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Do you love to read? Are you ready to make some noise for books? Do you want to meet your favourite authors and illustrators? Have you ever been to a “rock concert” for reading? This is your chance – be part of the largest literary event for young readers in Canada, the Forest of Reading® Festival! We are thrilled to bring the Festival back to an in-person event for select reading categories and with exciting digital award ceremonies happening as well this year. Reaching more young readers is important to us.
The Forest of Reading Festival is held mid-May annually at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.
SAVE THE DATE
Toronto Festival – May 14-15, 2024
Digital Awards Ceremony Release Date – May 16, 2024
What can you do at the Festival?
An in-person Festival event typically involves attendees:
- Attending Award Ceremonies for the Forest of Reading®
- Getting involved in Author/Illustrator workshops
- Having nominees sign their favourite Forest books!
- Taking part in exciting activities and games
- Getting excited for roving entertainment and vendors
- Winning free prizes and books!
- Meeting fellow young readers!
- Buying Forest of Reading books and merchandise
- All in-person Festivals typically take place from 10 am to 2 pm EST
Purchase your tickets by clicking on the links below.
Links to purchase will be released on the following dates:
- For OLA Members: January 10th, 2024
- For Perks Subscribers: January 17, 2024
- Open to the Public: January 24, 2024
Here is what your 2024 Festival will look like:
DAY 1 – May 14, 2024
10:30-11:30 am EST – Silver Birch Express Award Ceremony – IN-PERSON (1,250 tickets available)
12:00-1:00 pm EST – Silver Birch Fiction Award Ceremony – IN-PERSON (1,250 tickets available)
10:00-2:00 pm EST – General Admission Tickets for Day 1 (1,000 tickets available)
In-person ceremonies mean you have a seat in the audience and can also attend all workshops, autographing and entertainment on the Harbourfront Centre Campus. General Admission tickets mean you can attend all workshops and entertainment, but cannot enter the ceremony venue.
DIGITAL CEREMONIES for all programs will be released on May 16th at 12pm.
DAY 2 – May 15, 2024
10:30-11:30 am EST – Red Maple Award Ceremony – IN-PERSON (1,250 tickets available)
12:00-1:00 pm EST – White Pine Award Ceremony – IN-PERSON (1,250 tickets available)
10:00-2:00 pm EST – General Admission Tickets for Day 2 (1,000 tickets available)
In-person ceremonies mean you have a seat in the audience and can also attend all workshops, autographing and entertainment on the Harbourfront Centre Campus. General Admission tickets mean you can attend all workshops and entertainment, but cannot enter the ceremony venue.
DIGITAL CEREMONIES for all programs will be released on May 16th at 12pm.
Day 3 – May 16, 2024 – 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
All award ceremonies are included as part of the registration. No extra fees required.
TICKETING INFORMATION
- Tickets are first-come, first-served and are non-refundable.
- PRICING FOR IN-PERSON:
- All tickets/wristbands are $22 plus HST (Harbourfront Centre’s service charges are included in this fee)
- PRICING FOR DIGITAL:
- Included with your registration fee for 2024
- DATE TO BEGIN PURCHASING
- January 10 – Opens for Ontario Library Association members
- Not a member? Join today.
- January 17 – Opens for Forest Perks subscribers
- January 24 – Open to the public
- January 10 – Opens for Ontario Library Association members
- Box Office Hours for Tickets/Wristbands
- Wednesday-Sunday 12 pm-6 pm EST
- Orders can be taken over the phone or on-line. If you need to pay by a purchase order you must call.
ALL ticket inquiries need to go to Harbourfront Centre
BOX OFFICE PHONE NUMBER: 416 973 4000 ext 1
EMAIL: tickets@harbourfrontcentre.com
An Online Celebration for the Award Ceremonies
New for 2024, there will be digital ceremonies for all programs released after the In-person event to ensure that all readers across the country can celebrate and share the excitement of seeing who the 2024 winners are.
Why the change? Teachers and parents have let us know the in-person festival for our younger readers and for those geographically too far from Toronto are missing the opportunity to celebrate and see the authors. By bringing the nominees to you, we hope you will find an exciting way to celebrate and share with us on social media.
The Forest of Reading Festival is Canada’s largest literary event for young readers and is continuing to grow each year since its inception in 2007. It typically culminates in a 3 day awards celebration for the school-aged and French-language programs of the Forest of Reading® in Toronto, with satellite Festivals across Ontario. Over 15,000 people attend the Festival in Toronto at Harbourfront Centre.
In 2012, the OLA began its Festival expansion and now each year satellite locations are put on in additional cities. Satellite Festivals have been held in Thunder Bay, North Bay, Parry Sound, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Kitchener and London. The first French Festival was also held in 2014 in Toronto. It is the first and only French literary festival of its kind in Canada. In 2020, 2021 and 2022, the award ceremonies were presented virtually for the first time in partnership with CBC Books to reach young people during the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2023 the Festival returned to in-person for 4 award ceremonies and 5 were delivered digitally.
YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOUR CHANCE TO BE RECOGNIZED!
This is your opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young readers. This is your chance to be part of the largest children’s reading program and Festival in Canada.
By sponsoring the Forest of Reading®, you’ll reach audiences such as parent chaperones, library staff, the literary community, authors, illustrators, and others involved in the library and publishing communities participating in the Forest and Festival.
By sponsoring, you will support the Forest of Reading® in delivering Canada’s largest literary festival for young readers and celebrating the contribution that authors, illustrators, and publishers make to the Canadian literary landscape.
SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE
For more information about the Festival, please contact forest@accessola.com
