Literary Dinners and Teas

Interested in having dinner with an author?

Our Literary Dinners and Teas program is a unique chance for literature lovers to invite an esteemed Quebec author to their home. Choose from over 40 authors to grace your table, read from their books, and discuss their work with you and your guests—all in exchange for a donation to support Quebec literature.

Whether you’re hosting a book club meeting or planning a dinner party, this is the perfect opportunity to host a one-of-a-kind event.

For more information, contact Lori Schubert.

Host a Literary Dinner or Tea at Your Home

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.

Choose from Over 40 Authors

Curious whom you could welcome to your dinner table? Here’s the list of authors currently taking invitations for literary teas and dinners:

Interested? Let’s Talk