Take a trip down memory lane with these photos from some of the events that made up the Atlantic Book Festival, which ran from April 20 to 29. (Photos by Peggy Walt.)

Scott Richardson of Random House (left) and Peter Cocking of Douglas & McIntyre, two of the panelists at a professional development session on book design, flank Adam Cummins of the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association.

Dan Soucoup of Nimbus Publishing, Ron Caplan of Breton Books, Clyde Rose of Breakwater Books, and Jim Lorimer of Formac Publishing/Jim Lorimer & Company.

Penelope Jackson, Sandra McIntyre, and Heather Bryan of Nimbus Publishing celebrate at the Atlantic Book Awards.

Ron Caplan of Breton Books, Justin Sullivan of Jesperson Publishing/Breakwater Books, and Michael Wile of Atlantic Books Today chat, with Halifax Harbour in the background.

Peter Carver of Red Deer Press, UNB professor and poet Anne Compton, and Roy MacSkimming.

Sue Goyette, agent Dean Cooke, and MacSkimming at the State of Publishing in Atlantic Canada event.