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Photos! The 2011 Ontario Lunch

Submitted by amy on October 26, 2011 - 8:27am
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On Sunday, October 23, the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) held a lively lunch celebrating Ontario publishers and authors, in partnership with the IV (International Visitors) Program at Toronto's International Festival of Authors (IFOA). The event was held at Toronto's stunning, tower-top and lakeside Toula Restaurant.

Guests were welcomed by Karen Thorne-Stone, CEO of the OMDC, and Geoffrey Taylor, Artistic Director of IFOA, and celebrated Canadian writer John Ralston Saul also spoke. Ontario publishers, authors and literary media mingled with the International Visitors at a fun and talkative reception and lunch.

Open Book was there to capture some photographs. Click on any thumbnail to launch the gallery.

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2011 Ontario Lunch: Alexandra Pearson (Bookworm), author John Ralston Saul, Karen Thorne-Stone (CEO, OMDC) and Geoffrey Taylor (Artistic Director, IFOA)
2011 Ontario Lunch
2011 Ontario Lunch: author Kathy Kacer and Margie Wolfe (Second Story Press)
2011 Ontario Lunch: Sarah MacLachlan (House of Anansi Press) and literary agent Rosalind Ramsey
2011 Ontario Lunch: OMDC's Kristine Murphy and Janet Hawkins
2011 Ontario Lunch: Jared Bland (House of Anansi Press), Alison Jones (Quill & Quire) and David Leonard (The Walrus)
2011 Ontario Lunch: Matt Williams (House of Anansi Press) and Geoffrey Mulligan (Harvill Secker and Clerkenwell Press)
2011 Ontario Lunch
2011 Ontario Lunch: Kate Edwards (Association of Canadian Publishers) and Jack Illingworth (Literary Press Group of Canada)
2011 Ontario Lunch
2011 Ontario Lunch
2011 Ontario Lunch: Denis De Klerck (Mansfield Press) and author Rishma Dunlop
2011 Ontario Lunch: author John Brady and Monica Golding (Open Book)

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