International Festival of Authors Ontario - October 16 to November 5, 2011

Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 9:00am

Ontario - various locations

IFOA Ontario, the International Festival of Author’s (IFOA) touring component, brings authors from IFOA’s roster of the best contemporary writers from around the globe to a number of Ontario locations from October 16 and November 5, 2011.

IFOA Ontario is made possible through the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. With special thanks to the McLean Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council.

Participating authors include: Man Booker Prize-winner Anne Enright, National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Bharati Mukherjee and Commonwealth Prize-winner Rana Dasgupta. Programming also includes authors Helen Humphreys, Dany Laferrière, Tom Perrotta, Timothy Taylor, Madeleine Thien, Jane Urquhart, and Daniel Woodrell.

IFOA Ontario is also excited to announce its new partnership with the Writers’ Trust of Canada and the Metcalf Foundation to present readings by the 2011 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist. The partnership also presents the 2010 winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, Polly Horvath, as part of IFOA Ontario’s growing Young Readers Programme.

IFOA Ontario is also pleased to announce the launch of its website, www.litontour.com, to keep you better connected to upcoming schedules, events, contests, and participant information. Also see http://www.readings.org/?q=ifoa.