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- Apollo Convention Centre
May 14, 2026
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Creator’s Gala
An opening-night gala celebrating artistic excellence.
- Agha Khan Museum
May 14, 2026
7:00PM
Movie Screening: Lagaan @25 years
Celebrating 25 years of Aamir Khan’s Lagaan – Storytelling, history, and human resilience.
- Noel Ryan Theatre(Mississauga Central Library)
May 15, 2026
6:00 PM
Publishers’ Panel
Behind every powerful story is a publisher who believed in it first.
The CLF Publishers Panel brings together voices from the publishing world for conversations.
Debby de Groot
Assembly Press of Mississauga, Communications and Strategy Consultant
Patricia Westerhof
Book title: The Canadian Guide to Creative Writing and Publishing
Jay Millar
Co-owner and co- publisher, Book*hug Press
Marisa Jorgensen
Guernica Editions
Mary Ellen Koroscil
Moderator
- Noel Ryan Theatre(Mississauga Central Library)
May 16, 2026
11:00 AM
Salman Chisthy
Sufi wisdom from Ajmer Sharif:
The Poetry of Presence
- Mississauga Central Library
May 16, 2026
12:00PM - 5:00PM
CLF Stories and Stanzas
Behind the Page: Writers on Craft, Process, and Story Moderated by Paul Daniel
Book Reading Moderated by Michelle Hillyard
Sauga Stanzas: Poetry, Place and Community Moderated by Susan Ksiezopolski
The Language Between Us: Poetry and Connection Moderated by Michelle Hillyard
Poetry Reading Moderated by Pratap Reddy
- Sampradaya Theatre & Studio
May 16, 2026
2:00PM
The Fifth Direction: Gujarati Voices Beyond Borders
Past all directions,the heart carries home in every breath.
- Sampradaya Theatre & Studio
May 16, 2026
4:00 PM
CLF Mushaira – An evening of Urdu Poetry & Passion
Step into a world of timeless Urdu poetry, heartfelt emotions and unforgettable expressions.
- Sampradaya Theatre & Studio
May 17, 2026
11:00AM
Bangla Sahityo
Bangla Reading and Conversation
Bengalis Writing in Canada
Translating CanLit into Bengali
Reading Bengali Poetry
Book Launching
- Sampradaya Theatre & Studio
May 17, 2026
12:00PM
Hindi Language Segment
Play by Youngsters: Desi Dramebaaz
Curated By Mandvi Gupta
- Shraddha Gupta
- Prakriti Goyal
- Anayesha Gupta
- Viveka Sharma
- Riya Tawniya
- Aariv Abhishek Mohile
Hindi Book Launch
- Mandvi Gupta
- Dharmpal Mahendra Jain
Hindi Book Reading
- Hansa Deep
Hindi Kavyanjali: An evening of Hindi Poetry and Expression
- Dr. Gopal Baghel ‘Madhu’
- Har Bhagwan sharma
- Meena Chopra
- Savita Aggarwal
- Sameer Lal
- Acharya Sundeep Tyagi ‘Deep’
- Prof. Satish Sethi
- Narender Grover(Anand Musafir)
- Ajay Gupta(Sutradhar)
- Anuradha Grover Tejpal
- Kuldeep Singh
- Sampradaya Theatre & Studio
May 17, 2026
2:00PM
Punjabi Kavi Sammelan
CLF presents Kavi Sammelan in association with Canadian Punjabi Sahit Sabha, where language becomes rhythm and poetry becomes identity.
- Dr. Jagmohan Sangha
- Abdul Hameed Hameedi
- Ajaib Singh Sangha
- Basharat Rehan
- Bhupinder Dulle
- Darshan Singh Sidhu
- Dr. Sukhdev Singh Jhand
- Dr. Uzma Mahmood
- Gian Singh Dardi
- Gurdas Singh Dhabbal
- Gurdev Chauhan
- Harbhajan Kaur Gill
- Hardial Singh Jheeta
- Harmesh Jindowal
- Hazrat Shaam
- Iqbal Brar
- Jassi Bhullar
- Kul Deep
- Malook Singh Kahlon
- Malwinder Singh
- Maqsood Chaudhry
- Paramjit Dhillon
- Prof. Talwinder Mand
- Raj Kumar Oshoraj
- Rasheed Nadeem
- Shameel Jasvir
- Shoaib Nasir
- Sukhcharanjit Kaur Gill
- Surinderjit Kaur Gill
- Sampradaya Theatre & Studio
May 17, 2026
4:30PM
Odia Language Segment
Deepa Mahanti presents:
A story that needs a connection; powered by courage, chaos & compassion. Stir the silence. Feel the story.
Prema Basanta
Celebrate Spring, Celebrate Love with Odia Voices