Writers Off the Page: From the TIFA Archives
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A monthly series produced and curated by Toronto Public Library (TPL), celebrating the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA). Episodes feature recorded on-stage interviews, readings or panel discussions with some of the 20th century's best-known writers and thinkers. Hosted by novelist, Randy Boyagoda.
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Martha Gellhorn: The Face of War
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Linda Gray Sexton: Anne Sexton's 45 Mercy Street
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Seamus Heaney: Death of a Naturalist
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May 02, 2025 |
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Carlos Fuentes: From Illusion to Reality
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ursula Le Guin: Don't Push the River
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Saul Bellow: Wires not Roots
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Jamaica Kincaid: Brothers, Mothers and Antigua
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Mario Vargas Llosa: Literature Can Help People Live
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Hilary Mantel: Experiments in Love
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Austin Clarke: Sometimes, A Motherless Child
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Doris Lessing: Homage to the New Man
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Eduardo Galeano: Memory of Fire
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Angela Carter: Nights at the Circus
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Luisa Valenzuela: Love of Animals
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Richard Wagamese: A Quality of Light
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Bruce Chatwin: The Songlines
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Lee Maracle: The Raven
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May 14, 2020 |
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Austin Clarke: Doing Right
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Gloria Naylor: Mama Day
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Nikki Giovanni: Road Tripping
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Grace Paley Saves the World
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Nikki Giovanni: Soothing the Longings
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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A Life of Activism: Larry Kramer in Conversation with June Callwood
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Gwendolyn Brooks: The World Might Continue
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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“Traveling” with Grace Paley
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Gwendolyn Brooks: Poems That (Don't) Cough Lightly
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Jim Harrison: “Don’t Make Me Dirty, Darling”
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Jim Harrison: “You’ve Made Quite a Living From Your Fibs”
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Susan Sontag: "Make Something Better"
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Susan Sontag: “The Arts Give Humans Dignity”
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Susan Sontag: “The Little Illness Book”
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Susan Sontag: “This God-Damned Celebrity Culture”
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Sep 11, 2019 |