Canadian sightings at the BEA trade show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York.

Thomas Allen publisher Patrick Crean and Transatlantic Literary Agency agent Samantha Haywood turned out to see the signing of the Writers’ Union of Canada petition signing at the LongPen booth.

LongPen vice-president of sales Bruce Walsh chats with author Yann Martel before the signing of the Writers’ Union petition signing began.

The lineup for a Dean Koontz-signing at the LongPen booth.

Key Porter publisher Jordan Fenn and Rob Howard, vice-president of sales and marketing, man the Key Porter booth.

Canadian author Alice Kuipers’ novel Life on the Refrigerator Door gets prime display treatment at the HarperCollins booth.

Thomas Allen publicity director Lisa Zaritzky and national sales manager Darryl Scott at the end of a long BEA day.

Kevin Smokler, co-founder of BookTour.com, talks up the new idea.