Click on the photos to see highlights of Thursday night’s Writers’ Trust of Canada gala, which raised more than $190,000 for the organization’s awards, scholarship program, and other literary initiatives.

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Event hosts Seamus O'Regan and Amanda Lang

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Former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar (left) with Carolyn Wood, executive director, Association of Canadian Publishers

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<I>The Walrus</I>'s Shelley Ambrose and John Macfarlane with Writers' Trust executive director Don Oravec (centre)

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CBC's Shelagh Rogers and Ron MacLean

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Doubleday Canada editors Nita Pronovost and Martha Leonard with author Martha Schabas

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Chef and cookbook author Mark McEwan, Journey Prize finalist Seyward Goodhand, and author Brian Francis

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Entrepreneur and author Kevin O'Leary with Writers' Trust co-founder Margaret Atwood

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<I>National Post</I>'s Jonathan Kay with author Noah Richler and broadcaster Ezra Levant

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CBC Radio's Erin Noel and Shelagh Rogers with David Kent, president and CEO of HarperCollins Canada

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