We have an amazing line up of Authors for this years festival!

Opening Gala

Alex Leslie, Dave Deveau, Debbie Courchene, Frances Koncan, Nicola Harwood, Nyla Bedard, Ḵung Jaadee (Roberta Kennedy)

Sun Room Gallery

Alina Pete, andrea bennett, Anna Eastland, Carleigh Baker, Christina Myers, Daniel Anctil, Harrison Mooney, Jessica Key, Junie Désil, Sarah Maitland

Amanda Eagleson, Betsy Warland, Catherine Lewis, Catie Frost, Chahat Gakhar, David Geary, Derek Gladwin, Duncan Shields, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Jenny Garcha, Kayla Price, Kedrick James, Keiko Honda, Kevin Spenst, Kyle Hawke, Leslie Stark, Mo the Poet, Nate Nate Nainers, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Samantha Kennedy, Sean McGarragle, Spillious the Ridiculous One, Steve Miller, Taslim Jaffer, Tāriq Malik, Warren Dean Fulton

Poetry Tent

Billeh Nickerson, Christina Shah, Eve Joseph, Garth Martens, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Rob Taylor, Russell Thornton

Room C215

Esmeralda Cabral, Jónína Kirton, Taslim Jaffer

Room C225

Craig H. Bowlsby, Evelyn Lau, Leanne Boschman, Lindi Nolte, Merrilee Robson, Natasha Boškić, Winona Kent

Room C400

Brian Kaufman, Corey Payette, Dave Deveau, Frances Koncan, Joanne Leow, Johnny Aitken, Kawika Guillermo, M.A.C. Farrant, Nicola Harwood, Rebecca Millar, Sam Wiebe, Sung Ming Chow, Susan Cormier, Tanya Boteju

Room C420

Angela Douglas, Anna Eastland, Bill Arnott, bronwyn preece, Charles Demers, Iona Whishaw, Niloufar-Lily Soltani, Roz Nay, Suzanne Scott Tomita, Tikiri Herath

Room C440

Aaron Cully Drake, Betty Baxter, Bryan Mortensen, Dennis E. Bolen, Eddy Boudel Tan, Heather Ramsay, Johnny Aitken, Kaile Shilling, Leanne Boschman, Li Charmaine Anne, Lindi Nolte, Nicola Harwood, Patrick Keating, Tara Avery

Room 485

Arwinder Kaur, Ashleigh Giffen, Bal Khabra, Elizabeth McLean, Frances Koncan, Jane Callen, Julie Wise, Katrina Kwan, Kyle Hawke, Margo Kane, Rachel Sargeant, Renae Morriseau, Tara Avery,

Children’s Tent

Charles Demers, Claire Hatcher-Smith, E.G. Alaraj, Elaine Su, Emily Satako Seo, Hayley Lowe, Jess Willows, Johnny Aitken, Julie Flett, Mary Duffy, Rachel Wada, Sheilagh Martin, Stacey Matson, Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Udayana Lugo

Online

Diem Okoye, Isabella Mori, Ishkode Manidoowag, Jane Harris, Kamila Rina, Marie Cocking, Maude Barlow

Offsite

Daniela Elza, Elena Johnson, Kevin Spenst, Mallory Tater, Mitsu Suzuki, Natasha Boškić, Raoul Fernandes, Whitney French

Offsite Children’s Events

Amanda White, Angela Ahn, Mahtab Narsimhan, Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Nandita Ratan, Ḵung Jaadee (Roberta Kennedy)