Past IV Programme Fellows
The IV Programme welcomes a select group of international publishing leaders to Canada every year. Modelled on similar successful programmes in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Japan, New Zealand and the UK, the IV Programme connects influential foreign publishing professionals with Canadian authors, agents, editors and publishers, and even the broader reading public.
YEAR: 2023
The 16th edition of the IV Programme took place during the 2023 Toronto International Festival of Authors (September 25–29, 2023).
![Marine Alata headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Alata-Marine_headshot-square-1024x1024.png)
Marine Alata (HarperCollins France, France)
![Lexy Cassola headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Cassola-Lexy_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Lexy Cassola (Penguin Random House, New York)
![Esther Hendriks headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hendriks-Esther_headshot-square-1024x1024.png)
Esther Hendriks (Singel Publishers, Netherlands)
![Lauren Hook headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hook-Lauren-Rosemary_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Lauren Hook (Feminist Press, New York)
![Paivi Koivisto-Alanko headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Koivisto-Alanko-Päivi_headshot-square.png)
Paivi Koivisto-Alanko (Tammi, Finland)
![Martyna Kowalewska headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kowalewska-Martycz-Martyna_headshot-square-1024x1024.png)
Martyna Kowalewska (Booklab Literary Agency, Poland)
![Katrin Kroll headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kroll-Katrin_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Katrin Kroll (Rowohlt Verlag, Germany)
![Sarah Pocklington headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pocklington-Sarah_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Sarah Pocklington (London Literary Scouting, United Kingdom)
Distinguished Guests
![Luke Brown headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Brown-Luke_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Luke Brown (Serpent’s Tail, United Kingdom)
![Lettice Franklin headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Franklin-Lettice_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Lettice Franklin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, United Kingdom)
![Lisa Sharkey headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sharkey-Lisa_headshot-square.jpg)
Lisa Sharkey (HarperCollins Publishers, New York)
Canadian Fellows
![Bethany Gibson headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Gibson-Bethany_headshot-square-1024x1024.png)
Bethany Gibson (Goose Lane Editions, New Brunswick)
![Matthew Joudrey headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Joudrey-Matthew_headshot-square-1024x1024.jpg)
Matthew Joudrey (At Bay Press, Manitoba)
![Karen McMullan headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/McMullin-Karen_headshot-square.png)
Karen McMullin (Nimbus Publishing, Toronto)
Ivy Award Recipient
![Alana Wilcox's headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Wilcox-Alana_headshot-square.jpg)
Alana Wilcox, Editorial Director of Coach House Books (Toronto)
Keynote Speaker
![Susan Swan's headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Swan-Susan-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
Susan Swan, author, journalist and professor, Order of Canada member and co-founder of the Carol Shields Prize For Fiction (Toronto)
YEAR: 2022
The 15th edition of the IV Programme took place during the 2022 Toronto International Festival of Authors (September 26–30, 2022).
![Jennifer Croll headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jennifer-Croll-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Sune de Souza Schmidt-Madsen headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sune-de-Souza-Schmidt-Madsen-Headshot.jpeg)
![Carina Guiterman headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Carina-Guiterman-headshot-2_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Diana Gvozden headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Diana-Gvozden-Headshot_square-1024x1024.png)
![Tynan Kogane headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Tynan-Kogane-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Lisanne Mathijssen headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lisanne-Mathijssen-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Dagfinn Moller headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dagfinn-Moller-Cappelen-Damm_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Anne-Solange Noble headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Anne-Solange-Noble-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Helen O’Hare headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Helen-OHare_headshot_2022_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Julie Paludan-Müller headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Julie-Paludan-Muller-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Geneviève Pigeon headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Genevieve-Pigeon-Headshot_Photo_JeanMarie_Lanlo_square-1024x1024.jpg)
![Errol Sharpe headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Errol-Sharpe-Headshot_square-1024x1024.jpg)
- Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (Kegedonce)
- Jon Baker (Baker Literary Scouting)
- Tanya Batson-Savage (Blue Banyan Books, Jamaica)
- Patricia Campbell (Kegedonce)
- Amy Hundley (Grove Atlantic)
YEAR: 2021
The 14th edition of the IV Programme took place during the 2021 Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 25–29, 2021).
International Visitors:
![Tanya Batson-Savage headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/batson-savage-bio-close.png)
![Håkan Bravinger headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hakan-bravinger_square.png)
![Kit Caless headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kit-Caless-3_square.png)
![Sune de Souza Schmidt-Madsen headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sune-de-Souza-Schmidt-Madsen-square.png)
![Carina Guiterman headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Carina-Guiterman-headshot-2_square.png)
![Diana Gvozden headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Diana-Gvozden_square-1024x1024.png)
![Amy Hundley](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Amy-headshot-c-Jessica-Monahan_square.png)
![Tynan Kogane headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Tynan-Kogane_select_14311.square.png)
![Dagfinn Møller headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dagfinn-Moller-Cappelen-Damm_square.png)
![Helen O’Hare headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Helen-OHare_headshot_square.png)
![Amber Oliver](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Amber-headshot_square.png)
- Parisa Ebrahimi, Senior Editor, Hogarth, PRH (US)
- Julie Paludan-Müller, Editorial Director, Gads Forlag (Denmark)
- Geneviève Pigeon, President (L’instant même, Quebec, Canada)
Canadian Editorial Fellow
![Laura Cameron headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cameron-Laura_Headshot_square-300x300-1.png)
Keynote Speaker
![Eliza Reid headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Eliza_Reid_Headshot_Square-1024x1024.png)
YEAR: 2020
The 13th edition of the IV Programme took place during the 2020 Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 22–November 1, 2020).
![Ana María Bermúdez](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bermudez.jpg)
![Giorgia di Tolle headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Giorgia-Headshot_square.png)
![Johannes Holmqvist headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Johannes-Headshot_square.jpg)
![Allison Malecha headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Allison-Headshot_square.jpg)
![Stephanie Sinclair headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/QQ_SINCLAIR_Stephanie-2339_square.jpg)
![Emily Wunderlich headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Emily-Headshot_square.jpg)
![Lizbeth Zavala Mondragón headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lizbeth-Headshot.jpg)
Coordinator, Herder Mexico (Mexico)
- Louisa Joyner, publishing director, Faber UK
- Eloise Millar, co-founder, Galley Beggar Press (U.K.)
- Florence Bisch, international and domestic rights director, Groupe Homme (French Canadian)
2020 Distinguished Guest
![Madeleine Milburn headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madeleine-Headshot_square.jpg)
Canadian Editorial Fellowship
![Jennifer Croll headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jennifer-Headshot-scaled.jpg)
Keynote Speaker
![Lennie Goodings headshot](https://festivalofauthors.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Goodings-Lennie-credit-Charlie-Hopkinson-Headshot-2_square.jpg)
The IV Programme is gratefully supported by: