The Forest of Reading Festival is a 4-hour event where attendees participate in award ceremonies, workshops by nominees, get autographs from their favourite authors and spend the day being entertained and around other book lovers.
- OLA Members – on Sale January 27, 2025
- Open to the public – on Sale February 3, 2025
- Tickets are $24 plus HST/ticket
May 13th
- Ceremonies, Autographing & Presentation Schedule
- Presentation Descriptions
- Festival – at-a-glance schedule – May 13th (as of May 1)
- Autographing Map – May 13
- Printable Map
- Exhibitors that will be joining us
*all schedules are subject to change.
10:30-11:30 am EST – Silver Birch Express Ceremony
12:00-1:00 pm EST – Silver Birch Fiction Ceremony
Who’s Coming to the Festival?
SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS
- Always Beginning: The Big Bang, the Universe, and You – Candace Savage
- Dragon on the Loose – Marty Chan & Grace Chen
- Ghost Girl – Brooke Carter & Alyssa Waterbury
- Lost & Found: Based on a True Story – Mei Yu
- Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs – Maria Birmingham & Raz Latif
- The Salma Series 03 Salma Joins the Team – Danny Ramadan
- Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher and Âhâsiw’s Forest Powwow – Azby Whitecalf
SILVER BIRCH FICTION
- Asking for a Friend – Ronnie Riley
- Bertie Stewart is Perfectly Imperfect – Melanie Mosher
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams – Graham Annable
- Game Face – Shari Green
- Gamerville – Johnnie Christmas
- Iggy Included – Deborah Kerbel
- The Kodiaks: Home Ice Advantage: The Breakout Chronicles 01 – David A. Robertson
- The Legendary Mo Seto 01 – A.Y. Chan
- Mortified – Kristy Jackson
- Scarewaves – Trevor Henderson
UNABLE TO ATTEND
- Birds on the Brain – Uma Krishnaswami (Silver Birch Express)
- Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work – Bambi Edlund (Silver Birch Express)
- Whales and Us: Our Shared Journey – India Desjardins (Silver Birch Express)
May 14th
- Ceremonies, Autographing & Presentation Schedule
- Presentation Descriptions
- Festival – at-a-glance schedule – May 14th (as of May 1)
- Autographing Map – May 14
- Printable Map
- Exhibitors that will be joining us
*all schedules are subject to change.
10:30-11:30 am EST – Red Maple Award Ceremony
12:15-1:15 pm EST – White Pine Award Ceremony
Who’s Coming to the Festival?
RED MAPLE
- 40 Days in Hicksville – Christina Kilbourne
- Book of Screams 01 – Jeff Szpirglas
- Call me Al – Wali Shah & Eric Walters
- The Cricket War – Sandra McTavish
- Escape to Ponti – Brian Slattery
- Hopeless in Hope – Wanda John- Kehewin
- The Outsmarters – Deborah Ellis
- Tig – Heather Smith
- Today I Am: 10 Stories of Belonging – Jael Richardson, Marty Chan & Danny Ramadan
- Why We Play With Fire – Giselle Vriesen
WHITE PINE
- Gorgeous Gruesome Faces – Linda Cheung
- Who We Are in Real Life – Victoria Koops
- Lockjaw – Matteo L. Cerilli
- Pillow Talk -Stephanie Cooke
- NOTE: The other nominees are living abroad or outside of Ontario and unable to come. As a result we have an exclusive new program that is curated by our Teen Ambassador Committee FOR other teams. Information to be sent by April 15th.
May 15 – Digital Ceremony Release date
All ceremonies will be released at 12pm
- Blue Spruce Award
- Silver Birch Express Award
- Silver Birch Fiction Award
- Yellow Cedar Award
- Red Maple Award
- White Pine Award
- Le prix Peupler
- Le prix Mélèze
- Le prix Tamarac
All digital award ceremonies are included as part of the registration. No extra fees required
