Here’s a holiday round-up of great local books to help you check off any book lover. Get your holiday shopping list ready! The festive season is upon us, and there’s no better gift than a local read for the book lover in your life. Bonus points if you…

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…

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…

Helen McLeod is hanging up her hat as executive director of the Hamilton Literacy Council (HLC) this year, after more than a decade in the role. After more than a decade in the role, Helen McLeod is hanging up her hat as executive director of the Hamilton Literacy…