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Thank you to our generous Author Patrons and BookLover Donors who make all this possible.

2023 Author Patrons

Anonymous | Heather O’Neill
Kimberly Falk | Emma Donoghue 
Joan Lee | Aara Macauley, Kevin Chong, and Mike Condra
Ann-Maureen, Peter Owens | Leanne Leiberman
Doriana Bisegna | Jamal Saeed, Michael Hingston
Make Way For Me! Occupational Therapy for Children and Youth | JD Derbyshire, Laurence Beaudoin-Masse
Sharon Hamilton | Craig Shreve
Justin Connidis, Julia McArthur| Wayne Grady
Jennifer Foster, Ryder-Burbidge Hurley Foster | John Vaillant
Toonie Book Club | Catherine Hernandez
Harriet Waterman | Virginia Heffernan
Jo-Anne Lachapelle-Beyak | Ben McNally and Christina Wong

Reading Between the Wines | Erin Friesen
Jan Walter, Steve Iscoe | Rosemary Sullivan
Kim Lemaire | Vincent Lam
Reider’s Book Club | Emily Urquhart
Terri-Lynn Brennan | Alicia Elliott and Tricia Knowles
Judith Brown | Otoniya J. Otok Bitek
Jan Allen | Tianna Edwards
Steve Page, in memory of Joanne Page | Britta Badour
Connie Corbett| Barbara Bell
Pal MacKay, Gillian Graham | Michael Crummey
Tipi Moza | Angella Sterritt
Julie Leclerc + David O’Toole | Stephen Marche
Mary Ann Higgs | Carol Off
Queen’s University Archives | Jason Heroux
Blurred Words Book Club | Patrick DeWitt
Michael Robinson | Mark Sinnett

2022-2023 BookLover Donors

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Corporate Donors
Novel Idea
KPMG

Classic Donor: $500-$999
Anita Davies
Margaret Dickson
Maureen Lascelles
Maxine Bowen
Michael and Penny Robinson

Sonnet Donor: $50 to $499

Barbara Bell
Barbara Love
Barbara Robson
Brendan Edwards
Bruce Kauffman
Charlotte Gray
Christopher Knapper
Christopher
Mechefske
Connie Corbett
Craig Anderson
Doriana Bisegna
Elizabeth Greene
Ellie Barton
Elspeth Morgan
Eugene Black
Faye Koshel
Floyd Rudmin
Frances Flett
Gayle Johnson
Gillian Sadinsky
Gonny Moncur
Harriet Waterman
Heather Evans
Helga Rausch
Jan Walter
Jane Kitchen
Janet Bryant
Janice Barling
Jason Heroux
Jean Pfleiderer
Jean Rae Baxter
Jillann Rothwell
Joan Heaton
Johanne Myles
John Burge
John More
John Suk
Julie Leclerc

Justin Connidis
Karen Sauerbrei
Kate Barker
Katherine & Terry Murphy
Kathryn McConnell
Kristine Connidis, in memory of Dr. Ingegjerd Lilla Arnet Connidis and Andrew Joseph Connidis
Laurie Lewis
Lindsay Morgan
Lucille Groll
Lynda Wilde
Lynne Kenny
Martha Bala
Mary Carlson
Mary-Alice Thompson
Melanie Dugan
Michele Bussieres
Nancy Scovil
Patricia Coroy
Paul and Carole Kinnear
Philip Carr-Harris
Rebecca Luce-Kapler
Renka Gesing
Richard Moulton
Rick and Carol Tomalty
Rosemary Kozak
Sandra Goldman
Sarah Locke
Sharon Boal
Sharon Hamilton
Sharron Wainman
Simonne Ferguson
Steven Maynard
Susan Chamberlain
Susan Walker
Suzanne Bodner
Tanya Grodzinski
Virginia Wakeford

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