The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) returns this year with over 100 artists and authors from 11 countries. The 2024 festival will explore the concept of “writing home” – from books and stories about the places we all call home, to the ideas, cultures and conflicts that inform what home means to us. 

TIFA always gives us an opportunity to hear from and meet some new authors like Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez.

Clarissa was born in the Philippines, rather aptly on Hallowe’en, and grew up in a world animated by spirits and even the occasional miracle.

In lead up to TIFA this week, I had the opportunity to converse with Clarissa to learn about her start in the literary world, her upcoming events at TIFA, and more.

You can find Clarissa Gonzalez at the following TIFA Events:

Sunday, Sept. 22 | 11:30AM ET | Finding Spaces of Comfort (Pass Required)

Sunday, Sept. 22 | 1:15PM ET | Rally the Tropes: Horror (Free Event)

For more information and to view the full TIFA events lineup, visit FestivalOfAuthors.ca.

For more details about Clarissa Gonzalez and her debut novel Celestina’s House, visit ClarissaTGonzalez.com.