Welcome to BookFest Windsor - Southwestern Ontario region's only literary festival
Plan to join us for a unique literary and artistic series of author readings, panel discussions, drama, music, visual arts, and more.
George Elliott Clarke named to Parliamentary Laureate
Author George Elliott Clarke has been a popular presenter at BookFest Windsor on several occasions....
Literary Windsor mourns the death of Judith Fitzgerald
We were looking forward to the visit of our friend and former University of Windsor...
Lawrence Hill closes #bfw15 with a full house!
BookFest Windsor was thrilled to host best-selling author and all-around gentleman, Lawrence Hill on November...
Lawrence Hill comes to Windsor as part of #bfw15
Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes, shares his new book The Illegal with...
BookFest Windsor 2015 is launched!
Thanks to all who joined us for our media launch. We’re looking forward to bringing...
BookFest Windsor 2015 Poster
Download our poster here - share with your friends! Thanks to Dean Corriveau Designs....
Follow us on Twitter:
- Thrilled that frequent #BFW presenter George Elliot Clarke has been named Parliamentary Laureate. Congratulations! ow.ly/WOvm9 2 days ago
- The fun of running a lit fest is artwork & thanks like this from #BFW15 alum David Collier. Happy Holidays to all! ow.ly/i/fsIhL 3 weeks ago
- 2/2 we hoped to launch Impeccable Regret with her at #bfw15 but she wasn’t well enough to come. So very sad. paulfuneralhome.ca/notices/Judith… 1 month ago
- We’re terribly sad to hear of the passing of our friend & honorary Windsorite, talented Judith Fitzgerald 1/2 1 month ago
- Happy Thanksgiving @GivingTues from your #GivingTuesdayCa partners. 1 month ago
Authors
Samuel Archibald
Samuel Archibald's debut collection of short fiction, Arvida (Éditions Le Quartanier, 2011), won Quebec's Prix...
Josef Bastian
Josef Bastian is Midwest author and poet whose sense of humor, depth of spirit and...
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand is a poet and novelist. Her most recent book of poetry, Ossuaries, won ...
David Collier
Since publishing his first essay in R. Crumb’s Weirdo magazine, David Collier has been known for...
Scott Chantler
Scott Chantler was born in Deep River, Ontario, Canada, and still hates the cold. He grew...
Martine Delvaux
Martine Delvaux est née en 1968. Depuis une quinzaine d'années elle vit à Montréal. Elle est...
Tom Dilworth
Tom Dilworth is a 'University Professor' in the English Department at the University of Windsor;...
Rhonda Douglas
Rhonda Douglas is the author of Some Days I Think I Know Things: The Cassandra...
Sara Elliott
Sara Elliott grew up in Windsor and completed a Bachelor of Science from the University...
Terry Fallis
Terry Fallis is the award-winning author of four national bestsellers, all published by McClelland & Stewart....
Kelly Fordon
Kelly Fordon’s poetry chapbook, On The Street Where We Live won the 2011 Standing Rock...
Marty Gervais
Marty Gervais is an award-winning journalist, photographer, poet, playwright, historian, editor and teacher. In 1998,...
Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill is the author of ten books, including The Book of Negroes, winner of...
David Homel
Né à Chicago en 1952 de parents juifs d’origine ukrainienne et lituanienne, David Homel s’est...
Michael Januska
Michael Januska was born in Windsor, Ontario, and has worked with books his whole life,...
Karl E. Jirgens
Karl Jirgens is the author of four books including two works of fiction published by...
Mark Kingwell
After some years of graduate education in Britain and the United States, Mark Kingwell found...
Cal Murgu
Cal Murgu is an alumnus of the University of Windsor and McGill University, where he...
Dimitri Nasrallah
Dimitri Nasrallah is the editor of Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint of Véhicule Press. He is...
Josip Novakovich
Josip Novakovich was a finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize. He has published the...
one ten park
Bio Susan Gold Smith and Collette Broeders are artists based in Windsor Ontario. They are two...
Pierrette Paré
Romancière, poète, éditrice, peintre et sculpteur, elle est originaire du Lac - Saint-Jean. Elle a...
Pauline Phipps
Pauline Phipps currently holds a full-time, cross-disciplinary appointment in both the Women's and Gender Studies...
Raziel Reid
Raziel Reid's debut novel When Everything Feels like the Movies won the 2014 Governor General's...
Nino Ricci
NINO RICCI's first novel, Lives of the Saints, won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction,...
Denise Roig
Denise Roig is the author of two critically received collections of short stories: A Quiet...
Elizabeth Ross
Elizabeth Ross is the author of Kingdom (Palimpsest Press). She was raised in Victoria, BC, and was...
Craig Shreve
Craig Shreve was born and raised in North Buxton, Ontario, the final destination for slaves...
Russell Smith
Russell Smith is one of Canada’s funniest and nastiest writers. His previous novels, including How...
A.J. Somerset
A. J. Somerset has been a soldier, a technical writer, a programmer, and a freelance...
Bob Steele
Bob Steele is the Host of CBC Radio's Afternoon Drive. Bob has been with the CBC...
Erica Stevens Abbitt
Prof. Stevens Abbitt is a long-standing member of the Women and Theatre Program for ATHE...
Mariko Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki is a writer and performer. Her work includes the novella Cover Me, creative...
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Souvankham Thammavongsa's most recent book, Light, won the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in 2014. She...
Lisa Xing
Lisa Xing is the host of CBC Windsor News. She studied journalism at Carleton University and...
Deanna Young
Deanna Young‘s third book of poems, House Dreams, was published by Brick Books in 2014 and was a...