Photos from the Book Lover's Ball

Here are a few photos from Thursday night's Book Lover's Ball in Toronto



Robert J. Sawyer and Carolyn Clink: Carolyn bought a new dress and new shoes for the occassion



Robert J. Sawyer and Harold Fenn: Harold's company, H.B. Fenn, distributes Tor Books in Canada; I owe much of the success I've had to this man



Allan Fotheringham and Robert J. Sawyer: if you didn't want to come in black tie, you could come in a literary costume; here's Allan promoting his new book about US politics



Robert J. Sawyer and Mary Ito: Mary is the host of CBC-TV's Living in Toronto; she's dressed as Anna Karenina



David Leonard (senior publicist for Penguin Canada), Geoffrey Taylor (artistic director for the International Festival of Authors at Harbourfront), author Robert J. Sawyer



Margaret Atwood and Canada's ambassador to Japan via LongPen videoconference from Tokyo



The Toronto Public Library Celebrates Reading Award, presented to Robert J. Sawyer. The glass trophy, from Birks, has an open book and the TPL logo laser-etched in its interior.

The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site