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
Mark Abley
Eric Andrew-Gee
Katherine Ashenburg
Margaret Atwood
Jeanne Beker
Catherine Bush
Brett Christopher
Anne Collins
Sadiqa de Meijer
Eric Friesen
Wayne Grady
Jason Heroux
Kate Hilton
Beth Kaplan
Y.S. Lee
Liisa Kovala
Canisia Lubrin
Linden MacIntyre
Callista Markotich
David Moscrop
Bret Newton
Carol Off
Otoniya Okot Bitek
Terese Mason Pierre
Nita Prose
Deepa Rajagopalan
Iain Reid
Maria Reva
Jamal Saeed
Sarah Selecky
Howard Shrier
Merilyn Simonds
Trevor Strong
Madeleine Thien
Caroline Topperman
Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang
Paul Vermeersch
Jack Wang
Ira Wells
Ian Williams
