Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)

Victoria University’s Centre for Creativity is launching a bold new literary partnership with the Toronto International Festival of Authors! The collaboration debuted with a sold-out evening featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Learn more here: vicu.utoronto.ca/news/vic-u-par…

🎧 New Writers Off the Page podcast episode! Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes and Bob Rae (@BobRae48) offer a time capsule of North American relations at a pivotal moment. Recorded on stage in Toronto in 2000 from the TIFA (@festofauthors) archives: ow.ly/CP8050Vmvgr

Toronto Lit Up @alllitupcanada @festofauthors submission deadlines: bit.ly/3EX52KE

Great kickoff to the @festofauthors Virtual Book Club season with the discussion of Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel. Thanks to all the participants for the stimulating contributions and gratitude to Jordan Abel for a fabulous Q & A! ❤️📚❤️ #bookclub #tifabookclub #emptyspaces

2/2 Then, March 13, with @PenguinRandomCA, one of the publishing events of the year: the incredible Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discussing 'Dream Count', her first novel in ten years. Pre-sale window open now for Friends, tickets on sale tomorrow AM (EST): bit.ly/40KV0F6

1/2. Some incredible international authors coming to Toronto @festofauthors. Feb 13, with @RaincoastBooks Colum McCann and Diane Foley will be discussing their memoir 'American Mother'. Tickets on sale now for a truly astonishing, intimate conversation. bit.ly/3Chng91

The WOtP episode when Saul Bellow compared Adrienne Clarkson's gentle questions about his female characters to McCarthyism... 🤔 What reaction would he have to more modern challenges to blind spots? @festofauthors @torontolibrary writersoffthepage.ca/episodes/saul-…

We were saddened to learn of the passing of powerhouse poet Nikki Giovanni. The world is a little less full of wonder today. Listen to Nikki riff about the world from season 1 of our Writers Off the Page podcast: ow.ly/58Eq50Uppn8 @festofauthors

🎧 New Writers Off the Page podcast episode! Brothers, Mothers & Antigua. Listen to a conversation between writers Jamaica Kincaid & Dionne Brand recorded in Toronto on stage at Harbourfront Reading Series in 1997 from the TIFA (@festofauthors) archives: ow.ly/Q8IJ50UaxkE

Gotta admit am “fan-guying” after meeting @Puglaas and #RoshanDanesh at tonight’s conversation and book signing of “Reconciling History: A Story of Canada” via @festofauthors. As an “in-betweener” I’m happy to amplify the stories of our Indigenous peoples through their tour.

The Forgotten Frontier written by Tristan Jones and illustrated by Alexander Bumbulut is among #TorontoLitUp Fall and Winter 2024 featured picks! Read more about it here buff.ly/3NVv8Px @festofauthors #tifa #torontobookevents #bookevents #booklaunch #atbaypress

Great to join Global’s—The Morning Show today to chat about ‘Reconciling History: A Story of Canada’…Thx for having me. Looking forward to seeing many of you tonight at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto @festofauthors @rolandgulliver — for tickets: festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-pre…

Oh my…such incredibly sad news. Sending my love & prayers to his family.🪶 Murray was a mentor, friend, and colleague—I will always cherish his wisdom & celebrate his distinct contributions to Indigenous peoples and to Canada. Gilakas’la 🙏🏽 🧡🧡#RIP🧡🧡 winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Murray Sinclair was a great Canadian, a great Manitoban, a great Anishinaabe.  His career stands as a legacy of public service and a deep commitment to truth, fairness and dignity for all people.  He was the first Indigenous person to be named to the Manitoba provincial court and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Manitoba. He was the first, but he will be remembered as one of the best.  He was appointed co-commissioner of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, which laid bare systemic racism within the justice system and is considered a foundational perspective on the system’s relationship with Indigenous people. He led the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest and his report spurred systematic change in the delivery of pediatric cardiac care in our province.  The penultimate moment of his career was his work as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. He approached a process that could have been divisive and instead transformed it into Calls to Action for the future of our country, helping all Canadians to learn to walk together into a future of respect and understanding where we live up to the phrase residential school survivors taught us – Every Child Matters.  It will be a long time before our nation produces another person the calibre of Murray Sinclair. He showed us there is no reconciliation without truth. We should hold dear in our hearts his words that our nation is on the cusp of a great new era and we must all “dare to live greatly together.”  On behalf of the people of Manitoba, I extend my condolences to his family and to all Canadians for the loss of Mazina Giizhik.  A sacred fire will be open to the public on the north side of the legislative building grounds until Murray Sinclair’s funeral later this week.

Looking forward to coming to Toronto next week for TIFA (Toronto International Festival of Authors)—November 7th, 2024. Hope to see you there! 😁 #ReconcilingHistory #YYZ 📕 For tickets 🎫: 👇🏼👇🏼 festivalofauthors.ca/event/tifa-pre…

🚨 TOMORROW! Join Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann for the book launch of her memoir, THE NAIL THAT STICKS OUT at 918 Bathurst, starting at 6:30 PM! See more details here: buff.ly/4h5WiR7 @festofauthors @AnotherStoryTO #Toronto #BookLaunch

Join Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann for the book launch of her memoir, THE NAIL THAT STICKS OUT, on Oct. 29 at 918 Bathurst! She'll be in conversation with @KerriSakamoto! Get all the details here: buff.ly/4h5WiR7 @festofauthors @AnotherStoryTO #Toronto #BookLaunch

Join us for the book launch of THE NAIL THAT STICKS OUT by Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann for @festofauthors Toronto Lit Up programming on October 29th at 918 Bathurst Centre. Books will be available from @AnotherStoryTO! Get all the details here: buff.ly/4h5WiR7 #Toronto

Followed by a surreal week in Toronto on the @festofauthors IV programme with the cohort of my dreams, ft the first time Bora Chung and I have been in the same city at the same time 🤍