2025 Authors & Speakers

Angie Quick

02/22/24 @ 7:00pm

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Angie Quick is an artist based in London, Ontario.

Anita Kunz

02/08/25 @ 2:00pm 01/30/25 @ 7:00pm 11/06/22 @ 2:00pm

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ANITA KUNZ is an artist and illustrator living in Toronto.

Chester Brown

05/06/25 @ 7:00pm 11/05/17 @ 1:00pm

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Chester Brown is a Canadian cartoonist.

Daniela Astone

02/08/25 @ 2:00pm

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Daniela Astone is a visual artist from Florence, Italy.

Dave Lapp

05/06/25 @ 7:00pm

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Dean Jobb

03/18/25 @ 7:00pm 11/12/21 @ 7:00pm

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Dean Jobb is an award-winning author and journalist and a professor at the University of King’s College.

Don Gillmor

04/29/25 @ 7:00pm

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Don Gillmor is an award-winning Canadian novelist, journalist and children's book author.

Eric Drummond

02/28/25 @ 7:00pm 02/08/25 @ 2:00pm

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Eric Drummond is a painter and resident artist at TAP Centre for Creativity in London, Ontario.

Gabrielle Drolet

05/27/25 @ 7:00pm

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GABRIELLE DROLET is a journalist, essayist, and cartoonist based in Montreal.

Ira Wells

03/04/25 @ 7:00pm

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Ira Wells is a critic, essayist, and an associate professor at Victoria College, University of Toronto.

Jane Dini

01/30/25 @ 7:00pm

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Jane Dini is the Curator of Exhibitions at Norman Rockwell Museum.

Jason Rip

04/01/25 @ 7:00pm

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Jason Rip is an award-winning playwright, actor and theatre artist.

Jay Soule

01/12/25 @ 2:00pm

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Jay Soule is a Toronto-based artist from Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.

John Little

03/16/25 @ 2:00pm 11/12/21 @ 7:00pm

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Lido Pimienta

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Lido Pimienta is a multidisciplinary visual artist, art critic, curator and resident artist at TAP.

Michael G. Baker

04/16/25 @ 7:00pm

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Michael G. Baker is an editor and curator from London, Ontario.

Omar El Akkad

02/18/25 @ 7:30pm 11/05/22 @ 11:00am 11/04/22 @ 7:00pm

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Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist.

Sarah E.K. Smith

07/24/25 @ 6:00pm

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Sarah E.K. Smith is associate professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University.

Sarah Marie

02/18/25 @ 7:30pm

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Sarah Marie is the host and organizer of a live Instagram book series.

Stephen R. Bown

05/01/25 @ 7:00pm

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STEPHEN R. BOWN is the author of eleven books on the history of exploration, science and ideas.

Susan Day

05/03/25 @ 2:00pm 11/10/23 @ 7:00pm

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Susan Day ​is a visual artist whose work is predominately constructed of ceramic.

Wyn Geleynse

05/22/25 @ 7:00pm

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Yana Litus

02/08/25 @ 2:00pm

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Yana Litus is an interior and fine artist based in London, Ontario.

2025 Authors & Speakers

• Lido Pimienta,
• Sarah E.K. Smith,
• Dave Lapp,
• Don Gillmor,
• Anita Kunz,
• Omar El Akkad,
• John Little,
• Dean Jobb,
• Gabrielle Drolet,
• Day,
• Wyn Geleynse,
• Chester Brown,
• Michael G. Baker,
• Stephen R. Bown,
• Jay Soule,
• Susan Day,
• Jason Rip,
• Angie Quick,
• Yana Litus,
• Daniela Astone,
• Eric Drummond,
• Sarah Marie,
• Ira Wells,
• Jane Dini

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,
• 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,
• 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,
• Guy Vanderhaeghe,
• Stephen Marche,
• Stuart Ross,
• ​Robert Earl Stewart,
• Dan and Mary Lou Smoke,
• Cornelia Hoogland,
• Adam Corrigan Holowitz,
• Michael Arntfield,
• Laurie D. Graham,
• Wayne Johnston,
• Joshua Schuster,
• Madhur Anand,
• Judith Rodger,
• Vanessa Brown,
• Stan Dragland,
• Ivan Coyote,
• Molly Peacock,
• Terry Griggs,
• Sara Mai Chitty

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,
• Keith Ross Leckie,
• 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,
• 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,
• 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