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(L to R) Co-hosts David Jacobson, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, with Gary Doer, Ambassador of Canada to the U.S., get the party started with some good-natured arm wrestling.
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The ballroom at the Chateau Laurier buzzes with excitement before the event.
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Amanda Lang, Writers’ Trust of Canada Vice Chair.
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Shaughnessy Cohen Prize nominees and Trudeau biographers Max and Monique Nemni.
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Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, with author Terry Fallis.
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Laureen Harper with Peter Kent, Minister of Environment
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(L to R) Don Oravec, Executive Director for the Writers’ Trust of Canada with Bernadette Kahnert and Peter Kahnert, Chair of the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
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Arlene Perly Rae from the Politics and the Pen committee and Interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Bob Rae.
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(L to R) Broadcasters Don Newman and Wendy Mesley with Leader of the Official Opposition Thomas Mulcair.
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(L to R) Senator Linda Frum; Chris Alexander, MP; Lisa Samson, Politics and the Pen committee.
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(Left) John Lounds, President and CEO of Nature Conservancy of Canada, with author Graeme Gibson.
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John Geddes, Ottawa Bureau Editor for Maclean’s, shared a laugh with Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance.
