

 

Voices of Fire and Resilience
Brandi Morin and Angela Sterritt

 

The Wall Between: Jewish and Palestinian Perspectives
Raja Khouri and Jeffrey J. Wilkinson

 

The Ghosts of Stories Past
Lesley Crewe and Sarah Leipciger

FREE

Journeys of Justice
Murray Sinclair and Niigaan Sinclair

 

Cookbook Writing 101
Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma and Devan Rajkumar

FREE

Narrative Wisdom: Dissecting the World with Short Stories
Carleigh Baker and Amanda Peters

 

Journeys Through Heartache
Lesley Crewe and Sarah Leipciger

 

The Butterfly Effect
Geraldo Valério

FREE

Masterclasses

Sat, Sep 21  •  1pm
$49

From Fact to Fiction

Antanas Sileika

Sat, Sep 21  •  3:30pm
$49

Don’t Explain: Smashing Things Together in Poems

Adam Sol

Sun, Sep 22  •  1pm
$49

Point of View

Shyam Selvadurai

Sun, Sep 22  •  3:30pm
$49

Heart First, Head Follows: Writing with Instinct and Emotion

Nina Dunic

Wed, Sep 25  •  5:30pm
$49

How to Write a Non-Fiction Novel

Nicola Lagioia

Thu, Sep 26  •  5:30pm
$49

How Much Is Too Much: On The Power of Withholding and Restraint In Writing

David Bezmozgis

Fri, Sep 27  •  5:30pm
$49

Writing and Housing

Holly Pester

Sat, Sep 28  •  3:30pm
$49

How to Eat an Elephant…and Other Plotting Advice

Hannah Mary McKinnon

Sat, Sep 28  •  6pm
$49

The Uses of Research for Writing Fiction

Joseph Kertes

Sun, Sep 29  •  11am
$49

Reimagining the Edit

Harriet Alida Lye

Sun, Sep 29  •  2pm
$49

From Outline to Draft

Kate Heartfield

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