On Sept. 23, Word on the Street, the national festival of literacy and the written word, drew book-loving crowds in Lethbridge, Saskatoon, Kitchener, Toronto, and Halifax.

Click on the thumbnails to see some of the day’s highlights, starting on the East Coast.

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WOTS (Wendy Devent)

Young reader at WOTS Lethbridge

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WOTS (Wendy Devent)

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(Photo: Wendy Devent)

Enjoying the day at WOTS Lethbridge

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(Photo: Wendy Devent)

Lethbridge children's librarian Corene Maret Brown

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(Photo: Wendy Devent)

Gord Hunter and Dan Kazikoff kick off the day at Lethbridge's author's tent

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Word on the Street Kitchener, 2012

Word on the Street in downtown Kitchener, Ontario

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A packed house in Kitchener for Jian Ghomeshi

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WOTS Kitchener volunteers

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Financial adviser Gail Vaz-Oxlade at Toronto's Scotiabank Giller Prize bestsellers stage

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Kids' author Tyne Brown and Theodore Tugboat attract a crowd to the Halifax Harbour

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Author Pamela Callow reads from her thriller, <I>Tattooed</I>, aboard the HMCS Sackville

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Family marketplace at WOTS Halifax

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(Photo: Drew Stewart)

Early childhood education in Toronto

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Farzana Doctor reads from her novel, <I>Six Metres of Pavement</I> (Dundurn Press), in Toronto

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<I>Q&Q</I> cover subjects Dave Bidini and Susan Swan in Toronto

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Dani Couture reads from her novel, <I>Algoma</I> (Invisible Publishing) in Toronto

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