Special thanks to all of our supporters for their promotion of the true joy of reading!

With great support from a number of public and private donors, the 2008 Fox Cities Book Festival is able to host eight headline authors and plan a variety of fun, educational events that will span the entire community and encourage the pluses of reading. All of this is made possible with help from:

Forward Funders A grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the State of Wisconsin A project grant from the Frank C. Shattuck Community Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region A project grant from unrestricted funds within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region A project grant from the Ellen Kort Literary Arts Fund A Joint Effort Marketing Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism Appleton Public Library Neenah Public Library Trust Fund Friends of the Neenah Public Library Lawrence University Les & Dar Stumpf Family Fund Wm P Merrick, CPA Will and Ruth Bloedow Willems Marketing School Specialty Bookmarkers ThedaCare Cancer Institute Appleton Education Foundation Chilton Area Community Foundation Handler & Associates Octoberfest The Post-Crescent / Gannett Foundation Wisconsin Public Radio J.J. Keller Foundation, Inc. John and Sally Mielke WHBY Storykeepers Associated Bank Appleton Group Wealth Management Leota Ester Family Fund John Pfefferle Pat Boldt Tom and Pat Schinabeck Martha Spalding JP Graphics Nancy and Duncan Wall Hoffman LLC Robert W. Baird & Company Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library Kaukauna Public Library Appleton Area School District Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Bill and Gail Engler Festival Foods Paper Discovery Center Appleton Downtown Inc. Pageturners Len and Donna Weis Mary Ester Menasha Public Library Menasha Rotary John and Lee Parker Wisconsin Center for the Book Fox Valley Library Council Sharon Mauldin and Leonard Wahl Bob Harlan Menasha Rotary Word Club UW-Fox Valley Library UW-Fox Valley Student Activities Office Insurance Services, Inc. Inkjet Ideas Digiprint Radisson Paper Valley Hotel Fox Cities Book Festival Board of Directors WFRV-TV5 and Larry McCarren Conkey’s Book Store Jack Fry Jane Dwyre Garton Appleton West High School Fox Valley Technical College - Library Leadership Fox Cities