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LitFest

Oct. 15, 2025 to Oct. 25, 2025

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Organized by: LitFest

LitFest provides a platform for conversations that challenge, intrigue, and inspire. From economy and ecology to personal stories and cultural commentary, we strive to present important and diverse topics to our audiences.

LitFest is a celebration, a moveable feast of nonfiction. We don't just sit around and read books (although we do that too). At LitFest, books about real life come off the page. Avid readers connect with writers through a series of live events, great conversations, and exciting gatherings.

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Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 at 12:00pm at University of Alberta — Partnered Event: Close Encounters of the Native Kind with Cody Caetano
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 at 6:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Feature: John Candy: A Life in Comedy, with Paul Myers
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 at 7:00pm at The Common — Partnered Event: Nonfiction Story Slam
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 12:00pm at — Online Feature: The Silence of Falling Snow with Kristjana Gunnars
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 5:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Showcase: Laberinto Press
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 7:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Feature: Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers, with Marcello Di Cintio
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 7:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Feature: Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes, with Laura Hall
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 5:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Panel: On Language and Meaning (a.k.a. The Smartypants Panel)
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 7:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Feature: Curling Rocks! with John Cullen
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 7:30pm at Citadel Theatre — Feature: A Necessary Distance, with Julie Salverson
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 12:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Workshop: Crafting Superb Sentences, with Julie Sedivy
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 12:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Panel: Publishing Multilingual, Multicultural & Hyphenated Authors
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 2:30pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Workshop: Intergenerational Imaginations, with Justine Abigail Yu
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 3:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Feature: Graphic Memoir, with Teresa Wong and Sarah Leavitt
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 5:00pm at The Green Room — Showcase: Daaira: The Healing Will Come, Polyglot Magazine Launch
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 5:00pm at Edmonton Public Library (Stanley A. Milner) — Showcase: Agatha Press Fall Launch
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 at 7:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Showcase: Books with Buzz(kill) Cabaret
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at 10:30am at Boa and Hare — The Poetry of Public Art
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at 12:00pm at — Masterclass: My Weird Life with Amber Dawn: a workshop of weird approaches to personal narrative writing
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at 12:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Brunch & Learn Panel: On Wholeness, Wellness and Healing
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at 1:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Panel: Memoir Hour – What an amazing story!
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at 3:00pm at Citadel Theatre — Showcase: Edmonton Heritage Stories Anthology
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 at 1:00pm at Art Gallery of St. Albert — Feature: Ekphrastic Writing, with David Garneau and Wendy McGrath