FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Meet the Authors! | 7:00 pm
Come by and meet a number of local Hamilton writers who have recently released books, including Gary Barwin, Steacy Easton, David Neil Lee, Jarrett Mazza, Michelle Stark, Liz Worth, and more!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Books for Little People | 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Join Jess Hannigan, author of The Bear Out There and Jessica Rose, author of Let’s Get Creative: Art for a Healthy Planet, for a fun morning of storytelling and activities perfect for little book lovers.
Bonk’d – Celebrating local Comic Artists | 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Join artists and editors Joe Ollman and Sunny Singh along with some of the talented contributors to Bonk’d: A Hamilton Comics Anthology to talk about their new book and why comics are more important now than they’ve ever been.
When Canadian Punks Took Over the World! | 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Join authors Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel, in conversation with CFMU’s Jamie Tennant talking about their fabulous new book In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over the World. Touching on bands from Sum 41 to Avril Lavigne to Simple Plan, this book covers a fascinating piece of our music history.
Dark and Fantastical Reads | 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Join authors Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez (Celestina’s House), Lynn Hutchinson Lee (Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens) and Amanda Leduc (Wild Life) as they read from their fabulous and magical new novels and discuss why they were drawn to create these fantastical stories. Moderated by Anuja Varghese.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Many Kinds of Love | 1:00 – 2:00 pm
Join authors Martha Bátiz (A Daughter’s Place), Andrew Kaufman (Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel) and Saad Omar Khan (Drinking the Ocean) as they read from their touching and remarkable new works, and talk about the ways different kinds of love move through their stories. Moderated by Nathan Whitlock.
Writing the City | 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
John Terpstra recently won the City of Hamilton’s Lifetime Achievement Award and has been capturing the city in his books for over 40 years, writing 14 books and gathering up awards along the way. In this wide-ranging discussion, we’ll talk about his experiences as a writer and carpenter and how Hamilton shaped his writing. Interviewed by Matthew Green.
