Headliners Archive
2025
The High Level Magpie.
Haroldo de Campos, University of Alberta Press, Don Perkins, Jaspreet Singh, Funicular Magazine, Kim Mannix, Sara Campos-Silvius, Bolo Tie Collective, Megan Dart, The Carrot, and more.
All from 20252024
Voices Flow
Sue Sinclair, Rita Bouvier, Marilyn Dumont, Emma Elder, Horizon Writers Circle, Katie Bickell, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Catherine Owen, Dawn MacDonald, Emily Riddle, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Paige Cardinal, Emily Riddle, Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, Sonja Ruth Greckol, Chasidy, Yusi, Sublime Intervention Collective, Bänoo Zan, Charlee Queen XO, Jessica Coles, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Marco Melfi, Ryan James Summers (Some-Sum), Sublime Intervention Collective, Nancy Holmes, Alexis Kienlen, Kelly Shepherd, Kim Mannix, Titilope Sonuga, Marilyn Dumont, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Jillian Christmas, Nisha Patel, Timiro Mohamed, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Rayanne Haines, Jason Purcell, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
K’alii, Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Asma Sayed, Lana Whiskeyjack, Adriana Oniță, Emily Riddle, Jade Roberts, Isael Huard, Michelle Parise, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, Cristian De La Luna, Rayanne Haines, Titilope Sonuga, Maria Barbu, Lindsay Knox, Claire Kelly, Catherine Owen, Anna Marie Sewell, Michael B. MacDonald, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Penn Kemp, Mark A. McCutcheon, Scott Jackshaw, Sarah-Jeanne Bélec, Angeline Schellenberg, Michael Gravel, Lisa Martin, Ella Zeltserman, Christian Campbell, Benjamin Hertwig, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Richard Van Camp, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Lady Vanessa, Douglas Barbour, Tyler Perry, Maya Gupta, Laurie MacFayden, Shane Book, Claire Kelly, Joel Katelnikoff, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Randy Kohan, Alice Major, Alison Grant-Préville, Antony Di Nardo, Kelly Shepherd, Raphaël Freynet, Gerald Hill, Colin Matty, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Walter Hildebrandt, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Fran Figge, Ella Zeltserman, Danielle Lavoie, Margaret Code, Marilyn Dumont, Jocelyne Verret, Kent Bowman, Ian Ferrier, David C. Brydges, Marco Melfi, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Michael Penny, Erín Moure, Hugh McMillan, Sandy Pool, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Rita Espeschit, Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, Clint McElwaine, Josée Thibeault, Jannie Edwards, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
pj johnson, John Leppard, Deborah Lawson, Jillian Christmas, Marty Gervais, Astrid Blodgett, Lynett McKell, Kimmy Beach, Liz Withey, Patricia Darbasie, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Kathleen Brown, Alexis Kienlen, Gerry Morita, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, Jem Rolls, Sydney Lancaster, Tom Radford, Lyra Brown, Greg Debicki, Ifeoma Chiwetelu, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Tanya Evanson, Regie Cabico, Thom Golub, Goran Simic, Sheri-D Wilson, Jannie Edwards, Tim Bowling, Theresa Moritz, Ian Keteku, Cathy Hodgson, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Robert Heidbreder, derek beaulieu, Peter Midgley, Robert Kroetsch, George Bowering, Mikey Maybe, Kwazii (Dakwon), Su Croll, Valerie Mason-John, Ian Ferrier, and more.
All from 2010