Kingston WritersFest announced on March 10 that a fundraising Angel Campaign has raised enough funds to address the financial obligations of the 2024 festival and thanked the “Kingston community and book lovers across Canada” for their financial support.

The announcement also stated that an active working board is being reconstituted to “re-envision a provocative, inspiring, inclusive, and viable readers’ and writers’ festival.”

In early January 2025, Kingston WritersFest announced it was closing after 16 years due to “mounting financial pressures.” By early February a group composed of current and past board members and patrons had formed to find a way of resurrecting the event and to deal with the festival’s outstanding obligations to writers, staff, and suppliers.