From coast to coast, the summer’s literary festivals were graced with good weather and great talent.

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Poet Andy McGuire (<i>Sputniks</i>) raises a paddle.

Fish Quill Poetry Boat, June 23

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Spencer Burton, Leigh Kotsilidis, Gillian Savigny, David Seymour, Linda Besner, and Andy McGuire strike a pose on the last day of the Fish Quill Poetry Boat tour, during which the group paddled the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario.

Fish Quill Poetry Boat, June 23

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Authors John Bell and John Boyko converse with readers at the Lakefield Literary Festival. The annual event commemorates the Ontario town's former residents Catharine Parr Traill, Susanna Moodie, and Margaret Laurence.

Lakefield Literary Festival, July 14

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More than 200 people attended this year's festival.

Read by the Sea, July 20

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Vincent Lam enjoys a quiet moment on Nova Scotia's Northumberland shore at the Read by the Sea festival.

Read by the Sea, July 20

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Elisabeth de Mariaffi reads from her short-story collection, <i>How To Get Along With Women</i>. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the festival, which takes place in a village on Newfoundland's west coast, surrounded by Gros Morne National Park. (photo: Tom Cochrane)

Writers at Woody Point, Aug. 16

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Vancouver WritersFest artistic director Hal Wake (right) onstage with novelist Guy Vanderhaeghe at the Sechelt, B.C., festival, touted as "Canada's longest-running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers."

Festival of the Written Arts, Aug. 16

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A panoramic view of Ontario's Wolfe Island, which hosts the annual crime-writing festival.

Scene of the Crime Mystery Writing Festival, Aug. 17

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Newfoundland fiddler Kelly Russell performs during the festival's Writers in the Wild hike.

Writers at Woody Point, Aug. 18

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