SUPPORT US!
Dear Friends of the Cape Cod Book Festival,
We love that you’re a reader and are even reading this support us page, because we need your help. Reading is our most endangered species.
We don’t believe in book bans. If you don’t want to read a book, then don’t read it. But don’t stop others from reading it. We believe that closing ourselves off to history, knowledge and information via book bans is suppressing the truth. And besides, publishing has changed immensely with an influx of new cultural voices, diversity and genres like never before.
Running a book festival opens a world to all types of genres, but…
Did you know that no one on our team gets paid?
Running a book festival is a year-round challenge that is more than setting up staged authors’ visits, dinner parties and accommodations. There’s outreach to schools, community, full time PR and Marketing, non-profit status reports along with constant publisher inquiries, agents, logistics, tourism, ticketing, web design, and answering every inquiry and email from fans. In the end it’s all volunteer work for the sake of literacy.
Did you know that our authors don’t get paid either?
We don’t pay high speaking engagement fees. Our authors believe in literacy and keeping books alive. Many are friends who come in out of the goodness of their heart for love of the written word.
Did you know that in the next year we hope to do more for kids and librarians?
If Cape Cod is a summer tourism haven, isn’t it time we became a literary haven, too? Shouldn’t we be taken more seriously than beach blankets and steamed clams?
Your pledge is tax-deductible. Your gift, no matter the size, will make a direct impact on supporting our mission to engage, educate and entertain the greater communities of the Cape through visits with inspiring, world-class authors.
Keep reading, and please support your local independent bookshops!
Invite a teacher or librarian to CCBF!
Let’s fill the space with not only book lovers but seats for teachers, librarians, or high school students, free of charge.
Become a Sponsor
Want to sponsor an author’s dinner party? This is where you can break bread, drink wine, and feel influenced by the power of words and the person who wrote them.
Gifting a Legacy
If you have a Last Will & Testament and believe in the arts, specifically writing, reading and the future of our mission, we encourage you to consider amending/adding us to your estate planning. A codicil is a simple way of making small changes to your Will without having to rewrite it entirely. Gifts in Wills have helped to shape non-profits and are something we would treasure in guaranteeing our financial future. We would happily create an annual panel in your name. Please contact a legal counsel if you decide to endow such a generous gift.
