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 which last year invested $20 million in writing and publishing through Canada.
Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 20 million dollars l’an dernier dans les letters et l’édition à travers le Canada.
The Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council
Platinum Sponsor
Presenting Partners
Canadian Union of Public Employees — BC Division, Local 391
Foundations
Corporate Donors
- Investors Group Matching Gift Program
- TELUS
Event Sponsorships 2019
- Event 1 — IG Private Wealth Management
- Event 2 — Spani Developments
- Event 3 — Thormanby Transportation
- Event 4 — UBC Creative Writing Program
- Event 5 — Talewind Books
- Event 6 — Harper Collins Canada
- Event 7 — Strait Coffee
- Event 8 — Sunshine Coast Credit Union
- Event 9 — H&R Block
- Event 10 — Capilano University
- Event 11 — Jane Darling
- Event 12 — Julie Hegyi, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada
- Event 13 — Sunshine Coast Arts Council
- Event 14 — One-O-One Office Supply
- Event 15 — Hollis Wealth
- Event 16 — Lynn Pakulak Endowment Fund
- Event 17 — Crowe MacKay
- Event 18 — Blue Magnolia
- Event 19 — The Marie Steel Memorial Endowment
- Event 20 — Douglas & McIntyre
- Event 21 — Claytons Heritage Market
In Kind Support
- Apex Printing Centre
- Tasters Oil and Vinegars
Publishers (Book Donations)
- Caitlin Press
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Freehand Books
- Harbour Publishing
- Nightwood Editions
- Penguin Random House Canada
Community Partners
We thank our 2019 Festival Donors
Roll of Honour
- Debbie Mealia & Jim Budd
- Paddy Wales
Readers Circle
- Bonnie Jackson
- Trudy Jaskela
- Connie Johnston
- Linda & Keith Maxwell
- Bonnie & Eric Paetkau
- David Rennie
- Nicholas Simons
- Margaret Taylor
- Rosemary Bates Terry
- John & Gail Watson
Book Club
- Anonymous
- William Black
- Anne Carr
- Elaine & Peter Clayden
- John Corse
- Halfmoon Bay Bookclub
- John & Shelley Hilditch
- Helen Ible
- Julie Kirkland
- Sherryl Latimer
- Karen C. McKenzie
- Dixie Meagher
- Susan Phillips
- Lonnie & Susan Propas
Book Mark
- Roberts & Janet Bennie
- Candy Caple
- Lee Carter & Hollis Johnson
- Katherine Doyle
- Sara Gerring
- Susan Grenville
- Veda Hotel
- Isabel Jones
- Isabelle Pidoux
- J. M. Speedie
- Susan Sutherland
Legacy of Literacy
Special Thanks
- Sharon Brown and Andreas Schroeder
- Jayme Anderson, Perry Schmitt and crew, District of Sechelt Parks Department
- Joan Graham and Lucy Clark, Rockwood Centre
- St. Hilda’s Anglican Church and our neighbours
- Teresa Nightingale, Attention Web and Graphic Design
- Boyd Norman, Office Alternatives
- Marje Umezuki
- Karen Weissenborn Design