Jack Whyte
Knights Templar: Order In Chaos

B. C. writer Jack Whyte is best known for his linked novels and stories, including The Camulod Chronicles (The Sky Stone, The Singing Sword, The Eagles Brood, The Saxon Shore). His latest book, Order in Chaos, is the final instalment in his immensely popular Templar Trilogy.

Linden MacIntyre
The Bishop’s Man

The winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Linden MacIntyre, is used to winning major awards. He has won eight Gemini awards and an international Emmy for his incisive broadcasts, and is a household name in Canada. Join MacIntyre as he discusses his novel, The Bishop's Man.

Sarah Elton and Kevin Robbins
City of Words: Toronto Through Her Writers’ Eyes

A collection of excerpts about Toronto from writers such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Earle Birney, accompanied by original photographs. Together, these words and images reveal the soul of the city. Robbins will show and Elton will tell; come and experience Toronto as never before!

Mylene Gilbert-Dumas
Lili Klondike

This program is in French.

Mylene Gilbert-Dumas is a Sherbrooke, Québec native who has published award winning historical fiction novels. Lili Klondike is a trilogy featuring two French-Canadian women who follow their dreams during the Yukon gold rush.

Bonnie Burnard
Suddenly

This Giller Prize winning author (A Good House, 1999) will read from her latest novel, Suddenly. Sweeping through and beyond the second half of the 20th century—from men in space to 9/11— Suddenly creates an astonishingly intimate portrait of three women balanced on the knife edge of middle age.

Heather Spears
I Can Still Draw

Heather Spears divides her time between Canada and Denmark. Her work spans poetry, fiction and non fiction, and she has won significant prizes in each form. I Can Still Draw is a candid collection of poems which challenge reader and writer alike. Heather will also read from her 'true crime' novel, A Muted Voice.

Kate Pullinger
The Mistress of Nothing

This 2009 Governor General's Award winning novel is the story of Lady Duff Gordon's adventures in the Egypt of the 1860s, as told by her lady's maid. An exotic and passionate love story, The Mistress of Nothing explores the divisive social conventions of the Victorian world.

Karen Connelly
Burmese Lessons

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Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
No Place Strange

These two exceptional authors bring us stories of love in unusual times and places. Connelly gives us a memoir of love and loss under unimaginable circumstances; Bryden's novel tells of love between a Canadian Jewish woman and a Lebanese man which opens historical wounds neither could foresee.

Annabel Lyon
The Golden Mean

Annabel Lyon's first novel, The Golden Mean, won the Writer’s Trust Award, and was short listed for the Giller and the Governor General’s Award. Her novel interweaves the lives of two of history’s most enigmatic and influential people, Aristotle and Alexander The Great.

Margaret Wente
You Can’t Say That in Canada

Canadians know what Margaret Wente thinks about almost everything. Some love her for it, some not so much. Since 1992 she has been a leading columnist for The Globe and Mail and has twice won a National Newspaper Award. Come and hear what it is she can't say in Canada!

Guy Gavriel Kay
Under Heaven
Read Guy Gavriel Kay's books

Guy Gavriel Kay is the author of ten novels, and the winner of the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel. His works have been translated into more than twenty languages and have appeared on best-seller lists around the world. This event marks the world wide launch of Under Heaven.

Michael Crummey
Galore

Michael Crummey's previous novels, River Thieves and The Wreckage were critically acclaimed best-sellers. His new book, Galore – a family saga spanning generations – is also garnering rave reviews. Come and see a writer at the top of his game.

Claire Letemendia
The Best of Men

Claire Letemendia’s debut novel is a fast-paced, riveting historical thriller. Set during the British Civil War, the book is replete with intrigue, disloyalty, muddy battles and love in its various flavours. Come and hear Claire read from the first of this inevitable series.

John Doyle
The World is a Ball

Doyle, Globe and Mail TV critic and author of A Great Feast of Light, is back with a compelling look at 'The Beautiful Game' where, for 90 heart-stopping minutes, anything can happen. The author has travelled the world in preparation for this year's World Cup in South Africa. Come out and hear how Doyle sees the FIFA banner unfurl.

Lauren Kirshner
Where We Have To Go

Lauren Kirshner is a first-time writer who studied creative writing and worked under the tutelage of Margaret Atwood. Where We Have To Go is a poignant family tale of growth, change and expectation. Come and hear a new writer with a bright future.

Michael Crummey
Galore

Michael Crummey’s previous novels, River Thieves and The Wreckage were critically acclaimed best sellers. His new book, Galore –a family saga spanning generations – is also garnering rave reviews. Come and see a writer at the top of his game.

David Rotenberg
Shanghai

David Rotenberg is the author of five mystery novels set in Shanghai and also has a TV series currently in development. He has directed plays on Broadway and around the world, and is the Artistic Director of the internationally famous Professional Actors Lab.

Sarah Elton and Kevin Robbins
City of Words: Toronto Through Her Writers’ Eyes

A collection of excerpts about Toronto from writers such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Earle Birney, accompanied by original photographs. Together, these words and images reveal the soul of the city. Robbins will show and Elton will tell; come and experience Toronto as never before!

José Latour
Crime of Fashion

José Latour, possibly the most popular crime fiction writer in the Spanish speaking world, is a Cuban national who came to Canada in 2004. Crime of Fashion, his first book since coming to Toronto, is a tale of heart-stopping action, deceit, and desperation set in the world of high fashion.

Bonnie Burnard
Suddenly

This Giller Prize winning author (A Good House, 1999) will read from her latest novel, Suddenly. Sweeping through and beyond the second half of the 20th century—from men in space to 9/11— Suddenly creates an astonishingly intimate portrait of three women balanced on the knife edge of middle age.

Annabel Lyon
The Golden Mean

Annabel Lyon's first novel, The Golden Mean, won the Writer’s Trust Award, and was short listed for the Giller and the Governor General’s Award. Her novel interweaves the lives of two of history’s most enigmatic and influential people, Aristotle and Alexander The Great.

Jack Whyte
Knights Templar: Order In Chaos

B. C. writer Jack Whyte is best known for his linked novels and stories, including The Camulod Chronicles (The Sky Stone, The Singing Sword, The Eagles Brood, The Saxon Shore). His latest book, Order in Chaos, is the final instalment in his immensely popular Templar Trilogy.

Thomas Trofimuk
Waiting for Columbus

Thomas Trofimuk’s first novel, The 52nd Poem, won several awards, and his second, Doubting Yourself to the Bone, was a best-seller and a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2006. Waiting for Columbus is cinematic and often playful; a novel about truth, loss, love, and hope by a writer at the height of his powers.

John Bemrose
The Last Woman

John Bemrose was nominated for a Giller prize for his last book, The Island Walkers. His new book deals with wounds and losses, both the human kind, and those suffered by the environment. Strongly drawn, engaging characters inform this solid story of the earth and its people.

Catherine Gildiner
After The Falls

Her first book, Too Close to The Falls, was the winner of a Different Drummer Award, nominated for a Trillium Award, and was on the national best-seller list for more than 50 weeks. Catherine Gildiner reads from the latest installation of her memoir, After the Falls.

Linden MacIntyre
The Bishop’s Man

The winner of the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Linden MacIntyre, is used to winning major awards. He has won eight Gemini awards and an international Emmy for his incisive broadcasts, and is a household name in Canada. Join MacIntyre as he discusses his novel, The Bishop's Man.

Nicholas Ruddock
The Parabolist

Ruddock is a first time novelist and a physician in Guelph, Ontario. The Parabolist of the title is a charismatic and canny Mexican poet, who makes quite a stir during his brief time in Toronto. Murder, mayhem, hard-boiled police work and Crisco all loom large in this charming, funny, and unpredictable story.

John Bemrose
The Last Woman

John Bemrose was nominated for a Giller prize for his last book, The Island Walkers. His new book deals with wounds and losses, both the human kind, and those suffered by the environment. Strongly drawn, engaging characters inform this solid story of the earth and its people.

Sylvia Fraser
Chasing the Cure: An Effective Alternative Treatment for Cancer and Other Diseases

Award-winning writer Sylvia Fraser (A Casual Affair, My Father's House and The Green Labyrinth) joins forces with Dr. William Bengston to present a radically hopeful examination of cancer treatment and cure.

David Rotenberg
Shanghai

David Rotenberg is the author of five mystery novels set in Shanghai and also has a TV series currently in development. He has directed plays on Broadway and around the world, and is the Artistic Director of the internationally famous Professional Actors Lab.

Margaret Wente
You Can’t Say That in Canada

Canadians know what Margaret Wente thinks about almost everything. Some love her for it, some not so much. Since 1992 she has been a leading columnist for The Globe and Mail and has twice won a National Newspaper Award. Come and hear what it is she can't say in Canada!

Thomas Trofimuk
Waiting for Columbus

Thomas Trofimuk’s first novel, The 52nd Poem, won several awards, and his second, Doubting Yourself to the Bone, was a best-seller and a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2006. Waiting for Columbus is cinematic and often playful; a novel about truth, loss, love, and hope by a writer at the height of his powers.