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We are aware of emails being sent out targeting authors and publishers, impersonating members of TIFA staff.

These messages appear as invitations to participate in our Festival and other programmes (such as Toronto Lit Up), asking for information and e-transfers to unauthorized email addresses. These are not legitimate communications.

Please do not respond to the message, click any links, or share any personal or financial information.

TIFA will never ask authors to pay to participate in our festivals or programming, and our emails will only be sent through our official verified email addresses ending in [at]festivalofauthors[dot]ca. It will never come from a Gmail address.

Should you receive any additional communications of this nature, we recommend that you report them, block the sender, and delete the messages immediately.

If you have any other questions, please contact us at info@festivalofauthors.ca. by @festofauthors

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ON SALE NOW!

The Toronto International Festival of Authors is Canada’s largest and longest-running literary festival. This fall, #TIFA2026 brings the world’s most compelling writers into conversation with one another, and with you. Join us at @viccollege from Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2026, for over 100 events with some of the world’s most beloved authors.

From author conversations to electric readings and intimate masterclasses, the Festival is where stories cross borders, ideas find each other, and readers discover that literature is very much alive.

📚 Look forward to the return of The Festival of Indigenous Stories, with events every day of the Festival
📚 Horror events on October 31st, ending with an evening of Halloween fun!
📚 Rupture/Justice, guest curated by Philippe Sands, gathering historians, journalists, artists and authors to examine our era's fault lines.
📚 10 years on: A celebration of Leonard Cohen, featuring a cavalcade of musicians, writers and artists

Passes and masterclasses now available! Limited 5-day passes remain so get yours while you still can! View the events at the link in our bio. by @festofauthors

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AUTHOR FEATURE: Ruth Ozeki

@ozekiland takes her turn typing in her debut collection of short stories in The Typing Lady and Other Fictions, bringing together a series of characters bound together by the written word. From letters to manuscripts to disappearing ink, each shows how much of ourselves we leave in stories and how much it connects us to others.

Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. Bringing together issues of science, religion, environmental politics, and global pop culture, her books have been celebrated for their range and formal invention. Her novels have been translated and published in over thirty countries.

See her at #TIFA2026:
The Typing Lady: Ruth Ozeki • Sun, Nov 1 @ 12:30pm

Visit our website to learn more and get your passes today! Link in bio 👉 by @festofauthors

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3 Weeks to #TIFA2026

The countdown is officially on! Join us at @viccollege October 28-November 1 for our annual fall festival, featuring over 110 events and over 130 authors from Canada around the world.

🎃 Celebrate Halloween with us on Saturday, with a series of horror related conversations and panels, culminating with Trick or Trope, an entertaining evening of horror trope talks with authors and improv from Bad Dog Theatre.

📚 Join us Saturday and Sunday for free panels on writing in diverse communities in partnership with @qissa.stories

🧘‍♀️ Stop by in the afternoon Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for Yoga & Journaling! Admission is included in your 1-day or 5-day pass, no pre-registration required.

Visit our website to learn more and get your passes today! Link in bio 👉 by @festofauthors

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Are you university and thinking about possible career paths? Maybe you're an author looking to learn more about the inner workings of the publishing industry! Join us for our International Visitor Programme and industry panels at #TIFA2026!

Kicking off the Festival is our IV Awards and Keynote conversation, featuring James Daunt, founder of Daunt Books and the bookseller credited with revitalizing Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.

Taking place Saturday morning, join editors, agents, and publishing workers from around the world as they discuss global trends, indie publishing, and mentorship in a series of three back-to-back events. These events are FREE and open to the public.

Stop by on the final day of the Festival for "An Insider’s Guide to Publishing", moderated by Nathan Whitlock (@humberpublishingpc), coordinator of Professional Book Publishing at Humber Polytechnic.

Visit our website to learn more and get your passes today! Link in bio.

Photo of Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, winner of the 2025 Ivy Award (Credit Laura Agudelo) by @festofauthors

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Last chance to get your tickets to see David Byrne Saturday, October 10 at Koerner Hall! See the award-winning musician, writer, and artist do a presentation on his latest book, Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up (@penguinpress).

October 10 @ 7:30PM
Koerner Hall
Tickets still remain. Link in Bio 👉

Books will be available for purchase on site courtesy of @typebooks. There will not be a book signing. by @festofauthors

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AUTHOR FEATURE: Dave Eggers

Pack your bags for an around the world trip in Contrapposto, a novel spanning time and the globe as the main character, Cricket Dibb, reflects on his life, art, and relationships.

Eggers has written over 50 books, including novels, non-fiction titles, and children's books. He is the cofounder of 826 National, a network of youth writing centers, and Art + Water, a nonprofit visual art hub on San Francisco’s waterfront. A classically trained artist and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Eggers has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the American Book Award, and the Newbery Medal.

See him at #TIFA2026 in:
📚 Contrapposto: Dave Eggers • Thurs, Oct 29 @ 6:00 pm

Visit our website to learn more and get your passes today! Link in bio 👉 by @festofauthors

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Love books about books & the literary world? 📚📚

Join us for an evening with Bonnie Garmus (@bonnie_garmus_author) , author of the New York Times bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistry, as she talks about her second novel, Peck & Peck (@simonschusterca). The book follows young poetry lover Batter Gray, who gets a job at a prestigious – albeit dysfunctional – New York literary journal, and must navigate eccentric staff, a bitter feud between twin editors, and life’s dualities.

Bonnie will be joined in conversation by Johanna Schneller (The Globe & Mail).

October 15 @ 7:30PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Book included with ticket
Get your tickets today. Link in bio 👉

Pre-signed books will be available for purchase at the event. Bonnie will personalize copies or sign backlist titles after the conversation. by @festofauthors

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September 30th is National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, dedicated to honouring Residential School Survivors, their families, and communities, and to recognize the lasting impacts of Canada’s Residential School system.

We are proud to be sharing Indigenous voices from Canada and around the world this fall in the Festival of Indigenous Stories, running October 28-November 1.

Ready to start reading? Our friends at @anotherstorybookshop will be donating all proceeds from today's sales on in-stock items (in person and online) to local Indigenous organizations, Call Auntie Clinic and Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre.

Swipe to see the upcoming events at this year's Festival of Indigenous Stories.

Produced in partnership with Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) and supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the programme brings together nine Indigenous authors and artists from Canada and Australia for a slate of conversations and new commissions exploring Indigenous yearning and futurity.

Co-curated by award-winning Goorie and Koori poet Evelyn Araluen (The Rot; Dropbear), and bestselling author of Bad Cree, Jessica Johns, of Sucker Creek First Nation, the programme features Alicia Elliot, Bebe Oliver, Jasmin McGaughey, Quill Christie-Peters, Nardi Simpson, Kirli Saunders, and Jesse Wente.

Also joining us at the Festival are Métis writer Tara Gereaux, and Amanda Peters of Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry and a member of Glooscap First Nation.

#TIFA2026 by @festofauthors

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TIFA is celebrating local with a curated vendor market, presented by @torontomademarket . This new addition brings together local makers and artisans whose work speaks to book lovers and literary minds: bookish goods, hand-bound journals, literary-inspired art, and gifts for the reader in your life. A perfect way to extend your festival day and take a piece of it home with you 📚

Visit the market on the 2nd floor of @viccollege on the weekend during the Festival.

Hours:
Saturday, October 30 @ 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Sunday, November 1 @ 10:00 AM–5:00 PM

We're still looking for vendors! Visit the link in @torontomademarket 's bio to apply. DEADLINE: OCT 10

#TIFA2026 by @festofauthors

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Books 🤝 Animals
Perfect cozy night in

We have so many books for animal lovers at #TIFA2026, so whether you're looking to do some reading this fall or take up a new hobby, we have something for you!

Conversations:
🐇 In the Company of Nature with Chloe Dalton & Melissa Harrison • Wed, Oct 28 @ 4:30pm
🕊Birds of a Feather with Jackie Morris, Mark Peck, and Emily Rondel • Sun, Nov 1 @ 1:30pm

Workshops: (Free to attend!)
🎨 Illustrating with Jackie Morris • Sat, Oct 31 @ 4:30pm
🐾 Animal Drawing with Mark Liam Smith • Sat, Oct 31 @ 2pm

Masterclass:
✒️ Demystifying Nature Writing with Chloe Dalton • Thu, Oct 29 @ 5pm

Visit our website to learn more and get your passes today! Link in Bio 👉 by @festofauthors

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Returning to #TIFA2026 is Diaspora Dialogues (@ddialogues) with 4 conversations taking place Oct 31-Nov 1 at Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

📕 Reframing History: Who Gets to Tell the Story? • Sat, Oct 31 @ 3pm
📕 The CanLit Canon at 100: Who Gets In, Who Gets Left Out? • Sat, Oct 31 @ 6pm
📕 Sex, Crime & Happily Ever After: How Women Took Over the Bestseller Lists • Sun, Nov 1 @ 11am
📕The View from the Future: Who Gets to Write What Comes Next? • Sun, Nov 1 @ 2pm

Visit our website to learn more and get your passes today! https://tinyurl.com/ywv49enr

Diaspora Dialogues (DD) supports emerging voices from across Canada to turn their craft into a career through mentorship, professional development and opportunities to publish and present their work. Everything we do as an organization is made possible through the passion and commitment of our team, the board members, and our allies across the country. by @festofauthors

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