Toronto closes five days of encounters between authors and readers
The international festival ends at Victoria University after more than one hundred events and conversations about writing.
The Toronto International Festival of Authors concludes five days devoted to fiction, poetry, readings and conversation at Victoria University on 1 November. Its 2026 edition offered more than one hundred events featuring writers including Dave Eggers, Marie NDiaye, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Andrew Sean Greer, Patrick deWitt and David Szalay. On the final day, Philippe Sands presents East West Street: A Song of Good & Evil, a performance based on his book about international law, memory and justice. Throughout the festival, the University of Toronto Bookstore has sold the titles under discussion, keeping books at the centre of the experience. The Canadian programme shows how an international festival can combine major names, editorial discovery and conversations that move across genres, languages and borders.