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gritLIT 2025 April 23–27

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Want to spend the whole weekend with us? We have a limited number of weekend passes, which include all mainstage events (excludes workshops and special events).

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The Homewood Suites by Hilton is pleased to offer a group rate for gritLIT 2025 attendees. Click here to reserve a room.

 

gritLIT is an intimate festival that lets you get up close with your favourite authors (and discover new voices, too)

2025 Festival

Festival Events
Emma Donoghue in Conversation with Annette Hamm
Apr 9
Emma Donoghue in Conversation with Annette Hamm
Start Your Festival Here: A Gentle and Generative Creative Writing Session
Apr 23
Start Your Festival Here: A Gentle and Generative Creative Writing Session
gritLIT Short Story Winners
Apr 23
gritLIT Short Story Winners
Festival Field Trip: Unearthing Your Story Through Genealogical Research
Apr 24
Festival Field Trip: Unearthing Your Story Through Genealogical Research
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in Conversation
Apr 24
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in Conversation
Coffee Break with the Reader’s Advisory Divas and Dudes
Apr 25
Coffee Break with the Reader’s Advisory Divas and Dudes
Hamilton Writes
Apr 25
Hamilton Writes
Devouring Tomorrow: Fiction From the Future of Food
Apr 25
Devouring Tomorrow: Fiction From the Future of Food
The Next Chapter Party
Apr 25
The Next Chapter Party
Festival Field Trip at the Hamilton Farmer’s Market with Derek Mascarenhas
Apr 26
Festival Field Trip at the Hamilton Farmer’s Market with Derek Mascarenhas
In Our Bones: Searching For Ourselves Through Essays
Apr 26
In Our Bones: Searching For Ourselves Through Essays
Workshop: If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Let’s Write Them (Festival Field Trip)
Apr 26
Workshop: If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, Let’s Write Them (Festival Field Trip)
Workshop: Writing Speculative Poetry
Apr 26
Workshop: Writing Speculative Poetry
Dreams Deferred
Apr 26
Dreams Deferred
Workshop: Nobody Knows What They Are Doing: Secrets from Professional Writers
Apr 26
Workshop: Nobody Knows What They Are Doing: Secrets from Professional Writers
Lore to Reality
Apr 26
Lore to Reality
Workshop: Plotting and Character Development: A Workshop for the Not So Faint of Heart
Apr 26
Workshop: Plotting and Character Development: A Workshop for the Not So Faint of Heart
Main Character Energy
Apr 26
Main Character Energy
Workshop: Writing Trauma with Care
Apr 26
Workshop: Writing Trauma with Care
gritLIT 2025 Flash Fiction Contest
Apr 26
gritLIT 2025 Flash Fiction Contest
Between Worlds
Apr 26
Between Worlds
gritLIT After Dark: Horror
Apr 26
gritLIT After Dark: Horror
gritLIT Book Club with Annette Hamm
Apr 27
gritLIT Book Club with Annette Hamm
Workshop: From Pen to Podium: Reading Your Words to a Crowd
Apr 27
Workshop: From Pen to Podium: Reading Your Words to a Crowd
Workshop: Developing Realistic Teen Voice for Upper YA
Apr 27
Workshop: Developing Realistic Teen Voice for Upper YA
Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life
Apr 27
Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life
Burnout and Meltdown: Climate Anxiety in a Capitalist World
Apr 27
Burnout and Meltdown: Climate Anxiety in a Capitalist World
Workshop: Self-Editing: How to Do It Effectively and When to Know to Stop
Apr 27
Workshop: Self-Editing: How to Do It Effectively and When to Know to Stop
The Stories We Carry: Memoirs of Migration, Memory, and Identity
Apr 27
The Stories We Carry: Memoirs of Migration, Memory, and Identity
Spotlight Series Authors
Apr 27
Spotlight Series Authors

Off-Season Events

Off-Season Events
Emma Donoghue in Conversation with Annette Hamm
Apr 9
Emma Donoghue in Conversation with Annette Hamm
Pages, Pens, and Pints (A Silent Reading and Writing Event) – APRIL 13
Apr 13
Pages, Pens, and Pints (A Silent Reading and Writing Event) – APRIL 13