2023 Season
Support The Festival
Become a Page-Turner!
Become a Page-Turner! Your monthly donation gives us a stable base of support. And you help us save time, banking fees, and paper.
By becoming a donor, you will not only receive exclusive donor benefits; you will help make arts and culture programming more accessible in Vancouver.
Monthly donations of $10 or more include a complimentary VWF membership. Click here to learn about Member Benefits, and thank you for being part of our member community.
Thank you to our donors and sponsors who make our work possible.
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Reasons to give
Your contribution helps us connect K-12 students with inspiring authors, supports our free spring Incite conversations, and ensures accessibility to one of the most celebrated literary festivals in the world. Thank you for supporting Vancouver—and the Writers Fest—as a leading cultural hub that celebrates diverse voices and engages in thought-provoking conversations.
The Festival
Support our flagship Festival in October, which brings more than 17,000 people to Granville Island for more than 100 events each year. Help us fly authors to Vancouver by donating your Aeroplan Miles.
Youth Educational Program
Support our educational programming that connects students from K-12 with celebrated writers from across the globe. One-third of the Festival is programmed to educate students through listening to writers with unique perspectives and inspirational messages. Help instill a life-long love of reading and writing in kids.
Incite
Support Incite, our free reading series in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library, where the Festival shares the power of the written word with all members of the community.
Donate Legacy Funds
Post Script Society – Make Literature Your Legacy
“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts; We need books, time and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a Time lasts forever.”—Philip Pullman
If books have been a lifelong companion for you, consider supporting the Vancouver Writers Fest as part of your legacy giving.
Legacy gifts are incredibly valuable investments in the Festival, ensuring future Vancouver readers will continue to engage with authors, books, and ideas that transform our world, spark conversations, and foster a love of books and reading as a lifelong pursuit.
Please contact our Senior Development Manager, April Thompson at athompson@writersfest.bc.ca or Executive Director, Kaile Shilling, at kshilling@writersfest.bc.ca to discuss how to give a legacy gift—including living trusts, beneficiary designations, securities, endowment gifts, or planned giving. Our team will work with you and your financial planner to ensure all tax and membership benefits are in order.
Donation of Securities – Save More, Give More.
By donating shares and stocks, you are able to maximize your tax savings by minimizing any capital gains taxes, receiving a tax receipt for the full amount.
Simply complete our Securities Donation form (with your broker’s assistance) and send to our agent, Odlum Brown, and we will do the rest.
Member Benefits
Early access to Festival ticket sales
Invitation to exclusive member events
Festival Program Guide mailed to you
10% discount on all October Festival tickets
Summer Reading Guide PDF emailed to you
A vote at the VWF annual general meeting
Our Supporters
Collectors Edition Benefactors ($10,000)
Moh Faris, Reema Faris, Ramona Chu & Yasmeen Strang in loving memory of Yulanda Faris
Y.P. Heung Foundation
Hasan and Naz Khosrowshahi
Al Roadburg Foundation
Classic Edition Benefactors ($5,000-$9,999)
Ramona Chu
Alexia Jones
Bonnie Mah
Whitford & Stevenson Family Fund
Sam Znaimer
Bestseller Benefactors ($2,500-$4,999)
24 Good Deeds Foundation
Anonymous
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Colin Harris
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Special Edition Benefactors ($1,000-$2,499)
Megan Abbott
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Jack Austin
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Limited Edition Friends ($500-$999)
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Janie Chang Technology Marketing
Richard Johnston
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Mary Robertson
Kristin Stockley
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First Edition Benefactors ($250-$499)
Anonymous
Deborah Armour
Birgit Bateman
John Bechhoefer
Michelle Blackwell
Tanya Boteju
Barbara Cooper
Clare Crosthwait
Jane Davidson
Charlene De Faye
Mary Doherty
Sarah Ellis
Allison Felker
Anne Fleming
Janet Fretter
Meg Gaily
Ian Gill
Allison Hart
Karin Hartner
EA Doley Henderson
Karen Howe
Violet Hughes
Valerie Hunter
Sharon Jeroski
Laurence Johnston
Bill Koch
Fran Maclean
Meite Moser
Terri Newell
Alice Niwinski
Eduardo Ottoni
Cathy Paperny
Kit Pearson
Carolyn Pederson
Timothy Pezarro
Susan & Lonnie Propas
Melanie Rupp
Claire Saadian
Jennifer Sankey
Selma Savage
Kaile Shilling
Jane Slemon
Suzanne Smythe
Shelagh Van Kempen
Jeffrey Vicq
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Mike Walker
Kelleen Wiseman
Jan Whitford
Pamela Whittall
Patricia Young
New Edition Benefactors ($100-$249)
Cathy Abrossimoff
Caroline Adderson
Valerie Alber
K Louise Allen
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Nancy Barker
Adriana Barton
Elizabeth Bastedo
Jo Baxendale
Lois Beckett
Barbara Bell
Bradford and Chris Bentley
Michelle Blackwell
Renate Boorman
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz
Avalon Bourne
Julia Brown
Ann Carroll
Emma Chang
Maggi Cheetham
Jane Cherry
Natasha Chetty
Hilde Colenbrander
David Conlin
Marlene Conway
Kate Corvus
Kate Dahlstrom
Brenda Damen
Edith Davidson
Jill Davidson
Carol Anne de Balinhard
Jaiden Dembo
Leena Desai
Margaret Dickson
Laura Dochtermann
Jay Dodge
Kim Douglas
Cathryn Duerksen
Frances East
David Ebner
Kyla Epstein
Lynda Erickson
Joy Fai
Tanya Fairweather
Jessica Falcon
Catherine Fallis
Jianna Faner
Susan Flynn
Lily Fong
Don Forsyth
Irene Fritschi Nelin
June Gallagher
Elee Gardiner
Julia Gibson
Erica Gilbert
Mary Gilzean
Genevieve Goggin
Rita Gould
Erica Grant
Yvette-Monique Gray
Diana Green
Louise Hager
Sarah Hamilton
Dr. Liz Hancock
Rosamund Harrison
John Harvey
Julia Hedley
Shelagh Heeney
Tracey Hirsch
Marion Holmes
P & E Holuboff
Darby Honeyman
Dr. Richard Hopkins
Emmett Hossack
Leslie Hunt
Linda Hunt
Annie Huston
Arlene Jackson
Susan Jecks
Faune Johnson
Freda Johnson
Shelley Johnson
Elizabeth Jones
Janice Kallas
Phyllis Kenney
Linda King
Bonnie Klein
Wesley Knapp
Lisa Ko
Ethel Kofsky
Dolya Konoval
Karin Konstantynowicz
Lorraine Koren
Juliann Krushen
Brenda Kumar
Yolande Lafleur
Melanie Last
Miles Lavkulich
David Leggatt
Lauren Leslie
Mary Lindsay
Rob Lloyd-Smith
Elizabeth A. Lomax
Aileen Lord
Irene Lugsdin
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Pauline Lundh
Karin Macaulay
Catherine Macdermott
Marlene Mackenzie
Linda MacKinley-Hay
Judith MacPherson
Jacki Mameli
Diane Marshall
Melody Mason
Ian Mass
Minaz Mawji
Klarissa May
Ann McDonell
Bev McDowell
Robyn McDowell
Neil McEachern
Lee McGillveray
Angela Wendy McGinn
Tara McGuire
Sharon McKibbon
Jeanette McLean
Pam McPhail
Kathy Mezei
Mary Lou Miles
Suzy Mingus
Denise Morettin
Denise Nadeau
Kathryn Neilson
Barbara Nelles
Carol Newson
Jayeson Nicols
Susin Nielsen
Brenda Norris
Caroline North
Helen O’Brian
Karen O’Brien
Eoin O’Dwyer
Lisa Ochowycz
Susan Olding
Kathleen Oliver
Kathleen Olmstead
Nora Osborne
Lucille Pacey
Ross Paul
Hilary Peach
Talea Pecora
Joseph Planta
Marion Poggemiller
Manon Poitras
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Beverley Price
Sally Quinn
Jan Rea
Blaize Reich
Margaret Reynolds
Colin Ridgewell
Kim Roberts
Anjalika Rogers
Mona Rudolph
Shirley Rudolph
Michael Ruskin
Bridget Sacks
Leonard Schein
Minna Schendlinger
Bonnie Schmelke
Linda Schwartz
Dave Secord
Nisha Sikka
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Patricia Sissons
Alexandra Skoczylas
Helen Smith
Edrie Sobstyl
Lynda Spratley
Maria Stanborough
Linda Stender
Patricia Stevens
Sharon Street
Gloria Sully
Susan Sutherland
Kaarina Talvila
Eddy Tan
Lucille Taylor
Ronnie Tessler
Philip Thatcher
Deborah Thomas
Camilla Tibbs
Steve Tornes
Sandra Vander Schaaf
Shahin Virji
Nancy Vo
Ellen Volden
Eleanor Wachtel
Deborah Wandal
Anita Webster
Patricia Wejr
Valerie White
Faye Wightman
Sandi Witherspoon
Katherine Wreford
Annie K. Wong
Rosemary Wray
Judy Zarchikoff
Karen Zeller
Heidemarie Zeunert
Alma Lee Legacy Fund
In 2006, The Vancouver Writers Fest and several of our community supporters established an endowment fund to celebrate the accomplishments of Festival founder Alma Lee. Our $1 million dollar endowment fund at the Vancouver Foundation enables the Festival to continue to thrive. If you would like to contribute to the Alma Lee Legacy Fund, please visit the Vancouver Foundation.
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