Join us on Thursday, December 14th, 2023, at Hamilton Public Library, as we celebrate literary excellence! Hear excerpt readings from the Shortlisted authors and discover who will be awarded live during the Ceremony!
The 2023 Shortlists for the Hamilton Literary Awards are:
Fiction Category Shortlist for the Hamilton Literary Award:
Ainslie Hogarth for “Motherthing”
Robert McGill for “A Suitable Companion for the End of Your Life”
Sheila Murray for “Finding Edward”
Non-Fiction Category Shortlist for the Hamilton Literary Award:
David J. Forsyth for "Alice and the Machine Gunner”
Joyce Grant for “Can You Believe It? How to Spot Fake News and Find the Facts”
Rollie Pemberton for "Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry”
Carl Watts for “I Just Wrote This Five Minutes Ago”
Poetry Category Shortlist for the Hamilton Literary Award:
Gary Barwin for “The Most Charming Creatures”
Fareh Malik for “Streams that Lead Somewhere”
Chris Pannell for “The Fragmentarium and Other Poems”
Children’s Book Award Category Shortlist for the Hamilton Literary Award:
Joyce Grant for “Can You Believe It? How to Spot Fake News and Find the Facts”
Lawrence Hill for “Beatrice and Croc Harry”
Sylvia McNicoll for “What the Dog Knows”
Kerry Schooley Book Award Category Shortlist for the Hamilton Literary Award:
Darrell Epp for “Permanent Smoke”
Carrie Snyder for “Francie’s Got a Gun”
Brent van Staalduinen for “Cut Road”
