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We know you’re ready to squeeze every bit of joy out of the 2025 Imaginairium: Canada’s Liveliest Literary Festival. Our insider tip? Treat these six days as a menu of bright ideas in dark times.
Savour your favourite returning authors. Sample breakout stars. Devour the intimate, inspired pairings. Relish the return of The Way We… storytelling showcases (there are two of them!), The Kris Demeanor & Deborah Willis Variety Show, Literary Death Match, and our Poetry Cabaret. Add your ambitions to the mix with our interactive How To’s and insider takes on the publishing and TV biz.
Starring Miriam Toews. Hosted by Shelley Youngblut
Starring Monique Gray Smith. Hosted by Shelagh Rogers
Starring Clare Leslie Hall. Hosted by Leah Sarich
Starring Antonio Michael Downing, Ben Ladouceur, Neil Smith & Madeleine Thien. Co-Hosted by Kris Demeanor & Deborah Willis
Starring Brian Thomas Isaac & Tracey Lindberg. Hosted by Shelagh Rogers
Starring Antonio Michael Downing & Shelagh Rogers
Starring E. Jean Carroll, Cherie Dimaline, Tracey Lindberg, Linden MacIntyre, David A. Robertson, Shelagh Rogers, Saeed Teebi & Souvankam Thammavongsa. Hosted by Pam Rocker
Starring Amber Dawn, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Ben Ladouceur & jaye simpson. Featuring Timothonious & Jane Madeleine. Hosted by Paula Turcotte
Starring Sharon Butala & Merilyn Simonds. Hosted by Rosemary Griebel
Starring Gabrielle Hamilton. Hosted by Shelley Youngblut
Starring Liann Zhang. Hosted by Joelle Tomlinson
Starring Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Ann-Marie MacDonald & Paul Myers
Starring Emily Austin, Gabrielle Drolet, Jon Hickey & Wesley King, with E. Jean Carroll, Cory Doctorow & Emma Donoghue. Hosted by Adrian Todd Zuniga
Presented by Wordfest and Pansy Club YYC. Starring Amber Dawn & jaye simpson.
Hosted by David A. Robertson & Stephanie Sinclair. Starring Billy-Ray Belcourt, Cherie Dimaline, Jon Hickey & katherena vermette
Starring Vinh Nguyễn. Hosted by Andrew Phung
Starring Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard & Neil Smith
Starring Cory Doctorow. Hosted by Zain Velji
Starring Emma Donoghue. Hosted by Shelley Youngblut
Starring Wesley King, Susin Nielsen & David A. Robertson
Starring Terry Fallis, Will Ferguson, Emily Austin & Natalie Sue
Starring Paul Myers. Hosted by Hart Hanson
Starring Souvankham Thammavongsa & katherena vermette
Hosted by David A. Robertson
Starring Jennifer Lambert, Bianca Marais & Stephanie Sinclair. Hosted by Shelley Youngblut
Starring Holly Brickley, Gabrielle Hamilton, Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Paul Myers, Terry O’Reilly & Andrew Phung. Hosted by Pam Rocker
Starring Marcello Di Cintio, Linden MacIntyre & Saeed Teebi. Hosted by Christina Frangou
Hosted by Paul Karchut
Starring Holly Brickley, Bianca Marais, Susin Nielsen & Liann Zhang. Hosted by Ali Bryan
Starring Scott Anderson. Hosted by Marcello Di Cintio
Starring Anne Collins, Linden MacIntyre & Merilyn Simonds. Hosted by Rita Sirignano
Starring Thomas King. Hosted by Terry Fallis
Starring Tracy Dawson, Hart Hanson, Susin Nielsen & Andrew Phung
Starring Terry O’Reilly
Starring Kate Beaton. Hosted by Gabrielle Drolet
Starring Eliana Ramage. Hosted by katherena vermette
NOTE: 7PM START. Starring E. Jean Carroll. Hosted by Shelley Youngblut