- Craig Clark
- 19 Feb 2020
Margaret Atwood will be appearing at Hamilton’s gritLIT Festival this year
One of Canada’s most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood, will be coming to Hamilton as part of the line-up of authors speaking at gritLIT in April. Atwood will be part of the festival’s o...
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- Craig Clark
- 10 Dec 2019
Book about Chedoke Creek wins big at this year’s Hamilton Literary Awards
A prescient book about Chedoke Creek, the location of #sewergate that has been making the new in a big way recently, won big at the annual Hamilton Literary Awards last night. Congratulations to Jo...
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- Craig Clark
- 03 Dec 2019
The Hamilton Literary Award winners will be announced next week
Celebrating 26 years of recognizing vivid, evocative, and exceptional Hamilton storytelling. The Hamilton Literary Awards return on Monday, December 9th at Theatre Aquarius to announce this year̵...
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- Craig Clark
- 07 Nov 2019
Hamilton typographer reanimates old-time horror radio scripts in unique book
Spoken old-time radio is back from the dead. Hamilton-based typographer Frank Lawrence has reimagined some of the most famous horror scripts from old-time radio programs into his newest book boomDEAD:...
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- Robert Cekan
- 17 Sep 2019
Epic Books has just opened its second location
As of 4 pm today, one of Hamilton’s most beloved book stores has officially opened its doors to the public. Epic Books, which has been a beacon for book lovers within the Locke neighbourhood, ap...
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- Craig Clark
- 08 Sep 2019
Margaret Atwood speaks about Handmaid sequel in Hamilton
Since Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale became an Emmy-award winning television show, the image of the handmaid’s red gown and white hat has become a symbol of women’s rights. N...
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- Robert Cekan
- 29 Mar 2018
Today is Bryan Prince Bookseller’s final day of operation
A staple in the Westdale community for nearly three decades, independent bookstore Bryan Prince Bookseller located in the Westdale village is shutting its doors for good today. Co-owner Kerry Cranston...
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- Laura Shirk
- 09 Dec 2016
Culture Trip
10 Cultural Gems in Burlington REFRESH & REMIND: BURLINGTON’S CULTURAL GEMS Deemed just another bedroom community by some, Burlington has more to offer than meets the eye of those passing throug...
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- Dev Team
- 14 Oct 2014
Three MORE books by Hamiltonians
Earlier this month urbanicity composed a minute list of notable Hamiltonian authors, in correspondence with Bryan Prince Booksellers. The goal was to introduce readers to the endemic literary talents ...
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- Dev Team
- 10 Oct 2014
Three amazing books by Hamiltonians
If you’re anything like me, you can’t keep your nose out of a book. You come up for air only to succumb to the most basic necessities, such as eating, walking, or franticly searching for another b...
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