What's on at Queen's Park

Adult Programming

• Scotiabank Giller Prize Bestsellers Stage

  The flagship venue at The Word On The Street, this venue features some of the biggest names in Canadian literature, all under one roof!

• Canadian Magazines Tent

  Come and hear experts from some of our country's most-loved magazines

• Cooks 'n' Books Stage

  This venue will host tantalizing food demonstrations and sampling led by some of Canada's top chefs.

• Dummies 20th Anniversary Tent

  This booth invites festival-goers to help celebrate the anniversary of the popular series.  Stop by for mini-presentations, giveaways, prizes, and more!

• Elephoto Photo Hunt

  Are you someone who never leaves home without a camera? Are you an amateur, semi-professional or   professional photographer? Then we have a contest for you!  

• Great Books Marquee

  The place to be for the most exciting and dynamic books of the year, this venue features a variety of hot spring and fall titles including fiction, non-fiction, short stories, and poetry.

• New in 2011: Healthy Living Stage

  This venue features some of Canada's best-known health and wellness authors.  The Healthy Living Stage will encompass: health, body and fitness, sexuality, parenting, and emotional health in a variety of programming segments.

• Remarkable Reads Tent

  Random House of Canada Ltd. and McClelland & Stewart showcase some of your favourite, and soon-to-be favourite, authors.

• New in 2011: This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage

  This is a new concept venue, one that breaks the boundaries of our book and magazine festival to truly explore and celebrate the spoken and written word.  Featuing hourly, genre-based, interactive programming sessions which showcase the great young adult books, authors and artists Canada has to offer, this venue will bring a fresh, fun, and youthful perspective to the festival.

• Toronto Book Awards Tent

  Nominees for the Toronto Book Awards read from their nominated works.  Can you predict the winner?  Also enjoy a special programming hour featuring Diaspora Dialogues authors.

• Toronto Star Tent

  The Toronto Star offers thought-provoking presentations from some of its most popular writers.

• New in 2011: Vibrant Voices of Ontario Tent

  This new venue celebrates the amazing fiction, non-fiction and poetry being produced by writers and publishers from our province. 

• Voices 106.5FM Wordshop Marquee

  This venue will offer a day of writing workshops covering craft and career strategy for aspiring writers featuring the esteemed faculty of The Humber School for Writers

KidStreet Programming:

• Children's Activity Tent

  This venue will feature creative crafts and interactive presentations inspired by new children's books, plus music and a cartooning workshop too!

• Children's Reading Tent

  Come and see some of Canada's most renowned children's authors and illustrators present some of the best children's books of 2011

• TVOKids Stage

  Favourite personalities from TVOKids take the stage for a day of fun-filled literacy-focused entertainment including music, stories, readings and interactive sessions.