Headliners Archive
2025
The High Level Magpie.
Carmyn Effa, Cy Strom, Omar Ramadan, Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, The Olive Collective, The Polyglot, Gavin Bradley, Joleen Ballendine, The Stroll of Poets Society, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, and more.
All from 20252024
Voices Flow
Jason Lee Norman, Spoken Word Youth Choir (SWYC), Thea Bowering, Emily Riddle, Matthew Stepanic, Marilyn Dumont, Margaret Christakos, Pierrette Requier, Emma Elder, Manijeh Mannani, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Kihew Giroux, Bryn Lipinski, Sonja Ruth Greckol, Yeon Soo Ha, Chasidy, Medgine Mathurin, Joe Bishop, Charlee Queen XO, Robin Hunter, Bänoo Zan, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Norma Dunning, Peter Midgley, Kelly Shepherd, Ryan James Summers (Some-Sum), Tzadeka and the Murder Hornettes, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Kim Mannix, Nancy Holmes, Theresa Kishkan, Michelle Poirier Brown, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Timiro Mohamed, Jillian Christmas, Rayanne Haines, Jason Purcell, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Nisha Patel, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Jade Roberts, Mark Spector, Lana Whiskeyjack, Jennifer Cockrall-King, Marco Melfi, Anna Marie Sewell, Christa Couture, Ana Ruiz Aguirre, Daniel Poitras, Sage Giroux, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Catherine Owen, Natalie Wee, Houssem Ben Lazreg, Pierrette Requier, Nasra Adem, Josée Thibeault, Lindsay Knox, Omar Farah, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, Virginie Rainville, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Ali Blythe, Sofia Parrila, Angeline Schellenberg, Margaret Christakos, Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, Evelyne Gagnon, Angela Kublik, Josée Thibeault, Lisa Martin, Brandon Wint, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Ariel Kroon, Micheline Maylor, David Oberholtzer, Donovan Waskahat, Morgan Smith, Claire Kelly, Medgine Mathurin, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Nasra Adem, Tab CA, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Richard Siken, Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Katherena Vermette, Marina Reid Hale, Matt Miller, Brandon Wint, Raphaël Freynet, Liam Coady, Richard Therrien, Laurie MacFayden, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Deceptive Cadence Players, Fran Figge, Laurie MacFayden, Joanna Lilley, Morgan Smith, Rebecca Lappa, John Leppard, Jalal Barzanji, Helen Moffett, Myrl Coulter, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Alice Major, Kasia Gawlak, Hugh McMillan, Erika Luckert, Jason Lee Norman, Marita Dachsel, Harleen Cheema, Lainna Lane El Jabi, Paul Zits, Joy Harjo, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Tololwa Mollel, Valerie Mason-John, Robert Kpogo, Lynett McKell, Richard Harrison, Elsa Robinson, Alison Clarke, Mireille Moquin, George Elliott Clarke, CR Avery, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Josée Thibeault, Trisia Eddy, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Ben Murray, Nancy Mackenzie, Jocelyne Verret, Jannie Edwards, Lyra Brown, Gisèle Villeneuve, Ifeoma Chiwetelu, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Tanya Evanson, Kerry Mulholland, Goran Simic, Tanya Davis, Robert Kpogo, Mark Edwards, Laurie MacFayden, Tim Bowling, Susan McCaslin, Douglas Barbour, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Yukari Meldrum, Nancy Mackenzie, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Tonguebath, George Bowering, Shelley Leedahl, Kwazii (Dakwon), Don McKay, Helene Garrett, Politic Live, and more.
All from 2010