Mississauga Literary Festival

Join us at Mississauga’s annual literary festival for a perfect blend of author talks, panels, local exhibitors, industry-led workshops, community-focused activities, and so much more! There’s something for every reader and writer, no matter your age.

Programming is supported by The Ampersand Review at Sheridan College.

Schedule of Events and Exhibitors

Level 0

Maker Studio

10:00 am – 11:30 am | Ages 13+
Bookish Buttons & Genre Stickers

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Ages 13+
Cricut Bookmarks & Laser Engraved Bookquotes

The Stage  

11:30 am – 1:00 pm | All Ages  
Take the Mic! Workshop by Paul Edward Costa

Exhibitors (Tables 001–006)

Alene Sen, Serina D'Cruz Lewis, Anna Yin, Malabika Ray Choudhury, Meena Chopra, Pratap Reddy, Paul Edward Costa, Qurat Dar, Lisa Shen, Tahira Rajwani

Level 1

Atrium 

10:00 am – 4:00 pm | All Ages
Welcome Desk

Breezeway  

10:00 am – 4:00 pm | All Ages
Friends of the Library Book Sale

Storytime Stage  

10:00 am – 10:30 am | All Ages
Author Spotlights: Children’s Authors

10:30 am – 11:00 am | All Ages
Family Storytime

11:00 am – 11:30 am | All Ages
Author Spotlights: Children’s Authors

Noel Ryan Auditorium  

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Agest 13+
Mystery Mix-Up: Who Dunnit and Why? Hannah Mary McKinnon, Uzma Jalaluddin   

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Ages 13+
Story Slam: Writing Contest Awards Ceremony

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Ages 13+ 
Special Author Talk: Bee Quammie

Exhibitors (Tables 101–110)

Djily Lo, Betty Robinson, Gachery L, Jill Macdonald, Jillian Dobson, Michelle Jursa, Kathleen Gauer, Water Lily Voices, L.C. Baker, Laura Wheaton, Nadia Sliz, Natalia Writes Books, Payal Burnham, Primrose Mary Lewis, Reena Devani, Seerat Kaur Gill, Dr. Susan Schwartz, Valene Campbell, Vassi Rombis

Level 2

Gaming Room 

10:00 am – 3:00 pm | Ages 13+
Play the Story: Drop-In Gaming 

Program Room 2A  

10:00 am – 11:00 am | Ages 13+
So, You Want to Self-Publish? by Patricia Westerhof

11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Ages 13+ 
Publishing in Canada by Nathan Whitlock

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Ages 13+
Global Voices, Canadian Pages by Sabyasachi Nag and Reem Gaafari

Program Room 2B  

10:00 am – 11:00 am | Ages 18+
Writing Together by Writers Collective of Canada

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Ages 18+
Leave Them Hanging: Creating Suspense in Crime and Mystery by Howard Shrier

Community Connections

11:00 am – 2:00 pm | Ages 13+
Author Spotlights

Exhibitors (Tables 201–214)

Alyssa Ross, Catherine Fitzsimmons, Farhana Uddin, Frank Beghin, Glennys Alchoufi, J.J. Thorn, Sarena and Sasha Nanua, Wanda Taylor, Ashiq Alibhai, Asha Ponnachan, Carolyne Topdjian, Catalina Margulis, Cynthia Young, DL Croisette / Willa Drew, Hugh A.D. Spencer, Howard Shrier, Lisa Oatway, Olive Rose Steele, A Different Drummer Books, Jaclyn Q. Martinez, John Calabro, Kim Cayer, Linda Walsh

Level 3

Program Room 3A  

10:30 am – 11:30 am | Ages 13+
How to Read Poetry by Paul Vermeersch  

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | All Ages
Writing for Rights by Amnesty International

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Ages 18+
Writing Together by Writers Collective of Canada

Program Room 3B  

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | All Ages 
The Ampersand Review Issue No. 8 Launch

Exhibitors (Tables 301–316)

Bee Quammie, Mustahid Husain, Priya Ramsingh, Robert J. Sawyer, Mawenzi House, ECW Press, Writers Collective of Canada, Amnesty International, S. N. Rao, Samreen Ahsan, Tao Wong, Angie Littlefield, Reem Gaafar, @studentAsim, Brad Hutchinson, Gopalan Srinivasan, Miranda Newman, Patricia Westerhof, Natasha Adiyana Morris, Roberto Machado, Sarah Kinlin, Reham Teama, Ozoz Sokoh, Dr. Al Tamimi

Level 4

Event Space  

10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 12:30 - 2:30 pm | Ages 13+
Book Friending

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