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Michael Kras
11 Oct 2022

Hamilton author Mark Coakley tells fascinating stories with a fresh voice

Hamilton-based author Mark Coakley’s journey to becoming a professional writer has been anything but linear. Prior to penning a profuse collection of both nonfiction and fiction works, Coakley fou...

Michael Kras
15 Aug 2022

Hamilton’s Supercrawl announces full festival lineup for 2022

One of Hamilton’s largest street festivals celebrating music, live performance, visual art, and more has announced its full lineup for 2022. Supercrawl recently announced a killer lineup of music, i...

Michael Kras
19 Nov 2021

Hamilton Book Crawl is happening this weekend

A new monthly street event that endeavours to be Art Crawl for the literary set is happening in Hamilton this weekend. Hamilton Book Crawl, a free street event celebrating local literature and the aut...

Michael Kras
14 Apr 2021

Hamilton’s gritLIT Festival kicks off this week

Local lovers of literature are going to be in heaven, as Hamilton’s famous annual festival for readers and writers kicks off this week. Entering its 17th year, the gritLIT Festival has become an ann...

Michael Kras
08 Jan 2021

Hamilton author Gary Barwin lands on Canada Reads 2021 longlist

A prolific writer and Hamilton resident has landed on the longlist for one of Canada’s most prestigious national literary recognitions. Hamilton author Gary Barwin’s nautical novel Yiddish for...

Michael Kras
24 Sep 2019

Award-winning author Lawrence Hill is giving a talk in Hamilton

If you love Canadian literature, you’ve probably heard of Lawrence Hill. The acclaimed author of award-winning titles such as The Book of Negroes and The Illegal, Lawrence Hill is also a member of ...

Dev Team
20 May 2014

The writer

By S. John Thomas Sometimes I wish I smoked, that I was heavier, even that I was the picture of a walking heart attack. I wish I had that edge, someone exciting, someone who looked old school, acted o...