Our literary dinners and teas program is a unique chance for literature lovers to invite an author to their home for a scintillating conversation over a meal. Over 40 authors are available to grace your table and read from and discuss their books in exchange for a donation to QWF. Whether you’re hosting a book club meeting or planning a dinner party, this is the perfect opportunity to create a memorable, one-of-a-kind event.
For more information, contact Lori Schubert.
Host a Literary Dinner or Tea at Your Home
Create a memorable event and help support QWF!
The love of literature and a fine meal make excellent companions. That’s why QWF invites you to host a literary tea or dinner for your friends or group in the company of one of Quebec’s top writers.
How It Works
It’s simple: you provide the home and the food and invite your friends to come enjoy dinner (for up to 3 hours) or an afternoon tea (for up to 1 ½ hours) in the company of a professional writer.
This is a fundraising initiative. We aim to raise $500 per dinner or $300 per tea to help fund the activities of the Quebec Writers’ Federation—professional development activities such as free four-month mentorships for promising emerging writers, community outreach programs like Writers in the Community, and the annual QWF Awards Gala.
If the idea of hosting friends and an author excites you, we’ll leave it to you to determine the best way to raise the funds. The simplest is to ask each guest to bring a tax-deductible donation for a set amount (say, $20 to $40 for a tea and $50 to $100 for a dinner, depending on how many guests you have). Some hosts have made a larger contribution in order to ask their guests for less. QWF will issue official charitable tax receipts for all donations following the event.
Meet Our Authors
Curious who you could welcome to your dinner table? Here’s the list of authors currently taking invitations for literary teas and dinners:
- Anita Anand
- Baharan Baniahmadi
- Julie Barlow
- Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
- D.M. Bradford
- Licia Canton
- Daniel Allen Cox
- Colleen Curran
- Liana Cusmano
- Christopher DiRaddo
- Toula Drimonis
- Sarah Gilbert
- Susan Gillis
- Adam Leith Gollner
- Alexandria Haber
- Susan Doherty Hannaford
- David Homel
- Ann Lambert
- Linda Leith
- Leila Marshy
- Tara McGowan-Ross
- Marc Raboy
- Linda Morra (host of Getting Lit with Linda)
- Erín Moure
- Elaine Kalman Naves
- Heather O’Neill
- Rebecca Papucaru
- Jocelyn Parr
- Shelagh Plunkett
- Monique Polak
- Jacob Potashnik
- Jay Ritchie
- Raquel Rivera
- Gina Roitman
- Claire Holden Rothman
- Yusuf Saadi
- Greg Santos
- Tommy Schnurmacher
- Cora Siré
- Sivan Slapak
- Carolyn Marie Souaid
- Su J Sokol
- Michelle Syba
- Carolyne Van Der Meer
- Merrily Weisbord
- Sarah Wolfson
Interested? Let’s Talk
Hosting an author is a unique way to create a stimulating afternoon or evening for your friends, while sampling—and celebrating—the wealth of English-language literature produced by Quebec writers.
For more information, contact Lori Schubert.