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Join us Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) tomorrow in Toronto! I love taking the stage with Ben Macintyre to ask him about his latest books and THE SIEGE is thrilling! (He's so annoyingly engaging and prolific). Details all below:

What is belonging? Amazing conversation tonight on stage Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) as Gloria Blizzard|Writer & jenny heijun wills chat about heritage, culture & food as #belonging with host angelyn francis Info buff.ly/3zqMujI #FestOfAuthors #NewBooks #Toronto Dundurn Press #authorcommunity

Barrack Zailaa Rima' BEIRUT is now available in English and this Saturday they are at Harbourfront for TIFA Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) festivalofauthors.ca/event/the-citi…

As the Toronto International Festival of Authors comes to a close, there's still a ton to take in! From non-fiction novel writing to slam poetry, Indigenous storytelling and everything in between, there’s something for every bookworm! 🪱📚 #FestofAuthors shedoesthecity.com/10-engaging-au…

Great session at the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) on Why We Write - best advice ever, from Roddy Doyle an Irish author-write for yourself and don’t stop to edit! Great panel, good to see my friend Rana Khan in the panel. Kudos to another panelist festival director Roland Gulliver ! #TIFA

Excellent session, enjoyed every minute of it. Good to hear Stephen Maher answer my question about the future of the Liberal Party of Canada, and its leadership. Read his book THE PRINCE. Sharp moderation by Vass Bednar Roland Gulliver - very well organized festival! #TIFA

#festofauthors24 final day! The sun is still shining on the view from the author green room…

Congratulations to Han Kang, winner of the 2024 The Nobel Prize in Literature! In honour of this achievement we have lifted the paywall on her writing for Granta. granta.com/contributor/ha…

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Murray Sinclair was a great Canadian, a great Manitoban, a great Anishinaabe.  His career stands as a legacy of public service and a deep commitment to truth, fairness and dignity for all people.  He was the first Indigenous person to be named to the Manitoba provincial court

In a week where how we tell our stories, our histories to shape our future, this conversation on Thursday with Jody Wilson-Raybould (JWR), PC, OBC, KC 王州迪 & R Danesh will offer insight on how we can better share our stories and our understanding.

Happy pub day to Graeme Macrae Burnet’s A CASE OF MATRICIDE! "A probing metaphysical novel that asks whether an act that is both selfish and merciful is wrong or right and whether . . . its consequences are a punishment or a reward."—Foreword Reviews biblioasis.com/shop/fiction/n…

‘Sometimes you encounter a book and cannot work out how this miraculous event has happened’ We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #BookerPrize2024 is Orbital by Samantha Harvey. 🌌✨ Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Here’s my 2015 conversation with this year’s brand new The Booker Prizes winner #SamanthaHarvey for her novel ORBITAL cbc.ca/1.2936892?__vf…

Anne Michaels has been named the winner of the 2024 Giller Prize for her novel, Held,​ published by McClelland & Stewart. gillerprize.ca/anne-michaels-… #CravingCanLit #CanLit #ForTheLoveOfBooks #CELEBRATEGILLER

Currently sitting on my sofa recovering from being knocked off my bike by a car- for the second time this year! To remove bike lanes is not just insane financially and strategically short-sighted but simply dangerous.

🎧 New Writers Off the Page podcast episode! Listen to a conversation with Nobel-prize winning author Saul Bellow & former Canadian Governor General Adrienne Clarkson recorded at Harbourfront Reading Series in 1988 from the TIFA (Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)) archives: ow.ly/tW3b50Uuuwp

#OffThePage is back with Omar El Akkad in Conversation with Alex Clark! ✨📚 Join renowned author Omar El Akkad at the Pepper Canister Church this February as he discusses his powerful new book 'One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This'. 🗓️ Thursday 13 Feb, 19:00 🎟️

This will be a remarkable conversation. A heroic, heartbreaking story in the hands of a master storyteller.

And very excited to be presenting one of the books of the year with Toronto audiences able to hear from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Tickets on sale tomorrow!