Christine Saratsiotis has been with the International Festival of Authors for over 20 years, and has served as the Associate Director for the past two years. During her time at IFOA she has helped facilitate and direct all aspects of programming including the weekly reading series; the annual International Festival of Authors (IFOA) including YoungIFOA and IFOA Ontario; and the annual ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers with OLA’s Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees™. As a member of Word Alliance she has travelled to Europe and China to present Canadian authors at IFOA stages at various partner literary festivals. Christine is the recipient of the Arbor Award from the University of Toronto for her outstanding work mentoring students. She holds an Honours Degree from the University of Toronto in Arts Management. 

Julia Yu started with the International Festival of Authors as an intern prior to serving as the Event Coordinator for the past 4 years. During her time at IFOA, she has been responsible for event planning and logistics, publisher communications, and author liaisons for all programming including the weekly reading series; the annual International Festival of Authors (IFOA); the International Visitors Programme (IV); and the OLA’s Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees™. Julia is currently enrolled in the Event and Meeting Management Certification Program at George Brown College and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Toronto in Arts Management.

WE HAVE MOVED! ATTEND MEETINGS AT:

Centre for Social Innovation, Annex.
720 Bathurst St. (just south of Bloor on Bathurst)
Second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

Meetings are held in the ING Presentation Room, Ground Floor of 720 Bathurst St.

Parking: There are two Green P's within walking distance. Street parking is also available, both paid and one-hour free zones.
Transit: CSI Annex is one block south of the Bathurst subway stop on the Bloor line.