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2026 Festival: Oct 18–25
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2026 Festival Authors + Moderators

Jordan Abel
Chantel Acevedo
Ayad Akhtar
E.G. Alaraj
Jamaluddin Aram
Théodora Armstrong
Gwen Aube
Anita Rau Badami
Sharon Bala
Tessa Barbosa
Damian Barr
Gary Barwin
Derek Beaulieu
Louise K. Blight
Ian Boothby
Tanya Boteju
Jennifer Botterill
Erin Bow
Mark Braude
Emilie Christie Burack
Steve Burgess
Cassie Campbell-Pascall
Christopher Cheung
Catherine Chidgey
Molly Crabapple
Gregor Craigie
Edwidge Danticat
Camille de Peretti
Dina Del Bucchia
Patrick deWitt
Cory Doctorow
Aaron Cully Drake
Kim Echlin
Amal El-Mohtar
Portia Elan
Sarah Ellis
Leilani Farha
L.E. Fox
Kim Fu
Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Camilla Gibb
Jess Gibson
Jami Gigot
Brian Goldman
Andrew Sean Greer
Neil Griffin
Pia Guerra
Kevin Hardcastle
Melissa Harrison
Faith Erin Hicks
Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho
Jess Housty
Nazanine Hozar
Clara Hughes
Petra Hůlová
June Hur
Salma Hussain
Ḵung Jaadee
Marlon James
Colin James
Kirsten Johnson
Tayari Jones
Zak Jones
Eve Joseph
Katłı̨̀ą
Meghan Kemp-Gee
Bal Khabra
Rachael King
R. F. Kuang
Katrina Kwan
Angelique Lalonde
Doretta Lau
Mark Leiren-Young
Ferdia Lennon
Hayley Lowe
Canisia Lubrin
Valeria Luiselli
Emily St. John Mandel
Jason Dove Mark
Stacey Matson
Justin McElroy
Mark Medley
Robert Moor
Shani Mootoo
Jackie Morris
Geoffrey D. Morrison
Roz Nay
Kliph Nesteroff
Billeh Nickerson
Liz Nugent
Sara O’Leary
Arizona O’Neill
Jay Odjick
Carol Off
Ruth Ozeki
Jane Park
Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Rollie Pemberton
Briony Penn
Carolina Pihelgas
Willie Poll
Michelle Porter
Joss Richard
Lisa Robertson
Eden Robinson
Eric Beck Rubin
Ahmad Saber
Anakana Schofield
Coltrane Seesequasis
Vivek Shraya
Monique Gray Smith
Kim Spencer
Alex Spring
Jason Stanley
Douglas Stuart
Chanel Sutherland
David Szalay
Ece Temelkuran
Elle Tesch
Yasuko Thanh
Kai Cheng Thom
David Treuer
Emily Varga
Kawai Strong Washburn
Jesse Wente
Dan Werb
Andrew Westoll
Iona Whishaw
Colson Whitehead
Sam Wiebe
Damien Wilkins
Jody Wilson-Raybould
PP Wong
Jack Wong
Alan Woo