Sharp Words returns to Bridgeworks for its third year! Join us at this free event to discover fabulous new books from innovative writers and publishers, to talk to authors and artists, and to celebrate writing in our city. RSVP today to ensure your access.
The book fair will be open from 11:00am to 5:00pm and will feature great independent presses, artists, comic book creators and writers along with talks about publishing, the writing life and more.
Vendors are slated to include Abundance Press, Between the Lines Press, Black Eye Books, Book*hug Press, The City & the City Books, Darrel Epp, Gordon Hill Press, gritLIT, Hamilton City Magazine, Hamilton Public Library, Lime Press and the Comics Collective, Mark Leslie Lefebvre, David Lee, The Literary Press Group, Little Ghost Books, Mawenzi House, Serif of Nottingham, Stelliform Press, Stephen Pearl, Telling Tales Festival, West Meadow Press, and Wolsak and Wynn. At 7:00pm, join us for the Literary Cabaret, an evening of live music where your favourite local authors will pick up the microphone — not to read, but to sing!
Sharp Words respects, supports and encourages the wearing of masks at our in-person events.
RSVP & INFO
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EVENT SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
11:00 am
Doors Open
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Understanding Small Press Publishing
There’s a lot of confusion about how to get your book published and whether or not you want to go it alone as your author or signed by a multi-national publishing company. But there’s a world of other publishers out there, in what’s called the small presses. Join author and radio host Jamie Tennant in conversation with Selena Middleton of Stelliform Press and Hazel Millar of Book*Hug Press to talk about how small press publishing works, and why so many great books come from these presses.
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Live Podcast of What Happened Next: a podcast about newish books
Nathan Whitlock brings his much-loved podcast to Sharp Words for his first live recording with award-winning Hamilton author Anuja Varghese!
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Is Anyone Listening?
It’s never been harder to get a good conversation going about issues that are important to our cities and communities, but that doesn’t mean we stop trying! Join Deborah Dundas, Opinions Editor at The Toronto Star, Meredith McLeod, co-publisher of Hamilton City Magazine and Lisa Quinn, the publisher of McGill-Queens University Press as they talk about how to create spaces to share ideas and information in our communities.
7:00 pm
Sharp Words Literary Cabaret
Join hosts Amy Jones and Nathan Whitlock as they lead us through an unforgettable evening of music, singing, prizes and fun that you can take part in. Featuring performances by Eden Boudreau, Sue Carter, Steacy Easton, Terry Fallis, Alison Fishburn, Paige Maylott, Lishai Peel, Jessica Rose, Brent van Staalduinen, Teri Vlassopoulos, Liz Worth, Alissa York, and more… Music by The Approximators: Andrew Bondy, Tom Shea, Nathan Whitlock and Sebastian Farias.
