Sponsors

Funding for 2009/10:
We have 9 sources of funding for the 2009/10 season:

(1) In-Kind Support We thank John Oakes for the use of Harbord House.
(2) OAC Funding The Ontario Arts Council is helping us with a grant. We applied through the Literary Festivals and Organizations Program.
(3) TAC Funding The Toronto Arts Council is helping us with a grant. We applied through the Literary Program Project Grant.
(4) CC Funding The Canada Council for the Arts is helping us fund 8 poets. We applied through the Literary Readings and Author Residencies Program! Christian Bök - April 5, 2010 Di Brandt - February 1, 2010 Anne Compton - October 5, 2009 Lorna Crozier - June 7, 2010 Patrick Lane - June 7, 2010 Moez Surani - November 2, 2009 Edo van Belkom - October 5, 2009 Michael Winter - March 1, 2010
(5) Hat Money We pass a hat in the audience on the night of each reading for voluntary donations.
(6) TWUC Funding The Writers' Union of Canada is helping us fund 4 poets, through the National Public Readings Program! Kelli Deeth - November 2, 2009 Rosemary Sullivan - January 4, 2010 Susan Glickman - January 4, 2010 Di Brandt - February 1, 2010
(7) LCP Funding The League of Canadian Poets is helping us fund 4 poets, through the Readings in Public Places funding program! Rudy Fearon - January 4, 2010 Rosemary Sullivan - January 4, 2010 Matthew Tierney - February 1, 2010 Sonja Greckol - March 1, 2010
(10) Sponsorship – Tightrope Books Tightrope Books funds the annual "Best Canadian Poetry in English" Night at Rowers, in December. We invite 4 poets from the anthology to feature.

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Funding for 2008/09:

1) John Oakes, the proprietor of Harbord House. John lets us have the venue, and without his support, there would be no series!

2) We have received a donation from Alexander McCall Smith.

3) We have received a donation from Scott Griffin.

4) The passing of a hat in the audience on the night of each reading for voluntary donations.

5) We receive funding from The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada to fund: Marilyn Gear Pilling (November 5th). We anticipate using funding from The Writers Union of Canada to fund 4 readers every year.

The Writers’ Union of Canada is a not-for-profit organization established in 1973 to support and advocate on behalf of Canada’s book published authors. The Union has more than 1,600 members.

INFO FROM:
[http://www.writersunion.ca/au_whoweare.asp]

6) We receive funding from The Canada Council for the Arts through The League of Canadian Poets to fund: Barry Dempster and Beatriz Hausner (November 5, 2008); Sandra Kasturi and Myna Wallin (January 7, 2009); and Jeanette Lynes (February 4, 2009). We anticipate using funding from the League of Canadian Poets to fund 5 readers every year.

Founded in 1966 by a group of five poets, the League now serves almost 600 members whose work reflects the regional and cultural diversity of this country.

INFO FROM:
[http://poets.ca/linktext/about.htm]

Funding for 2007/08:

We currently are using / have used 4 sources of funding, and in kind support:

1) John Oakes, the proprietor of Harbord House. John lets us have the venue, and without his support, there would be no series!

2) We have received a donation from Alexander McCall Smith:

3) The passing of a hat in the audience on the night of each reading for voluntary donations.

4) We received funding from The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers Union of Canada to fund: Trevor Cole and Molly Peacock (both read October 3rd); and Carol Malyon and Harold Rhenisch (both read November 7th), and gale Zoe Garnett (May 6, 2008) . We anticipate funding 4 of our 27 funded readers each year in this manner.