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Partnered Event: Close Encounters of the Native Kind with Cody Caetano

Henderson Hall 114 and, 88 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB
Partnered Event

Date and Time: Wednesday, October 15, 12:00 - 1:00 PM Location:  Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South 1-17, University of Alberta Tickets: Free event with no registration / tickets required Close Encounters of the Native Kind explores boundaries between storytelling traditions, material and speculative realities, and what's said and unsaid in the growing native literary tradition. […]

Free

Feature: John Candy: A Life in Comedy, with Paul Myers

Maclab Theatre 9828 101A Ave
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) Author Paul Myers in conversation with Edmonton's Historian Laureate, Donna Coombs-Montrose.  From the bestselling author of Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy, the definitive biography of John Candy—a heartwarming portrait of one of comedy’s most beloved and enduring stars. […]

Partnered Event: Nonfiction Story Slam

9910 910 109 St NW, Edmonton
Partnered Event

Wednesday, October 15 Doors, 7:00 pm, Stories, 7:30pm 9910, downstairs at The Common Ten tellers. Five minutes. One winner. Let the game of truth begin! Sign-up at 7pm, slam at 7:30pm. Free to attend; arrive early! Space is limited. More info HERE!   This event is presented in partnership with Edmonton Story Slam

Free

Online Feature: The Silence of Falling Snow with Kristjana Gunnars

Online
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate)   Online event featuring Kristjana Gunnars in conversation with University of Alberta's 2025-26 Writer in Residence, Cody Caetano, to discuss her memoir, The Silence of Falling Snow.   From an innovator of autofiction comes a meditation on grief, care, […]

Showcase: Laberinto Press

Muttart Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB
Showcase

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) Join us for a journey through the anthologies from Edmonton-based Laberinto Press. In a largely primarily anglophone and Anglo-centric publishing industry, Laberinto Press has won the recognition of its peers for delivering outstanding works from writers whose first language […]

Feature: Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes, with Laura Hall

Rice Theatre Lobby 9828 101A Ave, Edmonton
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) In Conversation event featuring Laura Hall speaking with University of Alberta associate professor Jordan Abel about her book Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes: Settler Colonialism in Horror. Turning a lens on the dark legacy of colonialism in horror film, from Scream to Halloween and […]

Feature: Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, with Marcello Di Cintio

Muttart Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) Award-winning author Marcello Di Cintio in conversation with LitFest board treasurer Danielle Paradis to talk about his latest book, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers. Winner of the 2024 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Book Award A series of profiles […]

Panel: On Language and Meaning (a.k.a. The Smartypants Panel)

Muttart Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB
Panel

What is conscious and unconscious in how we utilize language? How do we use language to create meaning? For anyone who has a love for the construction and utilization of language, this panel is a must-attend at this year's festival! Lovingly referred to as The Smartypants Panel, this event brings together language scientists and poets […]

Feature: Curling Rocks! with John Cullen

Muttart Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) In conversation event with curling legend John Cullen to discuss his latest book, Curling Rocks!: Chronicles of the Roaring Game. Drawing on author John Cullen’s years of experience as both a stand-up comic and an elite curler, Curling Rocks! offers a […]

Feature: A Necessary Distance, with Julie Salverson

Zeidler Hall 9828 101A Ave, Edmonton, AB
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) In conversation event with Julie Salverson to talk about her book, A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter's Daughter. George Salverson had written over a thousand radio plays for the CBC before he became the first television drama editor […]

Panel: Publishing Multilingual, Multicultural & Hyphenated Authors

Muttart Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB
Panel

This panel discussion brings together the founders of The Polyglot, Laberinto Press, Hungry Zine and Living Hyphen to discuss the need for and the challenges of publishing multicultural, multilingual, and hyphenated authors in the ever-evolving landscape of Canadian publishing. This panel will be moderated by translator and Edmonton's 11th Poet Laureate, Medgine Mathurin. Featuring: Justine […]

Workshop: Crafting Superb Sentences, with Julie Sedivy

EPL Community Room 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Workshop

Facilitator: Julie Sedivy Tickets: $15, Available HERE Sentences are the foundation of all writing, and mastering the sentence is essential to developing a strong writing voice. In this workshop, I will bring in gorgeous, surprising, intriguing, devastating sentences from a variety of genres, including romance, sci-fi, fantasy, young adult and children’s books, in addition to […]

Workshop: Intergenerational Imaginations, with Justine Abigail Yu

EPL Community Room 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Workshop

*This is a free workshop for BIPOC authors 14 spaces available, REGISTER HERE Facilitator: Justine Abigail Yu As hyphenated individuals living in between cultures, we are, as activist Eboo Patel describes it, “standing at the crossroads of inheritance and discovery, trying to look both ways at once.” In this writing workshop, we write to honour […]

Feature: Graphic Memoir, with Teresa Wong and Sarah Leavitt

Zeidler Hall 9828 101A Ave, Edmonton, AB
Feature

Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) Join us for this very special reading and conversation with graphic memoirists Teresa Wong and Sarah Leavitt, featuring their latest graphic memoirs, All Our Ordinary Stories and Something, Not Nothing.   All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey […]

Showcase: Agatha Press Fall Launch

Muttart Theatre 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB
Feature

LitFest is thrilled to partner with Edmonton's Agatha Press to bring you the launch of their fall releases - Sincerely, Sincerely by Rayanne Haines and Carolyne Van Der Meer, AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE I HAVE INFINITE CHANCES by ryan fitzpatrick, and i give birth to my body by Leilei Chen. Featuring: Leilei Chen, ryan […]

Showcase: Daaira: The Healing Will Come, The Polyglot Launch

The Green Room 10545 108 St NW Unit 2-786, Edmonton
Showcase

This event is free to attend, but please pre-register as space is limited An evening of literature, art, and music hosted by The Polyglot and Daaira House LitFest, October 18, 2025, 5:00pm to 7:00pm, The Green Room For the past nine years, The Polyglot—an award-winning local multilingual magazine—has offered a vibrant platform for artists, writers, […]

Showcase: Books with Buzz(kill) Cabaret

Zeidler Hall 9828 101A Ave, Edmonton, AB
Showcase

Join us and discover some of this year's most buzzed about books in this not-to-be-missed showcase! Featuring: Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Amber Dawn, Canisia Lubrin, and Alex Manley Host: Kate Gibson Tickets: $5 (student/low income), $15 (regular), Available HERE (Use promo code "LITFEST2025" to access student rate) Stock, by Jennifer Bowering Delisle Stock photographs are everywhere. […]

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