Writers' Trust Storytellers Ball
Highlights
Date
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Fairmont Royal York Toronto
Information & Sponsorship
Lisa Shaw, Development Manager
lshaw@writerstrust.com
About the Event
Join us for a lively, literary evening
With a Canadian writer at each table, the Writers’ Trust Storytellers Ball is unlike any other fundraiser. Past guest authors include literary luminaries Margaret Atwood, Adrienne Clarkson, Cherie Dimaline, Emma Donoghue, Lawrence Hill, Thomas King, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Anne Michaels, and Noah Richler.
2024 Storytellers Ball Photos
2024 Event Committee
Our committee helps to raise the prestige and profile of the Storytellers Ball and, in turn, supports the important work of Writers’ Trust.
Their time and talent help to inform the details of this remarkable event. Writers' Trust sincerely thanks all of this year's committee members:
Amy Burstyn-Fritz
Jaclyn Cobourn
Devin Connell
Gabe Gonda
Jennifer Grant
Chris Swail
Jen Kirsch
Marla Lehberg
Lindsay Mattick
Samantha Molyneaux
Kyla Reid
Lucia Remedios
Kim Tanenbaum
Nicole Tapscott
Richard Ward
John Zerucelli
2024 Gala Sponsors
Hardcover Sponsors
Paperback Sponsors
Donors
Crowe Soberman LLP
Lorraine Greey
The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation
Mystery Shelf Prize Donors
- Ace Hotel
- Angus Glen Golf Club
- Another Story Bookshop
- Arcadia Earth
- Ashford Cleaners
- Banff Sunshine Village
- Boutique Martino
- CAA
- Canadian Museum of History and Canadian War Museum
- Cedarhouse Spa
- ChocoSol
- Drake Devonshire
- DREAM Unlimited
- Earls Yorkville
- Factory Theatre
- Gladstone House
- Good Cheese
- Health Hut
- The Keg
- Kinsip House of Fine Spirits
- Musee de la Civilasation
- Old Spaghetti Factory
- Opera Atelier
- Park Hyatt Toronto
- Redtail Vineyards
- Rico Hair Ink
- Royal Ontario Museum
- Sheraton Hotel
- Sloane Tea
- Sous La
- Stillus Craft Spirits
- Tarragon Theatre
- WellBYND
- Vancouver Art Gallery