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2024 Sponsorship Information
The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival is a magical 3-day festival with an outdoor celebration of Canadian literature in a unique historic outdoor setting.
Friday, September 6, Children’s Reading, Rockwood Library
Saturday, September 7, Online Writers Workshops
Saturday, September 7, Author Reception and Dinner
Sunday, September 8, Eden Mills’ Community Main Event (Outdoor)
This year marks our 36th festival — September 6-8, 2024 and will include opportunities to meet amazing Canadian authors, participate in engaging programming for children, workshops for aspiring writers.
Our main event — an outdoor showcase of top emerging and established Canadian writers, children’s programs, book readings, Marketplace (Publishers’ Way), Food Centre (trucks and stations) and a welcoming community eager to connect with each other through books.
Why people love us.
- We have presented 800 authors in 35 years, including Margaret Atwood, Rohinton Mistry, Jane Urquhart and Michael Ondaatje.
- A love-in of readers who return year after year for the intimate setting of Eden Mills’ rolling hills and lush gardens by the river.
- Families bring picnics, blankets and camp chairs to hear and meet authors familiar and newly discovered.
- Founded by Eden Mills resident and Member of the Order of Canada Leon Rooke, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award and W.O. Mitchell Prize.
- People near and far gather in the beautifully treed and sprawling gardens of Eden Mills on the banks of a river for:
- Diverse perspectives — opportunities for aspiring writers via workshops and contests.
- Barrier-free engagement through online programming and full accommodation for those requiring support to participate in person.
Festival Demographics
The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival is an inclusive literary festival that is enjoyed by people and families from across Ontario that have a strong social conscience.
Our audience and the Festival support writers/voices of those individuals who have been historically underrepresented.
In 2022, half of our presenting authors self-identified as Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Colour: 10% identified as LGBTQ2S+ and 4% self identified as a person with a disability.
Impact of 2023 Festival
The festival provides accessible parking, picnic tables, and washrooms, as well as golf carts to transport those with limited mobility throughout the village. ASL Interpretation was provided for all adult programming at “The Meadow” and all programming for children at “The Children’s Nook”.
What else is important to you?
Community sponsorship is required for us to deliver Eden Mills Writers’ Festival this year.
We invite you to join us for the magic of Eden Mills Writers’ Festival. Please call us today!
Kristin Morrison
Festival Fundraiser
905-805-5420
edenmillswritersfestival.ca Charitable Reg # 865280770RR0001