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Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Two polaroid photos - one showing watercolour paints and the other showing people walking down a spiral staircase - and several cards with text quotes sit on top of a green background with pink ribbon. Type reads: May 10th, 1771: I am so happy my dearest, so fully absorbed in the feeling of this calm presence, that my art is suffering. I couldn't draw now, not one stroke, and yet I have never been a greater painter than in these moments. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Past event: Greyed out image of poster for gritLit 2024 Festival with yellow and white text on a black background. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of gritLIT. 5 days. 28 events. 7 workshops. It will be lit.

gritLIT Readers & Writers Festival 2024

PAST EVENT. From Wed, Apr. 17 to Sun, Apr. 21, 2024: Five days, 28 events, 7 workshops. Join gritLIT in Hamilton & online for the 20th anniversary of its annual literary festival. Festival events include readings, panels & interviews, plus interactive events & workshops – offering a view into the minds of some of the most interesting writers working in Canada today.

Past event: The illustrated cover art for Tales from Phantom City, with the title at the top. A city skyline at night with a starry sky, crescent moon and a few clouds. A blonde woman in a white hoodie looks on in amazement at a mysterious gaunt man in a hat and dark glasses and a ginger cat, appearing on the sides of two buildings, with people in apartment windows. A cat pendant hangs from the clock tower in the background, while a black cat with white paws peers down from the building behind the woman.

Tales from Phantom City

PAST EVENT: One night only – Thu, Apr. 27, 2023: The Assembly Theatre, in association with At Bay Press, presents the launch of Patrick Jenkins’ debut graphic novel Tales from Phantom City. Includes a live action reading & book signing. Free admission. For adults 18+ & lovers of graphic novels, film noir & magic realism.

Past event: Wild Fires by Sophie Jai

Book launch: 'Wild Fires' by Sophie Jai

PAST EVENT: Join author Sophie Jai at Famous Last Words on July 14 to celebrate the launch of her debut novel 'WILD FIRES', a vivid and compelling story about family life, grief and secrets. Moving between Toronto and Trinidad, this novel explores the ways we mourn and why we avoid the very things that can save us.