StoryFest 2026
The StoryFest 2025 Pass grants your access to the following events:
- André Alexis: October 2 - 19:30
- Eric Andrew-Gee: October 7 - 19:30
- Caroline Adderson: October 12 - 13:30
- Brian Stewart: October 21 - 19:30
- Brendan Kelly: October 28 - 19:30
- David Bergen: November 4 - 19:30
All these events will be at the Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre
394 rue Main, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0
Celebrating 25 years of StoryFest
Over the years, we’ve welcomed over 200 incredible Canadian authors. For the first time, we’re inviting the audience’s favourite authors back to StoryFest to celebrate this milestone with us!
Eliza Reid is a bestselling writer, public speaker, gender equality advocate, and cofounder of the acclaimed Iceland Writers Retreat. She was born and raised in Canada but has lived in Iceland for over 20 years. From 2016 to 2024, Eliza served in the unofficial role of First Lady while her husband was President of Iceland. Her first two books, Secrets of the Sprakkar and Death on the Island, were international bestsellers. She lives in the outskirts of Reykjavik with her husband and four children.
April 27th - 7:30 pm
Stephen F. Shaar Community Centre
With early praise in from Jeanette Walls (The Glass Castle) and Susan Orlean (The Library Book), from bestselling author and former First Lady of Iceland Eliza Reid comes The First Lady Next Door – a candid, funny, and deeply inspiring memoir about rising to an unexpected role, finding your voice, and showing up as your real self when the world expects something very different.
Eliza Reid
Previous Guests
Past StoryFest guests are remembered fondly for their generous spirit of sharing, engaging presentations and enthusiastic discussions with our audiences over the last 20 years.
2025
Andre Alexis
Eric Andrew-Gee
Caroline Adderson
Brian Stewart
Brendan Kelly
David Bergen
2024
Carol Off
David O’Meara
Rick Mofina
Whit Fraser
Elizabeth Renzetti
Marc Garneau
Daniaile Jarry
Nahlah Ayed
2023
Anita Anand
Kathy Reichs
Lesley Chesterman
Maureen Meyhew
R.H Thomson
Waubgeshig Rice
Eliza Reid
2022
Martha Wainwright
Patterson Webster
Gillian Sze
Nita Prose
Kaie Kellough
Debra Thompson
Tarah Schwartz
Linda Leith
David Heti
Iain Reid
2021
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Russell Banks
Perdita Felicien
Mary Lawson
Marie-Louise Gay
Kent Nagano
Katherena Vermette
Amanda Leduc
David Homel
Tessa McWatt
2020
Annabel Lyon
Emily Urquhart
Joan Thomas
Margaret MacMillan
Michaela DiCesare
Michelle Good
Tommy Schnurmacher
Anakana Schofield
Steven Price
Alix Ohlin
Frances Itani
Rawi Hage
Ann Hui
D’Arcy Jenish
Dave Williams
Jennifer Robson
Michael Redhill
Sylvain Rivard
Liona Boyd
Marjorie Simmins
Zoe Whittall
Ian Hamilton
Ken Dryden
Catherine McKenzie
David Adams Richards
Geoff Green
Silver Donald Cameron
Alissa York
Mary Walsh
Lawrence Hill
Daniel Levitin
Beth Powning
Monia Mazigh
Laurie Gough
Douglas Gibson
Lee Maracle
Ian Howarth
Alexandre Trudeau
Catheryn McNamee
John Sheridan
Ross King
Nisha Coleman
Saleema Nawaz
John Farrow
Eric Siblin
Heather O’Neill
James Orbinski
Terry Fallis
Marina Endicott
Takriluk Partridge
Don McKay
Monique Polak
Ian McGillis
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Gwynne Dyer
Guy Vanderhaeghe
Lydia Lukidis
Kim Thúy
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Kathleen Winter
Lisa Moore
Tomson Highway
Lauren B. Davis
David Halton
Sean Michaels
Terry Mosher
Louise Carson
Marco Fraticelli
David Groulx
Margaret Atwood
Kate Pullinger
Michael Winter
Paul Thompson
Peter Behrens
Merilyn Simonds
Graeme Gibson
Stephanie Bolster
Monty Reid
Arleen Paré
Roméo Dallaire
Valerie Redmond
Ann Charney
Paris Elizabeth Sea
Michael Crummey
Emma Donoghue
Charles Foran
Helen Humphreys
Bonnie Laing
Michael Ondaatji
Linda Spalding
Catherine Austen
Lorne Elliot
Nancy Richler
Anita Rau Badami
Oana Avasilichiaeoi
Paris Elizsee
Norm Foster
Ian Keteku
Sally Armstrong
Wayson Choy
Lauren B. Davis
Elizabeth Hay
Ami McKay
Jeffrey Simpson
Linden MacIntyre
Joel Yanofsky
Catherine Chandler
Gary Townsend
John Asfour
Merilyn Simonds Wayne Grady
Anthony De Sa
Wayne Johnston
Bill Haugland
Colleen Curran
Jane Urquhart
Jan Wong
Donna Morrissey
Maria Loggia
Jeff Heinrich
Stevie Cameron
Joseph Boyden
William Toye
Shane Kelly
Mark Smith
Jon Paul Fiorentino
Susan McMaster
Susan Gillis
Mark Abley
Tony Hushion
Claire Mowat
Noah Richler
Roy MacGregor
Mark Smith
Lorne Elliott
Gil Courtemanche
Karen Molson
Karen Molson
Ken McGoogan
Barry Callaghan
Louisa Blair
Dinu Bumbaru
Charlotte Gray
Jane Brierley
Mark Abley
Victor Owen
Victoria Freeman
J.L. Granatstein
Marian Fowler
Ed Lawrence
Christopher Moore
Sylvia Fraser
Philippe Gigantès