Friends of the Festival

Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society The Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society’s purpose is to build a community of writers who support and encourage one another in the art of creative writing.
Calgary Public Library won a Canada Post Literacy Award for its community involvement and is one of North America’s busiest libraries.
Librairie Monette Ltée is the Official 2007 Bookseller for the French Language events.
Pages Books on Kensington is a leading Calgary independent book seller.
Wired for Words The Calgary Herald’s online Book Club, for kids only!
Writers Guild of Alberta is a provincial arts service organization that represents both professional and emerging writers in Alberta.

Literary Prizes

The Commonwealth Writers Prize
The Giller Prize
The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry was founded in 2000, and administers the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize.
The Man Booker Prize is one of the world’s most famous literary prizes for fiction. There is also an interesting non-official site which is worth a look.
Markin-Flanagan Programme is intended to benefit the community of readers and writers in Calgary, Alberta.
The W.O. Mitchell Book Prize is a City of Calgary Literary Award that recognizes literary achievement by a Calgary author.

Literary Organizations

Blue Metropolis Festival (in Montreal)
Edmonton International Literary Festival
Harbourfront Reading Series (in Toronto)
Ottawa International Writers Festival
The Scream in High Park (in Toronto)
Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival
Winnipeg International Writers Festival

Literary Publications
& Lecture Series

Alienated
dANDelion
filling Station
Lexiconjury
Trampoline Hall

Others

Association of Canadian Publishers
Canadian Children’s Book Center
Canada Web Directory
The League of Canadian Poets
The Writers’ Trust
The Writers’ Union of Canada
Playwrights Guild of Canada