2023 Authors & Speakers

Aaron Schneider is a Founding Editor at The /tƐmz/ Review and was a Founding Editor at The Rusty Toque.

Alyssa MacLean is a professor of English, American Studies, and Writing Studies. at Western University.

Chris Roulston is Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and French Studies at the University of Western Ontario.

London novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Recently nominated for an Oscar for her screenplay for Room.

Gay Brogden is the current Student Writer-in-Residence at Western University.

Matthew Dawkins was the 2022-23 Student Writer-in-Residence at Western University.

Wormwood is an electroacoustic project comprised of Christina Willatt and Andrew Wenaus.
2023 Authors & Speakers
- Bahar Orang,
- Therese Estacion,
- Valerie Mills-Milde,
- Susan Day,
- Jason McLean,
- Emil Sher,
- Doug Rogers,
- Ramón Pérez,
- Ho Che Anderson,
- Maryam Golafshani ,
- Gray Brogden,
- David Plain,
- Miranda Green-Barteet,
- Alyssa MacLean,
- Kathryn Mockler,
- Margaret Mutumba,
- Kim Solga,
- Chris Roulston,
- Marlene Creates,
- Don McKay,
- Matthew Dawkins,
- Katy Clark,
- Téa Mutonji,
- Anne Lindsay,
- Jillian Keiley,
- André Picard,
- Larry Towell,
- Emma Donoghue,
- Camille Intson,
- Diana Tamblyn,
- Ivan Kocmarek,
- Aaron Schneider,
- Christopher Keep,
- Patrick Mahon,
- David Barrick,
- Jennifer Wenn,
- Wormwood,
- Veronica Antipolo,
- Emma Donoghue,
- Shane Neilson,
- 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,
- Janice Zolf,
- 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,
- Penn Kemp,
- Omar El Akkad,
- Laurie D. Graham,
- Wayne Johnston,
- Joshua Schuster,
- Madhur Anand,
- Judith Rodger,
- Vanessa Brown,
- D.A. Lockhart,
- 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,
- Jeff Thomas,
- David Huebert,
- Terry Fallis,
- 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,
- Josh Lambier,
- 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,
- Misha Bower,
- 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