Author Patron
Author Patrons help us bring your favourite writers to the festival. Patrons can be individuals, businesses, or groups such as book clubs or writing groups.
Donations help us cover the travel and accommodation costs of our authors. The amount of the donation varies depending on the distance the author travels and the length of their stay at the festival.
As an Author Patron, you’ll receive
- reserved front-row seating at each of your author’s events
- a signed complimentary copy of your author’s featured book
- an opportunity to meet with your author, and have your picture taken
- your name listed in the Festival program guide on the author’s profile and each of the author’s events
- your name linked and displayed on the Festival website on your author’s profile and each of their events
| Author | Patron(s) |
|---|---|
| Paul Auster | Embassy of the United States of America |
| Anita Rau Badami | Cancoil Thermal Corporation |
| Dave Bidini | Chez Piggy Restaurant & Bar |
| J.M. Coetzee | Michael & Elaine Davies The Davies Charitable Foundation |
| Lorna Crozier | Chris James |
| Roméo Dallaire | Peter Milliken |
| Trevor Ferguson | Concordia University Part–Time Faculty Association |
| Eric Folsom | The Queen’s Inn |
| Lorna Goodison | Geoff Smith |
| Wayne Grady | Virginia Gordon |
| Elizabeth Hay | Anonymous |
| Cynthia Holz | Yvonne Pelley |
| Helen Humphreys | Altair Electronics |
| Joshua Knelman | Jo–Anne Lachapelle–Beyak |
| Antjie Krog | Mary Ann Higgs |
| Vincent Lam | Chris Knapper & Laurel Thom |
| Y.S. Lee | Shelley King |
| Laurie Lewis | Barbara Linds & Eric DePoe The Waterfall Tea Room |
| Jeanette Lynes | Get Funky |
| Ken McGoogan | MALT |
| Ben McNally | Jan Walter & Steve Iscoe |
| Molly Peacock | Beth Pierce Robinson |
| Bruce Philp | St. Lawrence College Student Association, Kingston Campus |
| Andrew Pyper | Jo–Anne Lachapelle–Beyak |
| David Adams Richards | King’ Crossing Fashion Outlets |
| Bill Richardson | Read and Red Book Club |
| Noah Richler | Queen’s Quarterly |
| Michael Riordon | Brian Osborne |
| Robert J. Sawyer | Richard Henriksen & Judith Irwin |
| Martha Schabas | Reading Between the Wines on Amherst Book Club |
| Diane Schoemperlen | Queen’s University Archives & W.D.Jordan Special Collections |
| Merilyn Simonds | Helene Pratt and Catherine E. Carmichael |
| Timothy Taylor | Dr. Eva Toth |
| Madeleine Thien | Ameena Jaffer & Lynne Kenny |
| Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang | Mike Scrannage www.scrannageadvantage.com |
| Trio Without Words | Paul Fisher paulfisherinvestments.com |
| Merrily Weisbord | Ali Afzal, Curry Original |
| Robert Paul Weston | Tim & Christine Everdell, Quarry Medical Pharmacy |
| Alexi Zentner | Martha Bailey, Maureen Ball, Rosemary Euringer, Ameena Jaffer, Diane Kelly, Kathryn MacKay, Patti Peppin, & Ann Hunnisett Rouget |
Interested? Find out more: contact sponsorship@kingstonwritersfest.ca
