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Patricia Gagic is amassing awards

By HCM
The Hamilton-based painter, photographer and author, has been recognized by a number of prestigious international arts organizations and will be included in an upcoming documentary about 10 global “titans” of the arts. International recognition is accumulating for Hamilton painter, photographer and author Patricia Gagic.  Two weeks after sitting…
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By Jessica Rose
Paige Maylott delivers a vulnerable memoir that delves deep into her trans coming-out story and her battle with cancer.  My Body is Distant, the absorbing debut memoir by Hamilton’s Paige Maylott, is an intimate look at identity and self-discovery set against the backdrop of both real and digital…
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By Jessica Rose
Nathan Whitlock’s new book Lump features dark humour, unlikeable characters and the fatal contradictions of a modern family. In Lump, the latest novel by Nathan Whitlock, even the most unlikeable characters are not quite evil. “In fact, that was the whole point of the book,” says Whitlock. “Even…
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HAMILTON READS

By Jessica Rose
Hamilton is the ‘beating heart’ of Pebble & Dove, the moving new novel by Amy Jones. There’s an inside joke in Amy Jones’s family that she’s jinxed when it comes to spotting wildlife.  “My parents will go out in the boat and see dolphins and whales and sea…
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Hamilton Reads

By Jessica Rose
Beauty in the Scars: Jesse Thistle returns with a moving collection of poems and stories. Jesse Thistle has followed up his bestselling debut From the Ashes with Scars and Stars, an exploration of family, community, and memory. If there’s one Canadian book that people have been talking about for the…