LitFest 2026

Join us this October to Celebrate 20 Years of LitFest: Canada’s Original Nonfiction Festival!

LitFest 2026 will take place October 14 – 18, featuring Vivek Shraya, Kai Cheng Thom, Richard Kelly Kemick, Rachel Phan, Trina Moyles, Yasuko Thanh, Evelyn Lau, Therese Estacion, Patrick Lennox, Nisha Patel, Kathryn Lennon, Richard Harrison, Will Ferguson, Lisa Martin, Alice Major and many, many more. Centered on the theme, “Nonfiction shows us who we are,” this year’s festival will explore how we create identity, whether personal, municipal, provincial or national.

Nonfiction writers and their stories reflect back to us the core of who we are as individuals, as a city, a province and what defines us as Canadians. They ask us to truly consider the world around us, our place in it, and the impact it has on how we define ourselves. Nonfiction writers share with us their journeys; they make us laugh, inspire us to change, and challenge us to explore new ideas, concepts and topics.