Toronto’s International Festival of Authors has wrapped up for another year. Here are just a few highlights from 12 days of parties, receptions, and readings.

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<i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Michael Ondaatje at the Scotiabank Giller Prize reading, Oct. 29

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Twenty-one authors gather on stage for a reading of Alasdair Gray's <i>Fleck: A Verse Comedy Photo: readings.org</i>

Fleck: A Verse Comedy, Oct. 27

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<i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

David Bezmogis at the Scotiabank Giller Prize reading, Oct. 29

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<i>Photo: Sue Carter Flinn</i>

Amitav Ghosh reading, Oct. 25

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Host Mariko Tamaki, Daniel Clowes and Seth in conversation, Oct. 21

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<i>Photo: Sue Carter Flinn</i>

Daniel Clowes and Seth in conversation, Oct. 21

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ManBooker round table with Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan, Oct. 29

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Kate Beaton reading, Oct. 30

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<i>Photo: readings.org</i>

Douglas Gibson, Canadian Storytellers event, Oct. 22

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<i>Photo: readings.org</i>

Douglas Coupland, McLuhan YouTube Talk, Oct. 26

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Alana Wilcox, senior editor, Coach House Books (centre) <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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Matt Williams, vice-president of publishing operations, House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books, and Cynthia Good, Creative Book Publishing program director, Humber College (centre) <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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<i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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Geoffrey Taylor, executive director, IFOA <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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Robert Sirman, director, Canada Council for the Arts <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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International Visitors Programme participant Emmanuel Delloye (France) <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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Anita Purcell, executive director, Canadian Authors Association; IV Programme participant Gašper Troha (Slovenia), program director, Vilenica International Literary Festival; and Anne McClelland, executive director, Book and Periodical Council <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

IFOA launch party, Oct. 24, Harbourfront Centre

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Author Rick Broadhead with Tracey Turriff, SVP, director of marketing and corporate communications, Random House of Canada, and Louise Dennys, publisher, Knopf Canada <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Random House of Canada reception, Oct. 23, Gardiner Museum

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<i>The Globe and Mail</i> books editor Martin Levin and author Andrew Pyper <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Random House of Canada reception, Oct. 23, Gardiner Museum

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Sarah MacLachlan, president, House of Anansi Press, and IV Programme participant Brigitte Bouchard (Quebec), founder, Les Allusifs <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Random House of Canada reception, Oct. 23, Gardiner Museum

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CS Richardson, vice-president and creative director of Canadian Publishing, Random House of Canada, and David Kent, president, HarperCollins Canada <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Random House of Canada reception, Oct. 23, Gardiner Museum

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Editor and publicist Becky Toyne <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Random House of Canada reception, Oct. 23 at the Gardiner Museum

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Author Rebecca Eckler <i>Photo: Pam Westoby</i>

Random House of Canada reception, Oct. 23, Gardiner Museum

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