Party photos of the week: Writers’ Trust of Canada gala
It’s literary season in Toronto and the festivities continued on Thursday night at the 28th annual Writers’ Trust of Canada gala. Held at the Four Seasons Hotel, more than 400 of the country’s best and brightest in publishing and philanthropy gathered to eat, drink and be merry in the name of the written word. With a guest writer at every table, it became quite the contest during a “CanLit quiz” over dinner; team Facebook came out on top, but it was the ever-eccentric Bruce Bailey who won for knowing the most obscure answer of the night – that Michael Ondaatje’s brother was a bobsledder of Canada’s Olympic team. Hosted by CBC’s Gillian Deacon and actor Zaib Shaikh, the black-tie evening raised $220,000 for the Writers’ Trust of Canada programs that include literary awards, grants, and scholarships for Canadian writers. parties@globeandmail.com
Amanda and Adrian Lang.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Nicole Winstanley and Ashley Audrain.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Zsuzsanna Zsohar and Michael Ignatieff.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Giller Prize winner Joseph Boydan and Gord Downie.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Mala Rambharose.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Kevin O'Leary and David Price.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Colin Mochrie and Kyle Rae.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Badih Schoueri and Pamela Sleightholm.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Laura Clarke and Suzannah Showler.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Michael Bregman, Katie Osborne, John Healy and Anne-Marie Dunn.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Mary Osborne.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
David Kent and Shelagh Rogers.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Co-hosts Zaib Shaikh and Gillian Deacon.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Ngozi Paul, Jim Balsillie and Neve PericTom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Lloyd Robertson, Douglas Knight and David MacFarlane.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Stacey Kay and Lewis Rose.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Shashi Chat and Adrian Ma.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Stacey May Fowles and Michael Winter.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail
Murray McLauchlan and Denise Donlan.Tom Sandler/The Globe and Mail