Search Results by tag: IFOA

Joseph Kertes to receive 2017 Harbourfront Festival Prize

Hungarian-born Toronto author Joseph Kertes, former dean of creative and performing arts at Humber College, has been named the recipient of this year's Harbourfront Festival Prize, a $10,000 award administered by the International Festival of ... Read More »

September 22, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

IFOA’s Geoffrey Taylor honoured by French government as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

By Steven W. Beattie

Geoffrey Taylor, the director of the Toronto Harbourfront International Festival of Authors, has been bestowed with a particularly prestigious international honour. Taylor has been named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the ... Read More »

March 27, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

IFOA and Toronto Arts Council launch initiative focusing on Toronto writers

By Becky Robertson

Tonight, the International Festival of Authors and the Toronto Arts Council hosts its second Toronto Lit Up event‚ part of a three-year program aiming to recognize the city's authors, with a launch at Harbourfront Centre ... Read More »

December 14, 2016 | Filed under: Events

Awards: Miriam Toews named Harbourfront Festival Prize recipient

By Sue Carter

Winnipeg novelist Miriam Toews has been named this year's $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner. Toews was selected by Toronto Star books editor Deborah Dundas, CBC Radio host Carol Off, and IFOA director Geoffrey E. Taylor. ... Read More »

September 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

IFOA announces preliminary lineup for 2016

By Becky Robertson

The preliminary lineup has been revealed for the International Festival of Authors‚ taking place at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre Oct. 20–30. This year's event will give prominence to graphica‚ contemporary Irish literature‚ and non-fiction genres. More ... Read More »

August 9, 2016 | Filed under: Events

IFOA reveals 2016 poster by Canadian cartoonist Seth

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors has unveiled its 2016 poster, created by Palookaville graphic novelist and designer Seth. This year's IFOA takes ... Read More »

June 23, 2016 | Filed under: Events

Chris Chambers wins IFOA’s Battle of the Bards

By Becky Robertson

Chris Chambers was chosen from among a group of 20 emerging and established poets as winner of the 8th annual Battle of the Bards, an event sponsored by the International Festival of Authors and alternate ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Submissions open for IFOA’s Poetry Now

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors and Toronto's Now magazine have opened submissions for their annual Poetry Now Battle of the Bards competition. The March 30 reading event will spotlight 20 writers, selected by a random ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

David Kent named 2015 Ivy Award winner

By Becky Robertson

The International Visitors Programme – which offers cultural exchange between Canadian and foreign publishing professionals – has announced David Kent as the winner of its annual Ivy Award for his substantial contribution to the Canadian ... Read More »

October 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Avie Bennett named Harbourfront Festival Prize winner

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors has named businessman, publisher, and philanthropist Avie Bennett the recipient of this year’s $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contribution to Canadian publishing. Bennett purchased Toronto press McClelland & Stewart ... Read More »

September 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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