Headliners Archive
2025
The High Level Magpie.
Bänoo Zan, Aaron Kreuter, Chelsea Vowel, University of Alberta Press, NeWest Press, Sanvi Regmi, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, Jaspreet Singh, Jayden Tobert, Theatre Network, and more.
All from 20252024
Voices Flow
Sharon Thesen, Olivia Spring, Susan McCaslin, Funicular Magazine, Rita Bouvier, Emma Elder, Manijeh Mannani, Margaret Christakos, rob mclennan, Patrick Grace, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Medgine Mathurin, Yeon Soo Ha, Carley Lizotte, Jane Munro, Meghan Eaker, RC Weslowski, Sonja Ruth Greckol, Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, Emma Elder, Joe Bishop, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Anna Marie Sewell, Emily Riddle, Poets for Ukraine, Alexis Kienlen, Roylin Picou, Kim Mannix, Paul Pearson, Nancy Holmes, Titilope Sonuga, Jennifer Bowering Delisle, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Timiro Mohamed, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Nisha Patel, Rayanne Haines, Jason Purcell, Jillian Christmas, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Namitha Rathinappillai, Jennifer Reeser, Anya Zoledziowski, Liam Coady, Tazeen Hasan, Zoë Johnson, Stan Nochasak, Adrienne Pan, Mila Bongco-Philipzig, David A. Robertson, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Claire Kelly, Titilope Sonuga, Josée Thibeault, Jason Purcell, Nermeen Youssef, Rita Espeschit, Brandon Wint, Buddy Wakefield, Cobra Collins, Nisha Patel, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Alessandra Naccarato, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Angela Kublik, Jordan Abel, Liam Coady, Evelyne Gagnon, Randy Kohan, Christian Campbell, Brandon Wint, Richard Davies, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Kathy Fisher, Curtis LeBlanc, Rebecca Thomas, Alison Clarke, Morgan Smith, Shane Book, Mary Pinkoski, Ben Ladouceur, David Oberholtzer, Jane Munro, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Lady Vanessa, Anna Marie Sewell, Katherena Vermette, Shayne Golosky Johnston, D, Walter Hildebrandt, Kayla Czaga, Raphaël Freynet, Manijeh Mannani, Marina Reid Hale, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Marco Melfi, Judy Tate Barlow, Kaz Mega, Debbie Okun Hill, Liam Coady, Christine Falk, Mandie Lopatka, Kelly Shepherd, Paul Sanderson, Gisèle Villeneuve, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Josée Thibeault, Jeanette Lynes, Sheri Somerville, Rita Espeschit, Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, Liz Withey, Paul Zits, Douglas Barbour, Sandy Pool, Jocelyne Verret, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Lorien Maheu, Bruce Meyer, Liz Lochhead, Gisèle Villeneuve, Jannie Edwards, Elsa Robinson, Deborah Lawson, Trisia Eddy, Eric Folsom, Ryan Cunningham, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Marilyn Dumont, Nancy Mattson, Kath MacLean, Josée Thibeault, John Lent, Sally Ito, Trisia Eddy, Heather Simeney MacLeod, Ifeoma Chiwetelu, Barbara Langhorst, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Cathy Hodgson, Karen Solie, Paul Dutton, Robert Kpogo, Kath MacLean, E.D. Blodgett, David Seymour, Susan McCaslin, A.F. Moritz, Mark Edwards, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Cadence Weapon, Shelley Leedahl, Ariel Gordon, Titilope Sonuga, Nancy Mackenzie, Joe Gurba, Laurie MacFayden, Yukari Meldrum, Jolanta Lapiak, Alice Major, and more.
All from 2010