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Photos! OBT at WOTS

Submitted by clelia on October 6, 2011 - 8:52am
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The weather was beautiful and Queen's Park was packed. Canada's biggest book and magazine fair, The Word On The Street, was on Sunday, September 25th. Open Book's Contributing Editor, Grace O'Connell, was there and snapped photos of a few of our favourite local writers.

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Julie Booker, Matthew J. Trafford, Jessica Westhead and Susan G. Cole at The Word On The Street.
Amy Lavender Harris on the left and Stuart Ross on the right. At The Word On The Street.
David Leonard and Stacey May Fowles of The Walrus at The Word On The Street.
Nathaniel G. Moore at The Word On The Street.
The Al Purdy statue in Queen's Park.
Nathan Whitlock, Norah McClintock, Evan Munday and Shane Peacock at the This Is Not The Shakespeare Stage at The Word On The Street.

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