A crowd gathered last night at Toronto’s Ben McNally Books for the launch of the first Bare it for Books calendar.

The brainchild of author Amanda Leduc and music producer Allegra Young, the fundraising calendar features 12 brave Canadian writers who disrobed in support of PEN Canada.

Click on the thumbnails for the big reveal.

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Terry Fallis (a.k.a. Mr. August)

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Miranda Hill (a.k.a. Ms. May)

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National Reading Campaign's James Roy, Sarah Cooper, and Holly Kent

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Farzana Doctor (a.k.a. Ms. March)

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Dave Bidini (a.k.a. Mr. April) and The Writers' Union of Canada executive director John Degen

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A crowd gathers to fete the fundraising calendar

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Angie Abdou (a.k.a. Ms. January)

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Calendar co-creators Allegra Young and Amanda Leduc

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