GritLit Festival

Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 7:00pm

Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West
Hamilton, ON
L8P 4S8

Celebrated and up-and-coming authors from across the country will gather in Hamilton at the beginning of April to mark the 10th anniversary of gritLIT, Hamilton’s Literary Festival. The annual celebration of Canadian authors will be held at the Art Gallery of Hamilton from April 3-6, 2014.

The 2014 festival lineup includes:

An Equal and Opposite Reaction. Join Man Booker finalist and international bestselling author Emma Donoghue Frog Music, Room), Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize nominee Michael Winter (Minister Without Portfolio, This All Happened) and critically acclaimed author Catherine Bush (Accusation, The Rules of Engagement) as they delve into the lives of three characters whose worlds are forever changed by circumstances beyond their control.

In Conversation with . . . Teenage Head. Hamilton Spectator music editor Graham Rockingham sits down with members of legendary Canadian punk rock band Teenage Head and author Geoff Pevere to discuss Gods of the Hammer: The Teenage Head Story.

Putting the grit in gritLIT. Celebrate the work of two of Canada’s grittiest and most interesting literary voices: 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Lynn Coady (Hellgoing) and finalist Craig Davidson (Cataract City).

Murder Was the Crime. Peter Robinson (Children of the Revolution), D.J. McIntosh (The Book of Stolen Tales) and Debra Komar (The Lynching of Peter Wheeler) share tales of murder and suspense in an evening of fictional and true-life mysteries.

Closing Night with Lit Live: All about the Hammer. gritLIT partners with Lit Live for a gala closing night celebrating the recently published works of seven Hamilton authors: Chris Pannell (A Nervous City), John Terpstra (Brilliant Falls), Jeffery Donaldson (Slack Action), Amanda Jernigan (All the Daylight Hours), Marilyn Gear Pilling (A Bee Garden), Amanda Leduc (The Miracles of Ordinary Men) and David Haskins (This House Is Condemned).

The festival also features writing workshops and roundtable discussions with critically acclaimed authors including Michael Winter and Catherine Bush.

For the full gritLIT schedule, author bios and ticket information, visit: www.gritlit.ca.