The 23rd Annual Cherie Smith JCCGV
Jewish Book Festival
was a resounding success!

Over 35 authors were featured at the week long festival with journalists from The Vancouver International Writers Festival, CBC, CTV, and The Tyee.ca moderating prestigious panels. The Festival lived up to its motto of 'Showcasing Jewish Writers from Around the World' with writers coming from across Canada, Israel, the UK, and the USA. The Festival was also proud to showcase 15 locally based writers from Vancouver and the lower Mainland.

A heartfelt thank you to all of the dedicated volunteers.
Volunteers are an essential part of the Festival. Your continued dedication year after year makes the Festival the success it is - we couldn't do it without you! Toda Raba!

A big thank you to the Jewish community organizations that supported the Festival this year:
Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Schara Tzedeck, King David High School, The Canada Israel Committee, The Jewish Family Service Agency, The Jewish National Fund of Canada, The Kirman Foundation for Yiddish Culture, The National Council of Jewish Women, The Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Temple Sholom, and Vancouver Talmud Torah.

We also gratefully acknowledge and thank the Festival sponsors:
Book Warehouse, CanWest Raise a Reader, CBC Radio Canada, CBS Outdoors, CTV, Douglas & McIntyre, McArthur & Company, Penguin Books, The Canada Council for the Arts, The City of Vancouver, The Georgia Straight, The Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel, The Tyee.ca, Tradewind Books, Tundra Books, Wolsaky & Wynn and Whitecap.

If you would like to become involved in this exciting Festival please contact Nicole Nozick, Festival Director

Watch for promotional flyers and program announcements
for upcoming literary events!