Headliners Archive
2024
Voices Flow
Kat Cameron, Trisia Eddy, Matthew James Weigel, Katie Bickell, Michelle Lobkowicz, Rita Bouvier, Leilei Chen, Bolo Tie Collective, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), The Stroll of Poets Society, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Alice Major, Yusi, Jane Munro, Ink Movement, Robin Hunter, Lydia LeBlanc, Bree Taylor, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, Emily Riddle, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Roylin Picou, Nancy Holmes, Katherine Gibson, Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Alexis Kienlen, Paul Pearson, Anna Marie Sewell, Matthew James Weigel, Sampler Café Collective, V. Guzman, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Rayanne Haines, Timiro Mohamed, Nisha Patel, Jillian Christmas, Jason Purcell, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Mary Berg, Michael Posner, Alexis Kienlen, James Raffan, Namitha Rathinappillai, Matthew James Weigel, Daniel Poitras, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, Marco Melfi, David A. Robertson, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Alex Allen, Lisa Mulrooney, Dan Dennis (2 Moods), Rayanne Haines, Maria Barbu, Claire Kelly, Marita Dachsel, James Collier, Nermeen Youssef, Josée Thibeault, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Ali Blythe, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Nisha Patel, Alice Major, Gisèle Villeneuve, Ella Zeltserman, Omar Farah, Reinekke Lengelle, Mark A. McCutcheon, Angela Kublik, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Rebecca Thomas, Micheline Maylor, David Oberholtzer, Richard Harrison, Pearl Lorentzen, Marilyn Dumont, Floyd Robert-Maduekwe, Maya Gupta, Tyler Perry, Liam Coady, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Tab CA, Nisha Patel, Juliane Okot Bitek, D, Marina Reid Hale, Gerald Hill, Raphaël Freynet, Christian Bök, Walter Hildebrandt, Charlotte Cranston, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Leif Gregersen, Jocelyne Verret, Michel Pleau, Roylin Picou, Fran Figge, Garth Martens, Gisèle Villeneuve, Stephen T. Berg, Kathryn Mockler, Danielle Lavoie, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Jocelyne Verret, Hugh McMillan, Val Brandt, Shawna Lemay, Joy Harjo, Kimmy Beach, Ariane Mahrÿke, Ian Stephen, Marita Dachsel, Medgine Mathurin, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Astrid Blodgett, Marlon “Arlo Maverick” Wilson, Robert Kpogo, John Leppard, Lynett McKell, Deborah Lawson, Komi Olaf, Jérôme Melançon, Valerie Mason-John, Brian Webb, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Diane Buchanan, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Douglas Barbour, Trisia Eddy, Jenna Butler, Nancy Mackenzie, Gerry Morita, Peter Midgley, Jem Rolls, John Lent, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Tanya Davis, Tanya Evanson, Michael Gravel, Karen Solie, Tim Bowling, Thom Golub, Catherine Owen, Kelly Shepherd, David Seymour, Ian Keteku, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Lisa Martin, Jolanta Lapiak, Joe Gurba, Nancy Mackenzie, Valerie Mason-John, Su Croll, Tonguebath, Laurie MacFayden, Robert Kroetsch, George Bowering, and more.
All from 2010