Join bestselling historical fiction author Paula McLain for a conversation on her latest novel, Skylark. Set in Paris, the story follows two characters from different time periods, whose lives run parallel and intertwine. Alouette is fighting for art and justice for women in 1664, while Kristof is a medical student 1939, trying to navigate life […]
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Andrew Sean Greer shot to success with his Pulitzer Prize winning novel Less and its bestselling sequel, Less is Lost. His latest novel, Villa Coco sees a young American arriving in Tuscany expecting to catalogue art and instead finds himself swept into the eccentric world of an unforgettable Baronessa becoming the all-purpose assistant to a […]
Join Chloe Dalton and Melissa Harrison in conversation to discuss their books celebrating the lifechanging influence of the nature world. Dalton’s Raising Hare has been an award-winning bestseller in the UK and North America. It chronicles her journey rescuing a baby hare and the bond the unlikely pair builds as she nurses it back to […]
Join author Damian Barr as he talks about art, class, queer history, love and the forgotten lives that inspired his novel, The Two Roberts. Based on a true story, the book follows Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, two Scottish artists in the 1930s who kept their relationship private while being in the very public art […]
Political upheaval and personal identity collide in this compelling conversation between two daring novelists. In Gigi L. Leung’s Everyday Movement (translated by Jennifer Feeley), two university roommates and their circle of friends navigate their normal lives while also living through Hong Kong’s 2019 protests, confronting questions of identity, democracy, and belonging. In Intan Paramaditha’s Night […]
When the lives we’ve built no longer fit, what happens when we decide to break free? In Cheong Ye’s Orange and Bread Knife (translated by Slin Jung), a young teacher undergoes an experimental procedure that frees her from the guilt and emotional regulation that have shaped her life, but not without consequences. In Jenny Jackson’s […]
Art, ambition and the women erased from history take centre stage in this conversation between Jill Dawson and Camille de Peretti. In Portrait of an Unknown Woman, de Peretti imagines the life of the mysterious woman in Gustav Klimt’s famous portrait, her lost loves, descendants, and secrets. In Pixie, Dawson brings to life Pamela “Pixie” […]
When worlds are turned upside down what happens when the stories we leave behind take on lives of their own? Join Portia Elan, Huang Chong-Kai, and Jeremy Tiang as they discuss their speculative fiction novels. Told through different perspectives, Huang’s The Formosa Exchange (translated by Tiang) chronicles the lives of Taiwanese and Cuban residents who […]
Myth, magic and unreal expectations collide as Bar Fridman-Tell and Lindsay Wong discuss their genre-melding novels set around folklore and the supernatural. Loosely based on Welsh mythology, Fridman-Tell’s Honeysuckle follows Daye, a girl literally made from flowers as a friend for Rory, and their changing relationship as the seasons change and Rory grows up. Wong’s […]
Do things go bump in the night and it’s not your TBR pile falling over? Does nothing makes you happy than the thrill of the chill? Or the gratifyingly glorious goriness of a great horror novel? Not to forget the frightfully fantastic fear of ghouls and ghost stories! Then you should be celebrating Halloween at […]
Join two of modern literature’s most daring voices for an electrifying conversation on the mechanics of obsession and the weight of family legacies. In Floodlines Saleem Haddad’s sweeping, tension-filled novel set between London and Baghdad, domestic intimacy becomes a pressure cooker of family drama, hidden histories, and queer identity. Meanwhile, award-winning Canadian playwright, Jordan Tannahill’s […]
Join authors Randy Boyagoda and Priya Guns as they talk about their latest novels on class and wealth in immigrant communities. In Boyagoda’s Lords of Serendipity centres on two teenage girls from different backgrounds who both dream of attending Harvard, exposing inequality behind higher education and the sacrifices families make to get there. While in […]
Canisa Lubrin and Hind Shoufani in their latest poetry collections explore the place of art and poetry to offer light and beauty in the darkest times. Canisia Lubrin, already critically acclaimed and internationally celebrated, is one of Canada’s most exciting and provocative poets. Bright Machine is her highly anticipated new collection which, as ever, is […]
Two masters of writing with humour and heart, Glenn Dixon and Terry Fallis, take to the stage to discuss their latest novels. Dixon’s The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances, household appliances are sentient and a vacuum starts to crave human connection and sets out on a journey of self-discovery. In Fallis’ An End in Itself, […]
Calling all birdwatchers, twitchers and nature lovers! Join us for a conversation celebrating the wonderful birdlife of Ontario and beyond. Jackie Morris’s stunningly beautiful artwork in The Book of Birds (written by Robert Macfarlane) offers a breathtaking illustrated exploration of birds, their habitats, and their habits, while Mark Peck and Emily Rondel’s A Field Guide […]
Ten years after his passing, TIFA celebrates the extraordinary life, work and enduring influence of Leonard Cohen. In a very special evening, a cavalcade of musicians, writers and artists come together to honour one of Canada’s – and the world’s – most iconic and beloved creative voices. Through music, readings and performance, the evening will […]
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, David Szalay’s Flesh is a spare, hypnotic novel about the forces that shape a life. From a housing estate in Hungary to the world of London’s super-rich, it follows István across decades as sex, violence, chance, money and power propel him through a life he rarely seems able to […]
Paris in the years surrounding WWII was a city alive with art, ideas and possibility—but beneath the glamour, tensions were mounting. Join Mark Braude, author of The Typewriter and the Guillotine, and Jane Rogoyska, author of Hotel Exile, for a fascinating conversation about the writers, artists and émigrés who found themselves in Paris as Europe […]
What does it mean to love a country—and what happens when patriotism becomes a tool for power? Join writer, lawyer, and former foreign policy advisor Omar Aziz (Shadows of the Republic), and Carol Off, former co-host of CBC’s As It Happens and author of True Patriot Love, for a timely conversation about patriotism, democracy, identity […]
Booker Prize-shortlisted Canadian author Patrick deWitt returns with Dodge City, a rollicking road novel set against the upheavals of 1967 America. When 23-year-old Lee Clarke receives his Vietnam draft notice, he makes the first political decision of his life: to flee north to Canada. Armed with a suitcase, a bag of amphetamines and a showroom-new […]
A stone appears in a woman’s pocket like a charm only to end up lodged in someone else’s throat. A man becomes weightless, bobbing around on the ceiling, nauseated every time he is brought down and tethered to the earth. Just two of the plots from Jess Gibson and Tomás Downey’s new story collections highlighting […]
What happens when the expectations placed on women become impossible to ignore? Harriet Alida Lye and Vivek Shraya come together to explore the complexities of identity, family, grief, and desire. Lye’s Motherclown follows a mother and daughter as they deal with their grief and resentment towards each other. In Shraya’s The Hystericals a woman grapples […]
Norwegian author Rune Christiansen comes together with Métis author Tara Gereaux for a fascinating conversation about hidden identities and the complicated search for belonging. In Christiansen’s novel, The Case of the Caprice of Lost Time, a woman returns to her estranged father after her mother’s death, only to uncover mysteries that force her to reconsider […]
How do we find meaning when certainty feels out of reach? Join Gillian Deacon, author of Love Affair with the Unknown: Leaning into the Uncertainty of Modern Life, and Kim Echlin, author of Tell Others, for a timely and thought-provoking conversation about uncertainty, storytelling and how we navigate a complicated world. Veteran journalist and former […]
