Headliners Archive
2020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Dorothy Thunder, Julia Zarankin, Desmond Cole, Lorna Crozier, Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Titilope Sonuga, Naomi McIlwraith, Ian Keteku, Karrie Auger, Saltwater Hank, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Arleen Paré, Gianmarco Visconti, Matthew Stepanic, Nisha Patel, Rayanne Haines, Canisia Lubrin, Nermeen Youssef, Natalie Wee, Jenna Butler, Pierrette Requier, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Marilyn Dumont, Manijeh Mannani, Laurie MacFayden, Rayanne Haines, Jocelyne Verret, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Timiro Mohamed, Liam Coady, Brandon Wint, E.D. Blodgett, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Gisèle Villeneuve, Richard Van Camp, Joel Katelnikoff, Nasra Adem, Richard Harrison, Donovan Waskahat, Claire Kelly, Shane Book, Kathy Fisher, Medgine Mathurin, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Bernard Salva, Kelly Shepherd, Peter Midgley, Charlotte Cranston, Manijeh Mannani, Christian Bök, John Leppard, Anna Marie Sewell, Juliane Okot Bitek, Lise Gaboury-Diallo, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Liam Coady, Marco Melfi, Myrl Coulter, Blaine Marchand, Melissa Morelli Lacroix, David Prodan, Lorrie Simunovic, Jocelyne Verret, Marilyn Dumont, Don Perkins, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Harleen Cheema, Lainna Lane El Jabi, Jim Hepler, Heather Macklem, Capital City Burlesque, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Steven Heighton, Iman Mersal, Hugh McMillan, Douglas Barbour, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Ryan Cunningham, Marlon “Arlo Maverick” Wilson, Anna Marie Sewell, Latoya Farrell, Yaa Serwaa Somuah, Heather Simeney MacLeod, Jannie Edwards, Amélie Lanctôt, Trisia Eddy, Lynett McKell, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Nancy Mackenzie, Gerry Morita, Mike Lent, Jeff Carpenter, Jem Rolls, Heather Simeney MacLeod, Sydney Lancaster, Lyra Brown, Dymphny Dronyk, Diane Buchanan, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Cathy Hodgson, Tanya Evanson, John Lent, Thom Golub, Michael Gravel, Kerry Mulholland, Sheri-D Wilson, Laurie MacFayden, Kelly Shepherd, Paul Dutton, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Politic Live, Helene Garrett, Jolanta Lapiak, George Bowering, Don McKay, Laurie MacFayden, Lisa Martin, Kwazii (Dakwon), Nancy Mackenzie, Shelley Leedahl, and more.
All from 2010