Wordfest ALUMNI
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Wordfest presents the world’s best authors and books to inclusive audiences in a variety of professionally produced formats, with an emphasis on supporting and sustaining audience engagement with the arts in Canada. By creatively programming across all genres, enthusiasms, and platforms and then marketing our arts experiences extensively, we have been able to attract, sustain, and grow audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
2025
Imaginairium Festival
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Amber Dawn
Scott Anderson
Emily Austin
Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard
Kate Beaton
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Holly Brickley
Sharon Butala
Anne Collins
Tracy Dawson
Kris Demeanor
Marcello Di Cintio
Cherie Dimaline
Cory Doctorow
Emma Donoghue
Antonio Michael Downing
Gabrielle Drolet
Terry Fallis
Will Ferguson
Clare Leslie Hall
Gabrielle Hamilton
Jon Hickey
Kelly Hill
Brian Thomas Isaac
Wesley King
Ben Ladouceur
Jennifer Lambert
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Linden MacIntyre
Bianca Marais
David Moscrop
Paul Myers
Vinh Nguyen
Susin Nielsen
Terry O’Reilly
Andrew Phung
Eliana Ramage
David A. Robertson
Pam Rocker
Shelagh Rogers
Merilyn Simonds
jaye simpson
Stephanie Sinclair
Neil Smith
Natalie Sue
Saeed Teebi
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Madeleine Thien
Timothonius & Jane Madeleine
Miriam Toews
katherena vermette
Deborah Willis
Liann Zhang
Adrian Todd Zuniga
Year-Round
- Christian Allaire, From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion (Bonus Extras)
- Margaret Atwood, Book of Lives
- Mona Awad, We Love You, Bunny
- Martha Baillie
- Josie Balka
- Julian Brave Noisecat
- Claire Cameron
- E. Jean Carroll
- Timothy Caufield
- Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- Mark Critch
- Marcello Di Cintio
- Ronald Diebert, Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy (Bonus Extras)
- Alan Doyle, The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and Labrador (Bonus Extras)
- Gabrielle Drolet, Look Ma, No Hands
- Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Bonus Extras)
- Will Ferguson
- Cheryl Foggo
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- Laurie Gilmore
- Eden Greenspan
- Chris Hadfield
- Richard Harrison
- Emma Hooper
- Danielle L. Jensen
- Bob Joseph
2024
Imaginairium Festival
Jaclyn Adomeit
Madeline Ashby
Carleigh Baker
Jeanne Beker
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Shashi Bhat
Fanny Britt
Ali Bryan
Sig Burwash
Denise Clarke
Sonia Clement
Anne Collins
Susanne Craig
Col Cseke
Kris Demeanor
JD Derbyshire
Roddy Doyle
Marina Endicott
Anne Enright
Sarah Everett
Anne Fleming
Christina Frangou
Holly Gramazio
Rosemary Griebel
Lev Grossman
Robyn Harding
Kate Harris
Peter Hemminger
Leah Hennel
Catherine Hernandez
Benjamin Hertwig
Tessa Hulls
Stephen Graham Jones
Richard Kelly Kemick
Conor Kerr
Jeremy Klaszus
Alice Kuipers
Rachel Kushner
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Sarah Leavitt
Michael Lista
Anne Logan
Canisia Lubrin
Clem Martini
Beverley McLachlin
Kate Neville
Heather O’Neill
Susan Ouriou
Nita Prose
Tegan and Sara Quin
Danny Ramadan
David Robertson
Pam Rocker
Shelagh Rogers
Leah Sarich
Niigaan Sinclair
Marissa Stapley
Tanya Talaga
Timothonius
Ann VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer
Deborah Willis
Jenny Heijun Wills
Alice Winn
Teresa Wong
Adrian Todd Zuniga
Year-Round
- Christian Allaire, From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion (Bonus Extras)
- Margaret Atwood, Book of Lives
- Mona Awad, We Love You, Bunny
- Martha Baillie
- Josie Balka
- Julian Brave Noisecat
- Claire Cameron
- E. Jean Carroll
- Timothy Caufield
- Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- Mark Critch
- Marcello Di Cintio
- Ronald Diebert, Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy (Bonus Extras)
- Alan Doyle, The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and Labrador (Bonus Extras)
- Gabrielle Drolet, Look Ma, No Hands
- Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Bonus Extras)
- Will Ferguson
- Cheryl Foggo
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- Laurie Gilmore
- Eden Greenspan
- Chris Hadfield
- Richard Harrison
- Emma Hooper
- Danielle L. Jensen
- Bob Joseph
2023
Imaginairium Festival
Jaclyn Adomeit
Madeline Ashby
Carleigh Baker
Jeanne Beker
Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Shashi Bhat
Fanny Britt
Ali Bryan
Sig Burwash
Denise Clarke
Sonia Clement
Anne Collins
Susanne Craig
Col Cseke
Kris Demeanor
JD Derbyshire
Roddy Doyle
Marina Endicott
Anne Enright
Sarah Everett
Anne Fleming
Christina Frangou
Holly Gramazio
Rosemary Griebel
Lev Grossman
Robyn Harding
Kate Harris
Peter Hemminger
Leah Hennel
Catherine Hernandez
Benjamin Hertwig
Tessa Hulls
Stephen Graham Jones
Richard Kelly Kemick
Conor Kerr
Jeremy Klaszus
Alice Kuipers
Rachel Kushner
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Sarah Leavitt
Michael Lista
Anne Logan
Canisia Lubrin
Clem Martini
Beverley McLachlin
Kate Neville
Heather O’Neill
Susan Ouriou
Nita Prose
Tegan and Sara Quin
Danny Ramadan
David Robertson
Pam Rocker
Shelagh Rogers
Leah Sarich
Niigaan Sinclair
Marissa Stapley
Tanya Talaga
Timothonius
Ann VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer
Deborah Willis
Jenny Heijun Wills
Alice Winn
Teresa Wong
Adrian Todd Zuniga
Year-Round
- Christian Allaire, From the Rez to the Runway: Forging My Path in Fashion (Bonus Extras)
- Margaret Atwood, Book of Lives
- Mona Awad, We Love You, Bunny
- Martha Baillie
- Josie Balka
- Julian Brave Noisecat
- Claire Cameron
- E. Jean Carroll
- Timothy Caufield
- Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- Mark Critch
- Marcello Di Cintio
- Ronald Diebert, Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy (Bonus Extras)
- Alan Doyle, The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and Labrador (Bonus Extras)
- Gabrielle Drolet, Look Ma, No Hands
- Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Bonus Extras)
- Will Ferguson
- Cheryl Foggo
- Guy Gavriel Kay
- Laurie Gilmore
- Eden Greenspan
- Chris Hadfield
- Richard Harrison
- Emma Hooper
- Danielle L. Jensen
- Bob Joseph