Sunday September 22, 2013 at Queen's Park Circle, 11am - 6pm
Featured Authors
John Ralston Saul is one of Canada’s leading public intellectuals. Declared a “prophet” by Time magazine, Saul has received many awards and prizes, including Chile’s Pablo Neruda Medal. He is president of PEN International, and his thirteen works have been translated into twenty-two languages in...
John Ralston Saul is at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage at 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Richard Scrimger is the award-winning author of more than 15 books for children and adults. His books have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Thai, Korean, Portuguese, Slovenian, Italian, and Polish. The father of four children, he has written humorous pieces about his family life for The Globe & Mail and Chatelaine. Visit Richard...
Richard Scrimger is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM and at Scribendi.com Wordshop Marquee at 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
Zander Sherman was born in 1986. He grew up in a rural setting in Central Ontario’s lake district, where he was homeschooled by his mother until the age of thirteen. Sherman has worked as a freelance writer, photographer, and musician. He has currently lives north of Toronto. When he isn’t writing, Sherman composes music. In 2011, a...
Zander Sherman is at the Nothing But The Truth Tent at 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Vivek Shraya is a Toronto-based multimedia artist, working in the mediums of music, performance, literature and film.
Winner of the We Are Listening International Singer/Songwriter Award, Vivek has released albums ranging from acoustic folk-rock to electro synth-pop. His sixth record, 1:1, was released last fall...
Vivek Shraya is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Antanas Sileika is the Director of the Humber School for Writers. He is a freelance writer and novelist. His most recent novel, Underground, was chosen as one of the Globe and Mail’s top 100 books for 2011.
Antanas Sileika - Host is at the Scribendi.com Wordshop Marquee
Dan Smith is the editor of the Toronto Star’s weekend Insight sections and author of The Seventh Fire: The Struggle for Aboriginal Government (1993).
Dan Smith - Host is at the Toronto Star Tent
Chef Michael Smith is the bestselling author of several cookbooks, including The Best of Chef at Home and Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen. He is the television host of Food Network's Chef Michael's Kitchen. Smith lives on Prince Edward Island with his family.
Michael Smith is at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage at 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Eva Stachniak has worked for Radio Canada International and Sheridan College, where she taught English and Humanities. Her debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000. Stachniak is also the author of Garden of Venus. She lives in Toronto.
Eva Stachniak is at the Scribendi.com Wordshop Marquee at 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM and at The Remarkable Reads Tent at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ted Staunton divides his time between writing and a busy schedule as a speaker, workshop leader, storyteller and musical performer for children and adults. His previous books include the well-loved “Green Applestreet Gang” series, the “Cyril and Maggie” series, the Morgan series, Puddleman...
Ted Staunton is at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Patricia Storms is an award-winning cartoonist, as well as a children’s book illustrator and author. Her picture book The Pirate and the Penguin was named one of the top 10 Great Books for Children for 2011, by the Canadian Toy Testing Council. She is also the new cartoonist who draws Chirp, the much-loved yellow bird from...
Patricia Storms - Host is at the Children's Reading Tent at 11:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Cordelia Strube has won the CBC Literary Competition for her play Mortal and the Toronto Arts Foundation Protégé Award and she has been shortlisted for the Prix Italia and the Governor General’s Award. Her eight previous novels include Milton’s Elements, Dr. Kalbfleisch and the Chicken Restaurant, Planet Reese and...
Cordelia Strube is at the Great Books Marquee at 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Moez Surani is a poet, reviewer and short fiction author. His writing has been included in numerous anthologies and literary journals, including The Literary Review of Canada and The Walrus. He has attended writing residencies in Finland, Latvia and Switzerland, and his writing has won the Chalmers Arts Fellowship, the...
Moez Surani is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Dr. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster and author and co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990. A Companion to the Order of Canada, Dr. Suzuki is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and holds 27 honorary degrees from universities around the world. He is familiar to television audiences as host of the long-...
David Suzuki is at the Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage at 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Susan Swan was born in Midland, Ontario, the setting of her latest work, The Western Light, which shares a narrator with her international bestseller The Wives of Bath. The Wives of Bath was a finalist for the UK Guardian Award and Ontario’s Trillium Award in 1993, and was adapted into the film Lost and...
Susan Swan is at the Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent at 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Kevin Sylvester is an illustrator, writer and broadcaster based in Toronto. He is the author of the Neil Flambé Capers series. Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders won the 2011 Silver Birch award for Fiction. Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction was a finalist for the 2012 Silver Birch. Game Day was nominated for the...
Kevin Sylvester is at the Children's Reading Tent at 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
