Liz Worth explores nature, ancestry, memory and the supernatural in her new collection of poems Inside Every Dream, a Raging Sea. She finds inspiration for her writing whenever she steps outside of her Hamilton home. Liz Worth is a poet, novelist, and nonfiction writer whose exploration of ritual…

Hamilton publishing house now includes three imprints producing fiction, non-fiction and poetry that challenge, enchant and refuse to conform. Sandwiched between restaurants on James Street North, you’ll find Wolsak and Wynn, a self-professed “charmingly contrary literary press” that’s been publishing challenging, enchanting, unusual, and often award-winning books…

Are human beings born with memories? A new collection of essays by pediatric clinical geneticist Margaret Nowaczyk probes her fascination with the mystery of inherited awareness – what she calls marrow memory. On a dreary afternoon more than two decades ago, Margaret Nowaczyk received the flimsy airmail envelope…

From transformative self-discovery to the challenges of living as a child with disabilities, and from celebrating a war hero to the resiliency required to live in modern-day Abu Dhabi, check out these works by local authors. Swiftly Flowing Waters: A MemoirBy Pat Lamondin Skene “My indigeneity…

Let’s talk about sex, baby, and also long hikes in the woods, a town that’s lost its way and the unthinkable things that untether a grieving woman. Check out these works by local authors. What better way is there to spend the extra daylight hours of late spring…