Biblio Bash 2024
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Biblio Bash 2025

Biblio Bash is the TPL Foundation’s annual black-tie fundraiser in support of Toronto Public Library. The  gala will take place on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at the Toronto Reference Library. Our Co-Presenting Sponsors, CIBC and Fitzrovia, will welcome Toronto’s city builders, library lovers, business leaders and philanthropists to an intimate evening dedicated to raising funds for Library initiatives to address youth social and mental health in our city.

 

Since its inception in 2017, Biblio Bash has raised over $5.3 million to support Toronto Public Library’s highest priority needs and assist some of our city’s most vulnerable residents. None of this would be possible without the generosity of our sponsors, supporters, guests and volunteers.

Stay tuned for further announcements about Biblio Bash 2025!

2024 IMPACT

1,071,550
RAISED TO SUPPORT TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY
450
GUESTS ATTENDED AT THE TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY
38
NOTABLE AUTHORS
$360,600
ON-SITE FUNDRAISING
Author Portraits Guest Portraits
Green Carpet Cocktails & Dinner

 

Year over year Impact

2024
1,071,550

In support of Newcomer initiatives

2023
$1,025,400

In support of Leading to Reading

2022
$835,307

In support of Internet Connectivity
Kits

2019
$756,838

In support of After School Clubs and the Bookmobile

2018
2018 biblio bash
$704,379

In support of Youth Services

2017
2017 Biblio Bash event
$604,475

In support of Digital Innovation

2024 AUTHORS

ALYSSA AGES
D.M. BRADFORD
MORGAN CAMPBELL
ADRIANA CHARTRAND
EVELYN CHICK
KEVIN CHONG
KERRY CLARE
KEITA DEMMING
EMMA DONOGHUE
SAFIA FAZLUL
CARLEY FORTUNE
MICHAEL FRASER
JOANNA GOODMAN

REETU GUPTA
ALI HASSAN
GWEN K. HARVEY
UZMA JALALUDDIN
ANDREW KIRSCH
JOSHUA KNELMAN
SHARI LAPENA
DAVID MCPHERSON
CARA-LYN MORGAN
TÉA MUTONJI
JANIKA OZA
AMANDA PETERS
STEPHEN POLOZ

NITA PROSE
ANDREW PYPER
MARK SAKAMOTO
LEN SENATER
WALI SHAH
HAROON SIDDIQUI
ANNA JULIA STAINSBY
MARISSA STAPLEY
ASHLEY TATE
SOPHIE GRÉGOIRE TRUDEAU
ALI VELSHI
LAURA TAMBLYN WATTS

2025 SPONSORS

2025 COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS
CLAIRE MACNAMARA
FARAH NASSER

ALYSSA AGES
AMANDA ALVARO
AMANDA AQUINO
SARAH ARANHA
AMY BURSTYN-FRITZ
ERIN BENNETT
JEN GRANT
JANE HALVERSON

LILY LATNER OTIS
MARISSA KASSAM
LINDSAY MATTICK
CLAIRE MCINTYRE
ERIKA RODRIGUES
CARMEN STEINBERG
VANESSA YEUNG

CONTACTS

GENERAL INQUIRIES

Emily Connell
Toronto Public Library Foundation

Email

SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES

Leah Rakopoulos
Toronto Public Library Foundation

Email

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Tracy Finkelstein
Toronto Public Library Foundation

Email

IN THE PRESS

Fête Chinoise

April 26, 2024: Biblio Bash 2024 supports a blooming Canadian community of newcomers

Toronto Life

April 29, 2024: What went down at the 2024 Biblio Bash party

Evolve Magazine

May 6, 2024: Biblio Bash 2024 surpasses $1M once again in support of Toronto Public Library

 

Anokhi Life

May 8, 2024: About Biblio Bash

She Does the City

May 9, 2024: Biblio Bash raises over $1M for Toronto Library’s newcomer service