The Word On The Street is Canada's largest book and magazine festival, annually attracts 200,000 visitors to Queen’s Park on the last Sunday of September. They come to browse our 250 book and magazine exhibits, opportunity to interact with more than 250 of Canada’s top authors, poets, storytellers and presenters and participate in almost 200 readings, performances, workshops and other events.
As a not-for-profit event, the festival relies on the commitment, time and energy of more than 200 volunteers to help bring the event to life. Volunteering is an opportunity to lend your experience, learn new skills, meet and work with new people, to share in the enjoyment of Canadian books and magazines and to give back to your community in an exceptionally positive way. The day is rewarding in so many ways: you'll get to meet fellow literature enthusiasts, authors and publishers as well as leave satisfied that you have supported a wonderfully vibrant community-based event.
---What roles do we need volunteers for?---
Here’s just a few of the areas for which we are looking to find volunteers:
Administration, Guest Services, Logistics, Programming, Exhibits
---What is expected of festival volunteers?---
Volunteers will typically be assigned a 4-6 hour shift based on their availability. All volunteers are expected to participate in orientation and training which will be held on-site on the day of the festival.
---The details!---
The 19th annual The Word On The Street will take place on Sunday, September 28th, 2008 from 11am to 6pm at Queen's Park, Toronto. Visit www.thewordonthestreet.ca or email volunteers@thewordonthestreet.ca to register for the Toronto event as a volunteer today.
We hope to see you at this year's festival!
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