Wordfest acknowledges the support of the following public organizations
Thank you to our founding partne
Kudos to the following private funders
Festival Bookseller
Festival Hotel
Libations Bar Sponsor
Venue Partner
Publisher Sponsor
Ticketing Partner
Special Sauce Partners
Neighbourhood Discount Partners
Wordfest is thrilled to be able to partner with incredible Calgary businesses in Victoria Park and the Beltline to offer festival pass and ticket holders a special experience at our fall Imaginairium festival. Check out our 2023 partners here.
Publishers in the Spotlight
Biblioasis • Coach House Books • Doubleday Canada • Drawn & Quarterly • ECW Press • Europa Editions • Freehand Books • Goose Lane Editions • Hamish Hamilton • HarperCollins Canada • Harper Alley • Harper Avenue • Harper Perennial • Henry Holt and Co. • House of Anansi Press • Invisible Publishing • Knopf Canada • McClelland & Stewart • Penguin Canada • Penguin Random House Canada • Publishers Group Canada Books • Publications Zinc • Raincoast Books • Rocky Mountain Books • Saga Press • Simon & Schuster Canada • St. Martin’s Press • Taddle Creek • Tundra Books • Thistledown Press • University of Alberta Press • University of Calgary Press • Viking
Media & Print Partners
Wordfest Board
Jennifer Keene, Chair
Janet Hutchinson, Vice Chair
John Richardson, Secretary / Treasurer
Gillian Lawrence, Board Member
Wordfest Team
Shelley Youngblut, CEO & Creative Ringleader
Everett Wilson, Senior Director, Operations & Development
Chelsea Rule, Director, Community Engagement
Rita Sirignano, Programming Associate & Youth Program Director
Ryan Bartlett, Director, Marketing & Communications
Calum Maunier, Technical Director
Corrine Lung, Box Office & Front of House Associate
Bahareh ZabihiAali, Video Production Associate
Blake Cochlan, Design Associate
Paula Turcotte, Programming Assistant
Sophia Schiefler, Programming Intern
Alex Kingcott, Media & Social Engagement Director
Justine Hesch, Media & Social Engagement
Saba Faw, Media & Social Engagement
David Kostibe, Lead Photographer
Ian Scott, Mr. Everything
Festival Support
Chloe Diochnos (Tech) • Christian Daly (Tech) • Clare Seelman • Eden Middleton (Tech) • Jaclyn Adomeit (Tech) • Katriona Dunn (Tech) • Sabrena Shah Baigzada (Tech) • Erica Guan (Author Illustrations) • Barry Bortnick (Transportation) • Stephen Hansen (Transportation) • Maureen Hodgan (Artist Liaison) • Debbie McNaughton (Artist Liaison) • Lindsay Allison (Front of House) • Kyle Riva (Photographer) • Heather Saitz (Photographer) • Gergo Koroknay (Videographer)