TIFA 2025 Schedule
Saturday
November 1
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
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
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
Tea, Cake and Family Sagas: Fatma Aydemir & Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Fatma Aydemir and Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Conversation
Serhii Plokhy: Understanding the Nuclear Age
Serhii Plokhy
Conversation
Stories Without Borders: Sheung-King & Terao Tetsuya
Terao Tetsuya and Sheung-King
Conversation
Diaspora Dialogues: Writing War
Various participants
Conversation
Words We Carry: Tracey Lindberg & katherena vermette
Tracey Lindberg and katherena vermette
Conversation
Literature & Memory: Pete Crighton
Pete Crighton
Conversation
Publishing Forward: Mentorship in Action from Concept to Cover
Various participants
Conversation
Plot Twists Ahead: The Evolution and Future of Genre Fiction
Various participants
Conversation
Stories Across Time and Memory: Bo-Young Kim & Jacquelyn Zong Li Ross
Bo-Young Kim and Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross
Conversation
CANCELLED: The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Claire Cameron, David Chariandy, Niigaan Sinclair, and Stephanie Sinclair
Various participants
Presentation
Vanishing Worlds, Fractured Homelands: Ibtisam Azem & Samrat Upadhyay
Ibtisam Azem and Samrat Upadhyay
Conversation
Echoes Across Eras: Lin King & Jinwoo Park
Lin King and Jinwoo Park
Conversation
Chilling Thrillers: Michael Bennett & Kelley Armstrong
Michael Bennett and Kelley Armstrong
Conversation
Exporting Canadian Literature
Various participants
Event
Alka Joshi: Six Days in Bombay
Alka Joshi
Conversation
The Roots of Story: Maria Joao Lopo de Carvalho & Irene Marques
Maria João Lopo de Carvalho and Irene Marques
Conversation
Alex Neve: The Fight for Human Rights
Alex Neve
Conversation
The Past Reimagined: Guy Gavriel Kay & Susanna Kearsley
Guy Gavriel Kay and Susanna Kearsley
Conversation
Fiction Across Worlds: André Alexis & Susan Choi
André Alexis and Susan Choi
Conversation
Kotaro Isaka: Hotel Lucky Seven & Seesaw Monster
Kōtarō Isaka
Conversation
From Page to Stage: Rogers v. Rogers
Various participants
Conversation
Memory, Resistance, and the Power of Story: Ibtisam Azem, Zeina Sleiman, Saeed Teebi
Ibtisam Azem, Zeina Sleiman, and Saeed Teebi
Conversation
A Haunted History of Toronto with Adam Bunch
Adam Bunch
Conversation
Beyond Tropes, Saviourism and the White Gaze: A conversation with Newcomer & Refugee Writers
Various participants
Conversation
Literature in Translation: Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King & Jeremy Tiang
Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King, and Jeremy Tiang
Conversation
Small Press, Big Impact: Why Independent Publishing Still Matters
Various participants
Conversation
Fiction Taking Root: Brian Thomas Isaac & Eliana Ramage
Brian Thomas Isaac and Eliana Ramage
Conversation
Diaspora Dialogues: CanLit at Home in the World
Various participants
Conversation
Identities & Expectations: Matthew R. Morris & Saeed Teebi
Matthew R. Morris and Saeed Teebi
Conversation
Stories in Time: Emma Donoghue & Alyson Richman
Emma Donoghue and Alyson Richman
Conversation
Auks & Oddities: Sibylle Grimbert & Michel Nieva
Sibylle Grimbert and Michel Nieva
Conversation
Saturday
November 1
10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
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
Saturday
November 1
November 1
10:00am↑10:45am
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Publishing Forward: Mentorship in Action from Concept to Cover
Various participants
Conversation
10:00am↑5:00pm
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Victoria Chapel Lobby
Small Press Fair
Various participants
Exhibition
11:00am↑11:45am
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Plot Twists Ahead: The Evolution and Future of Genre Fiction
Various participants
Conversation
11:00am↑12:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Chilling Thrillers: Michael Bennett & Kelley Armstrong
Michael Bennett and Kelley Armstrong
Conversation
11:00am↑12:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Tea, Cake and Family Sagas: Fatma Aydemir & Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Fatma Aydemir and Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Conversation
11:30am↑12:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Memory, Resistance, and the Power of Story: Ibtisam Azem, Zeina Sleiman, Saeed Teebi
Ibtisam Azem, Zeina Sleiman, and Saeed Teebi
Conversation
11:30am↑12:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Fiction Taking Root: Brian Thomas Isaac & Eliana Ramage
Brian Thomas Isaac and Eliana Ramage
Conversation
11:30am↑1:00pm
Victoria College, Room 101
Victoria College, Room 101
On Biography Writing with Francesca Wade
Francesca Wade
Masterclass
12:00pm↑12:45pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Exporting Canadian Literature
Various participants
Event
12:30pm↑1:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Alka Joshi: Six Days in Bombay
Alka Joshi
Conversation
12:30pm↑1:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Serhii Plokhy: Understanding the Nuclear Age
Serhii Plokhy
Conversation
1:00pm↑2:00pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
1:00pm↑2:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
A Haunted History of Toronto with Adam Bunch
Adam Bunch
Conversation
1:30pm↑2:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
Fiction Across Worlds: André Alexis & Susan Choi
André Alexis and Susan Choi
Conversation
1:30pm↑2:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Stories Across Time and Memory: Bo-Young Kim & Jacquelyn Zong Li Ross
Bo-Young Kim and Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross
Conversation
1:30pm↑2:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Diaspora Dialogues: CanLit at Home in the World
Various participants
Conversation
2:00pm↑3:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
The Roots of Story: Maria Joao Lopo de Carvalho & Irene Marques
Maria João Lopo de Carvalho and Irene Marques
Conversation
2:00pm↑4:00pm
Victoria College Main Lobby
Victoria College Main Lobby
Writers Behind Typewriters
Various participants
Presentation
2:30pm↑3:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Beyond Tropes, Saviourism and the White Gaze: A conversation with Newcomer & Refugee Writers
Various participants
Conversation
2:30pm↑3:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Stories Without Borders: Sheung-King & Terao Tetsuya
Terao Tetsuya and Sheung-King
Conversation
3:00pm↑4:00pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Victoria College, Room 215
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
3:00pm↑4:30pm
Victoria College, Room 101
Victoria College, Room 101
Guelph Masterclass Conversation: Cho Nam-Joo
Cho Nam-Joo and Canisia Lubrin
Conversation
3:00pm↑4:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Identities & Expectations: Matthew R. Morris & Saeed Teebi
Matthew R. Morris and Saeed Teebi
Conversation
3:00pm↑4:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
CANCELLED: The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Claire Cameron, David Chariandy, Niigaan Sinclair, and Stephanie Sinclair
Various participants
Presentation
3:30pm↑4:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
Kotaro Isaka: Hotel Lucky Seven & Seesaw Monster
Kōtarō Isaka
Conversation
4:00pm↑5:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Literature in Translation: Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King & Jeremy Tiang
Ryad Assani-Razaki, Lin King, and Jeremy Tiang
Conversation
4:00pm↑5:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Alex Neve: The Fight for Human Rights
Alex Neve
Conversation
4:30pm↑5:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Vanishing Worlds, Fractured Homelands: Ibtisam Azem & Samrat Upadhyay
Ibtisam Azem and Samrat Upadhyay
Conversation
4:30pm↑5:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Diaspora Dialogues: Writing War
Various participants
Conversation
5:00pm↑6:30pm
Victoria College, Room 101
Victoria College, Room 101
The Significance of Rewriting (And I’m Not Talking about Just Revising!) with David Wright Faladé
David Wright Faladé
Masterclass
5:00pm↑6:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Stories in Time: Emma Donoghue & Alyson Richman
Emma Donoghue and Alyson Richman
Conversation
5:30pm↑6:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Emmanuel College, Room 119
The Past Reimagined: Guy Gavriel Kay & Susanna Kearsley
Guy Gavriel Kay and Susanna Kearsley
Conversation
5:30pm↑6:30pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Small Press, Big Impact: Why Independent Publishing Still Matters
Various participants
Conversation
6:00pm↑7:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Words We Carry: Tracey Lindberg & katherena vermette
Tracey Lindberg and katherena vermette
Conversation
6:30pm↑7:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Echoes Across Eras: Lin King & Jinwoo Park
Lin King and Jinwoo Park
Conversation
6:30pm↑7:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Isabel Bader Theatre
From Page to Stage: Rogers v. Rogers
Various participants
Conversation
7:00pm↑8:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Victoria College Chapel
Auks & Oddities: Sibylle Grimbert & Michel Nieva
Sibylle Grimbert and Michel Nieva
Conversation
8:00pm↑9:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Literature & Memory: Pete Crighton
Pete Crighton
Conversation