The Book Lover’s Ball

voted one of toronto’s best fundraisers!

Held on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at The Fairmont Royal York, the seventh annual Book Lover’s Ball was a tremendous success raising $500K in support of Toronto’s Library.

Over 600 book lovers were joined by host Tracy Moore (host of Citytv’s Cityline), and Red Carpet Correspondent Melanie Ng (Anchor & Reporter, CityNews) for a 6:00 PM cocktail reception featuring decadent hors d’oeuvres presented in person by celebrity chef David Rocco. Guests clinked glasses with celebrity authors such as Stephen Leacock Medal winner ¬Terry Fallis, nonfiction provocateur Peter C. Newman, CBC personality Kevin O’Leary, Governor General’s Award–winner Miriam Toews, and Giller Prize–winner Vincent Lam. Additional authors include Alexis Troubetzkoy, Brian Francis, Erin Morgenstern, Giles Blunt, Jeff Rubin, Kathleen Winter, Lawrence Hill, Linwood Barclay, Natalie MacLean, Nino Ricci and many more.

Once again this year, guests bid on fabulous auction items including trips to China, Italy, Hawaii and Jamaica as well as exclusive book club packages with favourite authors, including Ron McLean, Margaret Atwood, Kim Izzo, Vincent Lam or Frankie Flowers; the auction raised $50,000. Guests also had the chance to adopt a library branch for $500 and receive a Sony Reader; Adopt a Branch raised $19,000.

Following the reception, guests enjoyed a three-course dinner and experienced a dazzling novel-inspired fashion show, featuring top fashion designers: Klaxon Howl, Monikque Jewellery, Lucian Matis, Sid Neigum, Laura Siegel, Adrian Wu.

Thank you to our sponsors: Sun Life Financial , TD Bank Group, Whitehots Inc., OSSTF , Sony, Harlequin, Friesens, HarperCollins, Miller Thomson, Fairmont Royal York and Air Canada Vacations, as well as media sponsors including Toronto Star, Citytv and Hello! Canada.