Headliners Archive
2025
The High Level Magpie.
Patti Sinclair, Kayleigh Cline, Rayanne Haines, Ladies First Ensemble, University of Alberta Press, Dill Prusko, Parkland Poets, Marilyn Dumont, Sage Giroux, The Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists (SNAP), and more.
All from 20252024
Voices Flow
E.D. Blodgett, Funicular Magazine, Sue Sinclair, Leilei Chen, Sharon Thesen, Dawn MacDonald, University of Alberta Press, Kat Cameron, Kyla Jamieson, Anna Marie Sewell, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Meghan Eaker, Jane Munro, Alice Major, Gavin Doyle, Ink Movement, Charlee Queen XO, Spirit Tongues, Yusi, MadJohn!, Emily Riddle, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Emily Riddle, Alexis Kienlen, Ryan James Summers (Some-Sum), Sublime Intervention Collective, Kelly Shepherd, Paul Pearson, Lisa Martin, Rayanne Haines, Hannah Gelderman, Matthew James Weigel, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Timiro Mohamed, Jason Purcell, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Nisha Patel, Jillian Christmas, Rayanne Haines, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Desmond Cole, David A. Robertson, Mary Berg, Aminatou Sow, Alexis Kienlen, K’alii, Jennifer Cockrall-King, Daniel Poitras, Tazeen Hasan, Billy-Ray Belcourt, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Lindsay Knox, Cristian De La Luna, Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, Catherine Owen, Virginie Rainville, Kelly Shepherd, Megan Dart, Arleen Paré, Marita Dachsel, Dan Dennis (2 Moods), and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Rayanne Haines, Timiro Mohamed, Nicholas Bradley, Reinekke Lengelle, Emilia Nielsen, Sofia Parrila, Penn Kemp, Medgine Mathurin, Shauntay Grant, Amy Malbeuf, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Kaz Mega, Curtis LeBlanc, Richard Van Camp, Norma Dunning, Nanise, Maya Gupta, Alison Clarke, Kimmy Beach, Richard Harrison, Marina Reid Hale, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Manijeh Mannani, Shayne Golosky Johnston, Liam Coady, Weyman Chan, Laurie MacFayden, Katherine Abbass, Kelly Shepherd, Lady Vanessa, Darrin Hagen, Pierrette Requier, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Ikenna Onyegbula, Amy Willans, Marina Reid Hale, Debbie Okun Hill, Bernard Salva, Kathy Fisher, Michel Pleau, Ella Zeltserman, Alyson Dicey, Helen Moffett, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Randy Kohan, Clint McElwaine, Rita Espeschit, Josée Thibeault, Gary Garrison, Anna Marie Sewell, Erín Moure, Shawna Lemay, Hugh McMillan, Rhea Tregebov, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Mary Pinkoski, Andrea House, Mireille Moquin, Christine S. Frederick, Jenna Butler, Marlon “Arlo Maverick” Wilson, Mohamed Abdi, Jillian Christmas, pj johnson, Kevan Anthony Cameron, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Bob Holman, John Steffler, Raphaël Freynet, Nora Gould, Kath MacLean, Ifeoma Chiwetelu, Shelley Leedahl, Douglas Barbour, Nancy Mattson, Anna Marie Sewell, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Catherine Owen, Sandi Somers, Sheri-D Wilson, Douglas Barbour, Michael Gravel, Sydney Lancaster, Mark Edwards, Ian Keteku, Goran Simic, Susan McCaslin, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Daniel Scott Tysdal, Robert Heidbreder, Don McKay, Mikey Maybe, Tracy Hamon, Lisa Martin, Joe Gurba, Shawna Lemay, Helene Garrett, Shelley Leedahl, and more.
All from 2010