Festival Authors

2025 Author Lineup

Every year Kingston WritersFest brings our audiences an exciting selection of authors, representing some of the year’s best writing in all genres. From big names to debut authors, major award winners and ones-to-watch, and of course a special focus on local talent, you’re sure to find your next favourite read at the festival.

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Mark Abley

Mark Abley

Eric Andrew-Gee

Eric Andrew-Gee

Katherine Ashenburg

Katherine Ashenburg

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Jeanne Beker

Jeanne Beker

Catherine Bush

Catherine Bush

Brett Christopher

Brett Christopher

Anne Collins

Anne Collins

Sadiqa de Meijer

Sadiqa de Meijer

Eric Friesen

Eric Friesen

Wayne Grady

Wayne Grady

Jason Heroux

Jason Heroux

Kate Hilton

Kate Hilton

Beth Kaplan

Beth Kaplan

Y.S. Lee

Y.S. Lee

Liisa Kovala

Liisa Kovala

Canisia Lubrin

Canisia Lubrin

Linden MacIntyre

Linden MacIntyre

Callista Markotich

Callista Markotich

David Moscrop

David Moscrop

Bret Newton

Bret Newton

Carol Off

Carol Off

Otoniya Okot Bitek

Otoniya Okot Bitek

Terese Mason Pierre

Terese Mason Pierre

Nita Prose

Nita Prose

Deepa Rajagopalan

Deepa Rajagopalan

Iain Reid

Iain Reid

Maria Reva

Maria Reva

Jamal Saeed

Jamal Saeed

Sarah Selecky

Sarah Selecky

Howard Shrier

Howard Shrier

Merilyn Simonds

Merilyn Simonds

Trevor Strong

Trevor Strong

Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien

Caroline Topperman

Caroline Topperman

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang

Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang

Paul Vermeersch

Paul Vermeersch

Jack Wang

Jack Wang

Ira Wells

Ira Wells

Ian Williams

Ian Williams

Tim Wynne-Jones

Tim Wynne-Jones