Please note: The list of donors and supporters is updated annually in August.
How you can contribute
There are many ways in which you can be a part of the Festival. Contact the Festival office for more details.
Government Support
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Arts Presentation Fund and the Endowment Incentives Component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund) and Service Canada (Canada Summer Jobs).
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Supported by the Province of British Columbia
The Province of British Columbia supports the Festival through the BC Arts Council and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.
The District of Sechelt generously provides the Festival with a home in Rockwood Centre and support through a multi-year Community Investment Program grant.
Foundations
Platinum Sponsor
Presenting Partner Sponsors
In Kind Support
Event Sponsorships 2025
- Event 1 — Strait Coffee
- Event 2 — Sunshine Coast Pride Society
- Event 3 — Douglas & McIntyre
- Event 4 — Thormanby Transportation
- Event 5 — The Writer’s Studio at SFU
- Event 6 — Gibsons Building Supplies
- Event 7 — Crowe MacKay
- Event 8 — In Memory of Len Pakulak
- Event 9 — syiyaya Reconciliation Movement
- Event 10 — Fresh
- Event 11 — Lynn Pakulak Endowment Fund
- Event 12 — Spani Developments
- Event 13 — Federation of BC Writers
- Event 14 — In Memory of Bev Shaw
- Event 15 — Rockwater Secret Cove Resort
- Event 16 — Talewind Books
- Event 17 — Blue Magnolia Clothing
- Event 18 — Restorative Justice Program of the Sunshine Coast
- Event 19 — The Marie Steel Memorial Endowment
- Event 20 — Sechelt Hospital Foundation
- Event 21 — Claytons Heritage Market
2025 Festival Production Team
- Technical Director, Peter Lietz
- Volunteer Coordinator, Maren Rogers
- Production Assistant, Karissa Ketter
- Site Manager, Michele Mocellin
- Night Site Manager, Oliver Rechlin
- Front of House Manager, Pat Dalgleish
- Assistant Front of House Managers, Teresa Eckford & Pat Kolterman
- Stage Manager, Norma Brow
- Captioning & Technical Solutions, Michael Gurney
- Festival Café Manager, Lynn Grossutti
- Beverage Manager, Jocelyne Weist
- Recycling Coordinator, Sherryl Latimer
- First Aid, Medical & Accessibility, Peter Scales
- Author Hospitality, Jane Davidson
- Contests, Maureen McBeath & Catherine Calder
- Flower Coordinator, Mary Blockberger
- Program Writer, Anna Nobile
- Graphic Designer, Karen Weissenborn Design
We thank our 2025 Festival Donors
Donations received July 15, 2024 – July 31, 2025.
Roll of Honour
- Holly Brinton
- Janie Chang
- Len Pakulak
- Paddy Wales
Readers Circle
- Candy Caple
- Sahra Hailey
- Richard Harrison
- Katherine Johnston
- Thomas & Linda Kern
- Stephen Kirkland, in celebration of Julie Kirkland
- Esther and Shmuel Marcus, Petach Tiqva
- Susan Ogul & Lonnie Propas
- Andrew Scott
Book Club
- Marilyn Adams
- Ellen Adelberg
- Marisa Alps
- Michelle Chapman
- Jane Davidson
- Judy Finch
- Helen Ible
- Bonnie & Michael Klein
- Marianne Larsen
- Rosella Leslie
- John Lussier
- Annette McCall
- Lucie McKiernan
- Ian McLatchie
- Dixie Meagher
- Micha Menczer
- John Pass
- Isabelle Pidoux
- Doug Smiley
- Gale Tyler
- Sandra Vickers
- John and Gail Watson
- Shelley Wood
Book Mark
- Frances Dorcik, in memory of Patricia Miller
- Susan Blockberger
- Shauna Butterwick
- Suzanne Elliott
- Sylvia Flood
- Trish Gabriel
- Janice Johnson
- Kerry Lawson
- Pamela Lockhart
- Taylor Madison, in celebration
of Martha Royea - Sandra Micheals
- Brian Myhill-Jones
- Andrea Oberdieck
- Linda Olivier & Peter Clough
- Michele Philip
- Susan Pogson
- Deborah Porter
- Mary Richmond
- Anne Russell
- Suzette Stevenson
- Lesley Taylor
- Michael Toft
- Marina Winterbottom
- Cindy Zinn
Legacy of Literacy
Between July 1, 2024 – July 15, 2025 donations were made to the following endowments: Gwen Bennett Endowment Fund, Moyna Krusell Memorial Endowment Fund, Lynn Pakulak Endowment Fund and the Legacy of Literacy Endowment.
Champion
- Anonymous
- Richard Bennett
Advocate
- Greg Bennett
- Connie T. Johnston
- Len Pakulak
Friend
- Rosemary Bates Terry
Supporter
- Darlene Kry
- Kathy Mulder
- Rhian & Clarke Piprell
- Diane Roscoe
- Wendy Hunt & Chris Staples
- Nyrie Stockton
- Barbara Wilson
We thank the following publishers for their donations of books
- Anvil Press
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Biblioasis
- Caitlin Press
- Douglas & McIntyre
- ECW Press
- Fish Gotta Swim Editions
- Harbour Publishing
- HarperCollins Canada
- Nightwood Editions
- Penguin Random House Canada
- Ronsdale Press
- Sutherland House Publishing
- Thistledown Press
- Véhicule Press
Special Thanks 2025
- Sharon Brown and Andreas Schroeder
- Michelle Chapman
- Dylan Chow
- Lucy Clark, District of Sechelt
- Maria Danysh, District of Sechelt
- Lisa Giroday
- Alice Hanson
- Ariel Hudnall and Serena Lopez, Serif Inc.
- Dana Jantzen
- Rik Jespersen
- Carol LaFave
- Courtney Lamb and the staff at Talewind Books
- Teresa Nightingale, Attention! Web and Design
- Boyd Norman, Office Alternatives
- Parks Department, District of Sechelt
- Rotary Club of Sechelt (Chátlich)
- St. Hilda’s Anglican Church and our neighbours
- Mike Starr, Prose-Star Communications
- Sunshine Coast ElderCollege Festival Preview participants
- Annie Wise, Sunshine Coast Tourism
We would like to thank the out-going members of our Board of Directors for their dedication to the
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts and their years of service: Daniel Heath Justice (five years) and Zoe Royer (one year). Thank you for the passion and spirit you have gifted to the Festival and our community.