The Hamilton Literary Awards 2018
Join us in congratulating Daniel Coleman for taking home both the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the Kerry Schooley Book Award for his book Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place. Fellow Wolsak & Wynn author Gary Barwin was also nominated for the Kerry Schooley, as well as the award for Poetry for his collection No TV for Woodpeckers.
Congratulations to all of last night’s winners and nominees!

Master of Ceremonies, introduction and thanks to sponsors

Vice President, Hamilton Arts Council, remarks

General Manager, Theatre Aquarius, remarks

Broker Manager, Judy Marsales Real Estate introduces the award for Poetry

reads from No TV for Woodpeckers

reads from The Words They Cannot Say

winner for the literary award for Poetry, reads from Dysphoria

owner, A Different Drummer Books, introduces the award for Non-Fiction

reads from Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place

reads from The Abominable Mr. Seabrook

reads from Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home

accepts his plaque for the Literary Award for Non-Fiction

Owner, Epic Books, introduces the award for Fiction

reads from The Disappearance

reads from Rocks Beat Paper: A Wilson Mystery

reads from Fugue States

reads from Beneath the Wake: A Dr. Zol Szabo Medical Mystery

accepts the award for Fiction

Broker, PV&V Insurance Centre, introduces the Kerry Schooley Book Award

reads from No TV for Woodpeckers

reads from The Whisky King: The Remarkable True Story of Canada’s Most Infamous Bootlegger and the Undercover Mountie on His Trail

reads from Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place

reads from Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home

accepts the Kerry Schooley Book Award