TIFA 2025 Schedule
Friday
October 31
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Isabel Bader Theatre
Koerner Hall in the Telus Centre for Performance & Learning
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Main Lobby
Victoria College, Room 101
Victoria College, Room 215
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
Madeleine Thien: Memory & Migration
Madeleine Thien
Conversation
Life, Love & Literary Legacies: Francesca Wade on Gertrude Stein
Francesca Wade
Conversation
Stories of Family & Politics: Vinh Nguyen & Jeremy Tiang
Vinh Nguyen and Jeremy Tiang
Conversation
Karen Bartlett: Women & Justice in Kabul
Karen Bartlett
Conversation
Linden MacIntyre: An Accidental Villain
Linden MacIntyre
Conversation
Home in Graphic Novels: Eric Kim & Hong Yeon-sik
Eric Kim and Hong Yeon-sik
Conversation
Let’s Get Political: How to Mix Fiction and Politics with Samrat Upadhyay
Samrat Upadhyay
Masterclass
The Art of Detail in Speculative Fiction with Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai
Masterclass
Friday
October 31
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
8:00pm
8:30pm
9:00pm
9:30pm
Friday
October 31
October 31
2:30pm↑4:00pm
Victoria College, Room 101
Victoria College, Room 101
Let’s Get Political: How to Mix Fiction and Politics with Samrat Upadhyay
Samrat Upadhyay
Masterclass
3:30pm↑5:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Yoga & Journaling with Janet Smyth
Various participants
Workshop
5:00pm↑6:30pm
Victoria College, Room 101
Victoria College, Room 101
The Art of Detail in Speculative Fiction with Shyam Selvadurai
Shyam Selvadurai
Masterclass
5:00pm↑6:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Stories of Family & Politics: Vinh Nguyen & Jeremy Tiang
Vinh Nguyen and Jeremy Tiang
Conversation
5:30pm↑6:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Linden MacIntyre: An Accidental Villain
Linden MacIntyre
Conversation
6:00pm↑7:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Madeleine Thien: Memory & Migration
Madeleine Thien
Conversation
6:30pm↑7:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Karen Bartlett: Women & Justice in Kabul
Karen Bartlett
Conversation
7:00pm↑8:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Home in Graphic Novels: Eric Kim & Hong Yeon-sik
Eric Kim and Hong Yeon-sik
Conversation
7:30pm↑9:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
Toronto Poetry Slam
Various participants
Presentation
8:00pm↑9:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Life, Love & Literary Legacies: Francesca Wade on Gertrude Stein
Francesca Wade
Conversation