Headliners Archive
2024
Voices Flow
Marilyn Dumont, Sharon Thesen, Emily Riddle, University of Alberta Press, Kat Cameron, Damn Magpies (a free-improvisation sextet), Emma Elder, Anna Marie Sewell, Sue Sinclair, Matthew James Weigel, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Ryan James Summers (aka) Some-Sum, Sonja Ruth Greckol, Spirit Tongues, Yeon Soo Ha, Omar Ramadan, Charlee Queen XO, Bree Taylor, Ink Movement, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Alice Major, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Alexis Kienlen, Gavin Bradley, Theresa Kishkan, V. Guzman, Rayanne Haines, Lisa Martin, Grayson Thate, Emily Riddle, Paul Pearson, Jason Purcell, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Timiro Mohamed, Nisha Patel, Rayanne Haines, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Jason Purcell, Jillian Christmas, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Saltwater Hank, Aminatou Sow, Anya Zoledziowski, Adriana Oniță, Alexis Kienlen, Corinne Riedel, Amanda Leduc, Lorna Crozier, Anna Marie Sewell, Lindy West, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Dan Dennis (2 Moods), Megan Dart, Rayanne Haines, Canisia Lubrin, Maria Barbu, Rebecca Pickard, Matthew Stepanic, Randy Lundy, James Collier, Mila Bongco-Philipzig, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Marilyn Dumont, Timiro Mohamed, Reinekke Lengelle, Richard Davies, Christian Campbell, Norma Dunning, Grayson Thate, Jan Zwicky, Rayanne Haines, Evelyne Gagnon, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Richard Van Camp, Douglas Barbour, Laurie MacFayden, Kimmy Beach, Lillian Allen, Medgine Mathurin, Alison Clarke, Malik Hinton, Gisèle Villeneuve, Pierrette Requier, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Marilyn Dumont, Shayne Golosky Johnston, Alison Grant-Préville, Antony Di Nardo, Ahmed Knowmadic, Kimmy Beach, Gerald Hill, Sarah-Jeanne Bélec, Catherine Kidd, Megan Paranich, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Sheri-D Wilson, Fran Figge, Gary Geddes, Josée Thibeault, Lori Anne Youngman, Danielle Lavoie, Kathy Fisher, David Prodan, Pierrette Requier, Marsha Barber, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Capital City Burlesque, Anna Marie Sewell, Gary Garrison, Randy Kohan, Ariane Mahrÿke, Chris Gilpin, Clint McElwaine, Heather Macklem, Shirley Serviss, Jannie Edwards, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Thea Bowering, Robert Kpogo, Valerie Mason-John, Omar Mouallem, Sam Bukambu, Elsa Robinson, Jillian Christmas, Naomi McIlwraith, Jocelyne Verret, Mohamed Abdi, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Nancy Mackenzie, Tom Radford, Bob Holman, Barbara Langhorst, The Raving Poets Band, Gisèle Villeneuve, Jonathan Hart, Jenna Butler, Mike Lent, Shawna Lemay, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Douglas Barbour, Michael Gravel, David Seymour, Thom Golub, A.F. Moritz, Jannie Edwards, Cathy Hodgson, Sandi Somers, Theresa Moritz, Karen Solie, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Nancy Mackenzie, Cadence Weapon, Helene Garrett, Robert Heidbreder, Lisa Martin, Ahmed Knowmadic, Mitch Holtby, Daniel Scott Tysdal, rob mclennan, Jolanta Lapiak, and more.
All from 2010