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The boathouse at the Stephen Leacock Museum in Orillia. Photo by Rahim Rajani © litontour.com

With so many events and locations, it was hard to be everywhere. Unless of course, you are an IFOA Ontario loyalist who managed to make it out to a number of events. After all, dedicated music fans can often follow a band across a country, even to different continents. And, Ontario’s not that big – right?!

But, if you couldn’t make it to every event on your list, we have done our best to capture it on film through photography. Special thanks to our photographer Rahim Rajani for sharing his talents with all of us. All photos are available for viewing right here. Enjoy!

We have begun to announce the 2012 season of Authors at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. We are excited for it to begin on Wednesday, February 15, when theoretical physicist and novelist Alan Lightman reads from and discusses his latest novel, Mr g.

The following week on Wednesday, February 22, Nathan Englander joins us with his latest short story collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories. Today on The National Post‘s literary blog, The Afterword, Mark Medley argues that Englander’s book might just have the greatest collection of blurbs of all-time. There are blurbs from Jonathan Franzen, Colum McCann, Jonathan Safran Foer, Gary Shteyngart, Jonthan Lethem and Richard Russo, to name a few. To read the full post, click here. Or, better yet, read the book and see if the work measures up to its reviews. Either way, if you find yourself in Toronto, don’t miss out on coming to the event, which will include Englander and other authors to be announced!

February is rounded off with a reading by the Governor General’s Literary Award-winning novelist, Kim Thúy, on Wednesday, February 29 and other authors to be announced.

And – that’s just February. I know. For further dates and details, be sure to check out the full listings at readings.org.

2011 is nearly behind us, which means it’s a good time to reflect on this past year in books. With so many choices and multiple lists circulating, it’s hard to form a solid opinion. It just so happens that one of Lit On Tour’s dear friends also happens to be an expert on the matter. Read what books columnist and editor Becky Toyne has to say here.

Here’s to another year of good reads in 2012!