Headliners Archive
2024
Voices Flow
Jason Lee Norman, Peter Midgley, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Matthew Stepanic, Dawn MacDonald, University of Alberta Press, Katie Bickell, Matthew James Weigel, Emma Elder, Manijeh Mannani, and more.
All from 20242023
Ignite Unite
Yusi, Kihew Giroux, Daniel Poitras, Charlee Queen XO, Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Stephanie Giroux, Titilope Sonuga, Robin Hunter, Lydia LeBlanc, Sublime Intervention Collective, and more.
All from 20232022
We're Back!
Hannah Gelderman, Alexis Kienlen, Emily Riddle, Michelle Poirier Brown, Theresa Kishkan, Katherine Gibson, Gavin Bradley, Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Anna Marie Sewell, Grayson Thate, and more.
All from 20222021
LitFest 2021
Timiro Mohamed, Rayanne Haines, Nisha Patel, Jason Purcell, Dwennimmen (Shima Robinson), Jillian Christmas, and more.
All from 20212020
LitFest Goes Virtual
Stephanie Giroux, Desmond Cole, Julia Zarankin, Antoine Mountain, Michelle Parise, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, K’alii, Isael Huard, Adriana Oniță, Amanda Leduc, and more.
All from 20202019
HomeWord
Karen Unland, James Collier, Houssem Ben Lazreg, Cikwes, Alex Allen, Chelsea Dingman, Rebecca Pickard, Dan Dennis (2 Moods), Brandon Wint, Alyson Davies, and more.
All from 20192018
Your Voice Here/Nêhiyawêtân/Toi.Ta Voix. Ici.
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Reinekke Lengelle, Angela Kublik, Rayanne Haines, Sharon McCartney, Richard Davies, Alessandra Naccarato, Lisa Martin, Ahmed Knowmadic, Evelyne Gagnon, and more.
All from 20182017
Horizons/Eskonahkwahk
Richard Van Camp, Floyd Robert-Maduekwe, Richard Harrison, Marilyn Dumont, Ariel Kroon, Jane Munro, Donovan Waskahat, Nasra Adem, Pierrette Requier, Rebecca Thomas, and more.
All from 20172016
Poetry Becomes
Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Vivek Shraya, Kayla Czaga, Claire Kelly, Randy Kohan, Kelly Shepherd, Brandon Wint, Gavin Doyle, Isaac Bond, Gisèle Villeneuve, and more.
All from 20162015
Poetry Moves
Taqralik Partridge, Garth Martens, Andy Northrup, Gary Garrison, Alyson Dicey, Gisèle Villeneuve, Mandie Lopatka, Helen Moffett, Jason Lee Norman, Steven Michael Berzensky, and more.
All from 20152014
Word Bridges
Paul Zits, Kasia Gawlak, Ariane Mahrÿke, Kimmy Beach, Skye Hyndman, Heather Macklem, Julie Robinson, Anna Marie Sewell, E.D. Blodgett, Rhea Tregebov, and more.
All from 20142013
Word Nation
Liz Lochhead, Titilope Sonuga, Yaa Serwaa Somuah, Florent J. Feulefack, Marty Gervais, Tololwa Mollel, John Leppard, Brett Miles, Heather Simeney MacLeod, Jannie Edwards, and more.
All from 20132012
Words on the Line
Marilyn Dumont, Bob Holman, Jeff Carpenter, Shawna Lemay, Brendan McLeod, Kathleen Brown, Jérôme Melançon, John Lent, Pierrette Requier, Douglas Barbour, and more.
All from 20122011
Get Caught Up
Jeff Carpenter, Laurie MacFayden, Peter Midgley, Sandi Somers, Kerry Mulholland, Sydney Lancaster, Susan McCaslin, John Lent, Cathy Hodgson, Mark Edwards, and more.
All from 20112010
Found in Translation
Ariel Gordon, Tonguebath, Shawna Lemay, Laurie MacFayden, Helene Garrett, Robert Kroetsch, Lisa Martin, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Don McKay, Peter Midgley, and more.
All from 2010