2024 Authors & Speakers

Andrew Kear

02/22/24 @ 7:00pm

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Angie Quick

02/22/24 @ 7:00pm

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Angie Quick is an artist based in London, Ontario.

David Huebert

11/01/24 @ 5:30pm 11/28/21 @ 5:30pm

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David Huebert is a Canadian writer of fiction, poetry, and critical prose

Etienne Zack

05/23/24 @ 1:00pm

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Fiker

02/27/24 @ 7:30pm

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fiker is a singer/songwriter, and musician.

František Bidlo

04/27/24 @ 2:00pm

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Jeff Culbert

10/19/24 @ 1:00pm

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Jessica Lee McMillan

02/10/24 @ 12:30pm

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Joe Haidar

05/03/24 @ 7:00pm

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Joeseph "Joe" Haidar is an American animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

John Fellner

11/08/24 @ 7:00pm

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John Fellner is a singer, songwriter, and producer.

Jordan Macdonald

02/27/24 @ 7:30pm

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Jordan MacDonald is the front man of local London band Texas King.

Josh Lambier

11/01/24 @ 5:30pm 10/19/24 @ 1:00pm 04/27/24 @ 2:00pm 05/09/24 @ 7:00pm

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Josh Lambier is the Artistic Director of the Words Festival.

Katie Jeresky

02/10/24 @ 12:30pm

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King Cruff

11/08/24 @ 7:00pm

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King Cruff is a Jamaican-raised, Toronto-based MC.

Martin Hořák

04/27/24 @ 2:00pm

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Matt James

05/11/24 @ 2:00pm

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MATT JAMES is a painter, author, illustrator and musician.

Morgan James

02/27/24 @ 7:30pm

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Penn Kemp

02/10/24 @ 12:30pm 11/05/22 @ 12:00pm

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Penn Kemp is a poet, performer and playwright

Rob McCallum

05/03/24 @ 7:00pm

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Rob McCallum is a Canadian film director.

Sara Rubino

11/08/24 @ 7:00pm

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Sara Rubino is one half of J & Rubino in the Morning on Classic Rock 98.1.

Saveria

11/08/24 @ 7:00pm

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Saveria is a songwriter and producer.

Shane Belcourt

12/03/24 @ 7:00pm

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Shane Belcourt is an award-winning director of narrative and documentary works in both film and TV.

Tara Dunphy

11/08/24 @ 7:00pm

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Tara Dunphy is an award winning singer, songwriter and multi instrumentalist from London, Ontario, Canada.

The Pairs

02/27/24 @ 7:30pm

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Renée Coughlin, Noelle Frances Coughlin, and Hillary Watson are the three distinct lead singers/songwriters of The Pairs.

Tom Wilson

12/03/24 @ 7:00pm 11/15/24 @ 3:00pm

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TOM WILSON is a three-time Juno-winning Canadian musician with multiple gold records.

Wolf Saga

02/27/24 @ 7:30pm

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2024 Authors & Speakers

• Shane Belcourt,
• Tom Wilson,
• Sara Rubino,
• John Fellner,
• King Cruff,
• Tara Dunphy,
• Saveria,
• Josh Lambier,
• David Huebert,
• Jeff Culbert,
• Etienne Zack,
• Matt James,
• Joe Haidar,
• Rob McCallum,
• Martin Hořák,
• František Bidlo,
• The Pairs,
• Fiker,
• Jordan Macdonald,
• Wolf Saga,
• Morgan James,
• Andrew Kear,
• Angie Quick,
• Jessica Lee McMillan,
• Katie Jeresky,
• Penn Kemp

2023 Authors & Speakers

• Jillian Clair,
• Sammy Orlowski,
• Katie Wilhelm,
• Linda Ludke,
• Christopher Runciman,
• Carol McLeod,
• Roméo Desmarais III,
• Charlie Petch,
• Brooke Lockyer,
• ​Kate Stanley,
• Patricia Deadman,
• Cory Crossman,
• Tha Koala,
• Sally McKay,
• Ruth Skinner,
• Michael Smith,
• Genevieve Fisher,
• ​Willem James Cowan,
• Carla Luna White,
• Jeff Thomas,
• Kim Fahner,
• Frances Boyle,
• Mike Stevens,
• Paul Grambo,
• Amanda Grzyb,
• ​Valerie Mills-Milde,
• Susan Day,
• Jason McLean,
• D.A. Lockhart,
• Terry Fallis,
• Emil Sher,
• Janice Zolf,
• Ramón Pérez,
• Ho Che Anderson,
• Gray Brogden,
• David D. Plain,
• Miranda Green-Barteet,
• Alyssa MacLean,
• Kathryn Mockler,
• Chris Roulston,
• Marlene Creates,
• ​Don McKay,
• Matthew Dawkins,
• Katy Clark,
• Téa Mutonji,
• Anne Lindsay,
• Jillian Keiley,
• André Picard,
• Larry Towell,
• Emma Donoghue,
• Misha Bower,
• Camille Intson,
• Ivan Kocmarek,
• Aaron Schneider,
• Christopher Keep,
• Patrick Mahon,
• David Barrick,
• Jennifer Wenn,
• Wormwood,
• Veronica Antipolo,
• Emma Donoghue,
• Jane Munro,
• Tom Cull,
• Sheila Heti

2022 Authors & Speakers

• Lana Crossman,
• Robyn Marie Butt,
• Blair Trewartha,
• Jacqueline Demendeev,
• Eddie Lartey,
• Helen Gregory,
• ​Daniel R. Laxer,
• Emanuel,
• Tom Smart,
• John Borrows,
• Phillis Levin,
• January Rogers,
• Shelly Siskind,
• Patricia Keeney,
• Susan Wismer,
• Robert Priest,
• Karl Jirgens,
• Frances Roberts Reilly,
• Kirsty Robertson,
• Lewis Williams,
• Girma Bitsuamlak,
• Andreas Connel-Gripp,
• Richard-Yves Sitoski ​​,
• Doug Mitchell,
• Salah Hassan,
• Frank Ridsdale,
• Lorraine Klaasen,
• Rebecca Zandbergen,
• Greg Kopp,
• Sarah MacDougall,
• Anita Kunz,
• Guy Vanderhaeghe,
• Stephen Marche,
• Stuart Ross,
• ​Robert Earl Stewart,
• Dan and Mary Lou Smoke,
• Cornelia Hoogland,
• Adam Corrigan Holowitz,
• Michael Arntfield,
• Omar El Akkad,
• Laurie D. Graham,
• Wayne Johnston,
• Joshua Schuster,
• Madhur Anand,
• Judith Rodger,
• Vanessa Brown,
• Stan Dragland,
• Ivan Coyote,
• Molly Peacock,
• Terry Griggs

2021 Authors & Speakers

• Michael Milde,
• Jason Dickson,
• Spy Dénommé-Welch,
• Scott Savitt,
• Yam Lau,
• Wu'er Kaixi,
• Bob Black,
• Richard Fung,
• Shane Book,
• Ronald Epstein,
• Leah Horlick,
• Kevin Heslop,
• Shani Mootoo,
• Tomson Highway,
• Linden MacIntyre,
• Andrew French,
• Akshi Chadha,
• Courtney Ward-Zbeetnoff,
• Arzu Yildiz,
• Luis Horacio Nájera,
• Abdulrahman Matar,
• James Cullingham,
• Stephen J. Thorne,
• Andrew Burtch,
• Dr. Michelle ​Mottola,
• Dr. Robert Hegele,
• Dr. Kristin Clemens,
• Dennis Garnhum,
• Canisia Lubrin,
• Jesse Wente,
• John Little,
• Keith Ross Leckie,
• Dean Jobb,
• Zalika Reid-Benta,
• Eddy Smet,
• Randell Adjei,
• Kydra Ryan,
• Sydney Brooman,
• Jillian Horton,
• Gary Barwin,
• Liz Howard,
• Ian Rae,
• Amy LeBlanc,
• David Ly

2020 Authors & Speakers

• Sharmistha Kar,
• Ashley Snook,
• Mark Kasumovic,
• Lori Blondeau,
• Michelle Wilson,
• ​Quinn Smallboy,
• Ron Benner,
• Joan E. Greer,
• ​Veda Hille,
• Richard Van Camp,
• John K. Samson,
• Christine Fellows,
• Erica McKeen,
• Richard Joseph,
• Monica MacDonald,
• Melanie Newton,
• Prachi Srivastava,
• Kate H. Choi,
• Eric Arts,
• Gabrielle Drolet,
• Manina Jones,
• Sarah Legault,
• Lorna Crozier,
• Lisa Helps,
• Steve Holowitz,
• Sonja Gustafson,
• Oliver Whitehead,
• Brandon Wint,
• Candace Brunette-Debassige,
• Seth Klein,
• Amanda Leduc,
• Catherine Bush,
• Karen Houle,
• Jesse Thistle,
• Adam Gopnik,
• Wade Davis,
• Kevin Heslop,
• Ayaz Pirani,
• Vidya Natarajan,
• iskwē,
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson,
• Steven Heighton

2019 Authors & Speakers

• Mark Laliberte,
• Peter Hobbs,
• Amelia Does,
• Síle Englert,
• Sarah Gallagher,
• Jeremy Copeland,
• Jonathan De Souza,
• Jacob Shelley,
• Anabel Quan-Haase,
• Madeline Lennon,
• Jamelie Hassan,
• Jenna Rose Sands,
• James K. Bartleman,
• Adam Foulds,
• Steven Price,
• Catriona Sandilands,
• Madeline Bassnett,
• Tom Prime ,
• Brenda Leifso,
• Richard Scrimger,
• Lesley Livingston,
• Ted Staunton,
• Ben O'Neil,
• Kevin Sylvester,
• Diana Beresford-Kroeger,
• Sally Armstrong,
• Lynn Coady,
• Seth,
• Nino Ricci,
• Kathy Page,
• Jordan Morris,
• Drew Hayden Taylor

2018 Authors & Speakers

• Peter Denny,
• Maxwell Lucas,
• Aaron Schneider,
• David White,
• Jesse Jacobs,
• Mary McDonald,
• Joe Ollmann ,
• Jay Stephens ,
• Lisa Moore,
• Bill Bissett,
• Susan Musgrave ,
• Kristen den Hartog,
• Holly Painter,
• Samantha Brennan and Tracy Isaacs,
• Deanna Young,
• Aaron Kreuter,
• Julie Bruck,
• Paige Cooper,
• James Reaney,
• Steven Bruhm,
• Cherie Dimaline,
• Randall Maggs,
• Willow Dawson,
• Stephen Brunt,
• Brian Goldman,
• Russell Smith,
• Lee Maracle ,
• Jane Urquhart

2017 Authors & Speakers

• Najwa Zebian,
• Koine Project,
• David Janzen ,
• Max Lucas,
• Angie Quick,
• Alexander Schmoll,
• Faith Patrick,
• Marta Croll-Baehre,
• Kelly Creighton,
• Erica McKeen,
• Emma Croll-Baehre,
• Deemus ,
• Michael Arntfield,
• Wayne Johnston ,
• Kevin Shaw,
• Ed O'Loughlin,
• Andy Verboom,
• Vanessa Brown & Jason Dickson,
• Erik Mandawe,
• Tanya Talaga,
• John Goldbach,
• Stephen Marche,
• Ian Brown ,
• Tom Smart,
• M.J. Kidnie ,
• Holly Painter,
• Daniel MacIvor,
• Ron Sexsmith,
• Ian Hamilton,
• David Huebert,
• Jeff Barnaby ,
• Claire Cameron,
• Chester Brown,
• Heather O'Neill,
• Douglas Gibson

2016 Authors & Speakers

• David Silverberg,
• Bryce Traister,
• David Huebert,
• John Leonard ,
• Paul Cavanagh,
• James Reaney,
• Joel Faflak,
• Madeline Bassnett,
• Angie Quick,
• Sâkihitowin Awâsis,
• Kevin Heslop,
• Andy Verboom,
• Kevin Shaw,
• Kevin Hardcastle,
• Penn Kemp,
• Monia Mazigh,
• Leanne Simpson,
• Jennifer Robson,
• Holly Painter,
• Mariko Tamaki,
• Teva Harrison ,
• Laurie D. Graham ,
• Douglas Gibson,
• Steve Paikin,
• Brian D. Johnson,
• Margaret Christakos,
• George Elliott Clarke,
• Nadia Bozak,
• Robert Chafe,
• John Beckwith,
• André Alexis