Headliners Archive
2025
The High Level Magpie.
Anindita Mukherjee, Catalina Morales Velez, Jayme Poitras, Alice Major, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Daniel Poitras, The Stroll of Poets Society, Su Croll, Gavin Bradley, Pierrette Requier, and more.
All from 20252024
Voices Flow
rob mclennan, Kyla Jamieson, Manijeh Mannani, Margaret Christakos, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Michelle Lobkowicz, Jason Lee Norman, Horizon Writers Circle, Trisia Eddy, Susan McCaslin, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Lauren Seal, Ink Movement, Sage Giroux, Gavin Doyle, Jane Munro, Medgine Mathurin, Bryn Lipinski, Omar Ramadan, Emma Elder, Sublime Intervention Collective, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Tzadeka and the Murder Hornettes, Gavin Bradley, Kelly Shepherd, V. Guzman, Hannah Gelderman, Marilyn Dumont, Indigenous Poets Society, Norma Dunning, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Timiro Mohamed, Jason Purcell, Jillian Christmas, Nisha Patel, Rayanne Haines, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Adriana Oniță, Corinne Riedel, Michael Posner, Jennifer Cockrall-King, Adrienne Pan, Matthew James Weigel, Stan Nochasak, Brandon Wint, Alexis Kienlen, David A. Robertson, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Alyson Davies, Adèle Fontaine, Titilope Sonuga, Paige Cardinal, Cobra Collins, Rita Espeschit, Adriana Oniță, Rebecca Pickard, Omar Farah, Josée Thibeault, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Ella Zeltserman, Alice Major, Shauntay Grant, E.D. Blodgett, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Billy-Ray Belcourt, Myrl Coulter, Kai Cheng Thom, Josée Thibeault, Scott Jackshaw, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Tim Bowling, Marilyn Dumont, Maya Gupta, Pierrette Requier, Medgine Mathurin, Gisèle Villeneuve, Morgan Smith, Mary Pinkoski, Nanise, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Peter Midgley, Manijeh Mannani, Raphaël Freynet, Charlotte Cranston, Matt Miller, Gisèle Villeneuve, Kayla Czaga, Jannie Edwards, Liam Coady, Alison Grant-Préville, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Jérôme Melançon, Marco Melfi, Joanna Lilley, Edin Viso, Ariane Mahrÿke, John Leppard, Sue Goyette, Laurie MacFayden, DC Reid, Ella Zeltserman, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Kasia Gawlak, Steven Heighton, Ian Stephen, Lainna Lane El Jabi, Clint McElwaine, Shawna Lemay, Rita Espeschit, Erín Moure, Shirley Serviss, Marita Dachsel, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Marty Gervais, Jérôme Melançon, John Leppard, Omar Mouallem, Yaa Serwaa Somuah, Kevan Anthony Cameron, Sam Bukambu, Fred Wah, Lynett McKell, Latoya Farrell, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Marilyn Dumont, John Steffler, Josée Thibeault, Gerry Morita, Jérôme Melançon, Dymphny Dronyk, Raphaël Freynet, Anna Marie Sewell, Greg Debicki, Jason Kodie, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
A.F. Moritz, Sandi Somers, Regie Cabico, Karen Solie, Mary Pinkoski, Paul Dutton, Susan McCaslin, Sheri-D Wilson, Dumi Senda, Goran Simic, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Robert Heidbreder, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Helene Garrett, Ian Ferrier, Kimmy Beach, Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali, Omar Mouallem, Don McKay, Titilope Sonuga, rob mclennan, and more.
All from 2010