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IFOA: Meet this year’s International Visitors Programme participants

Publishing professionals from around the world will soon arrive for the fourth annual International Visitors Programme, an industry-networking event running Oct. 23“27 in conjunction with Toronto's International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront. Click on the ... Read More »

October 20, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Photos: IFOA pep rally

By Sue Carter

It's not often that you see a Scotiabank Giller Prize winner brandishing pom poms, but that's exactly what happened at this morning's pep rally for the 32nd annual International Festival of Authors, which kicks off ... Read More »

October 18, 2011 | Filed under: Events

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Natalie Samson

Organizers at the International Festival of Authors have named cartoonist and graphic novelist Seth the winner of the 2011 Harbourfront Festival Prize. The $10,000 prize honours an individual whose work has substantially contributed to the ... Read More »

September 21, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

International Festival of Authors expands its Ontario touring program

By Sue Carter

IFOA Ontario, an offshoot of the International Festival of Authors, is expanding its touring program to 16 locations, with new stops in Brantford, Markham, Thunder Bay, Toronto, and Woodstock. Box office and event details are ... Read More »

August 17, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Event photos: the last days of IFOA

By Scott MacDonald

Toronto's International Festival of Authors wrapped up last weekend with a number of marquee events, including a reading and ... Read More »

November 2, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Peter Robinson wins $10,000 Harbourfront prize

By Scott MacDonald

The International Festival of Authors announced today that mystery author Peter Robinson is this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize, "based on the merits of his own published work and the time he ... Read More »

September 22, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Event photo: Geoffrey Taylor gets schooled

By Nathan Whitlock

As reported earlier on Quillblog, IFOA head Geoffrey Taylor has been awarded an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. The ceremony took ... Read More »

November 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Events

IFOA news: Geoffrey Taylor to receive honorary degree, Urquhart to read Munro

By Alison Potstra

Geoffrey Taylor, director of Harbourfront's Reading Series, is to receive an honorary degree from the School of Creative & Performing Arts at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Taylor, who has been with ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards, Events

Orhan Pamuk and the IFOA audience revolt

By Nathan Whitlock

Orhan Pamuk seems to cause a bit of a stir wherever he goes. The Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist is perhaps best-known on these shores for his legal battles with the Turkish government over remarks he ... Read More »

October 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Paul Quarrington wins Matt Cohen Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that this year's recipient of the Matt Cohen Award is Paul Quarrington. The $20,000 award is given to a writer who has amassed a distinguished body of work. ... Read More »

October 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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