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Giller Prize Winner
Celebrating one of Canada’s most acclaimed literary voices through our partnership with the Giller Prize.
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Keynote Speakers
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Jennifer Finney Boylan
Bestselling author Jennifer Finney Boylan has spent her career illuminating the complexities of identity, family, and…
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Amor Towles
Amor Towles is an internationally bestselling novelist celebrated for elegant storytelling, unforgettable characters, and richly imagined…
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Michelle Good
Michelle Good is an award-winning Cree writer and member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in…
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Martha Bátiz
Martha Bátiz is a Mexican author, translator, and professor based in Canada whose work bridges cultures,…
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Xavier Velasco
Xavier Velasco is an acclaimed Mexican novelist, journalist, and columnist whose work is celebrated for its…
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Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is the Booker Prize-winning author of The Inheritance of Loss and the acclaimed novel…
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Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is an internationally acclaimed author, essayist, editor, and cultural critic whose work explores identity,…
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