Search Results by tag: International Festival of Authors

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 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

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

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

Anne Enright, Garth Risk Hallberg, Miriam Toews among authors appearing at 2015 IFOA

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors, coming to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre Oct. 22–Nov. 1, has announced its preliminary lineup of more than 50 authors spanning multiple genres and forms. Man Booker Prize winner Anne Enright, Garth ... Read More »

June 25, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Events

Andrew Wylie talks about the state of the publishing industry

By Julie Baldassi

Andrew Wylie has much to say about the book business, but it's not for the faint of heart. In his keynote address at the International Festival of Authors (and in the Q&A with CBC's Carol Off ... Read More »

October 28, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Karl Ove Knausgard, Roxane Gay among 2014 IFOA lineup

By Julie Baldassi

Karl Ove Knausgård, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Nick Cutter, Roxane Gay and other Canadian and international writers have been confirmed as participants in the 35th edition of the International Festival of Authors, to be held at Toronto’s Harbourfront ... Read More »

June 10, 2014 | Filed under: Events