gritLIT celebrates Canadian authors while Burlington celebrates exceptional community members Sarah Harmer, Chris McKhool and Beverley Jacobs with the Key to the City April 16, 2025 at 7 pm at Burlington Performing Arts Centre -- public is welcome. #RGMC #CORE #PERL
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gritLIT celebrates Canadian authors while Burlington celebrates exceptional community members
gritLIT let's folks get up close and personal with favourite authors and new literary voices from April 23 to 27, 2025. Burlington bestows Keys To The City to exceptional individuals April 16, 2025.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
gritLIT celebrates Canadian authors while Burlington celebrates exceptional community members Sarah Harmer, Chris McKhool and Beverley Jacobs with the Key to the City April 16, 2025 at 7 pm at Burlington Performing Arts Centre -- public is welcome. #RGMC #CORE #PERL
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New episode of .22 Cents on the Noir-do-well Radio Show going up on #TikTok and #Instagram tonight! Prose available on the website now for the impatient! (noirdowell.ink)
#noir #gritlit #radioshow #creativewriting #noirfiction #americana
#noir #gritlit #radioshow #creativewriting #noirfiction #americana
November 24, 2024 at 6:20 PM
New episode of .22 Cents on the Noir-do-well Radio Show going up on #TikTok and #Instagram tonight! Prose available on the website now for the impatient! (noirdowell.ink)
#noir #gritlit #radioshow #creativewriting #noirfiction #americana
#noir #gritlit #radioshow #creativewriting #noirfiction #americana
It was fun to see myself on the GritLit website today as part of this year's author line-up! Come check out Hamilton's literary festival coming up in April:
www.gritlit.ca/authors
www.gritlit.ca/authors
Authors — gritLIT
www.gritlit.ca
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It was fun to see myself on the GritLit website today as part of this year's author line-up! Come check out Hamilton's literary festival coming up in April:
www.gritlit.ca/authors
www.gritlit.ca/authors
New Lenten flash out in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social today. "On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish": www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/on-friday-go... #gritlit #ruralnoir
"On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish" by Terena Elizabeth Bell
“On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish” by Terena Elizabeth Bell When Eddie McCoy walked into Frank’s Corner Market, he did not know John was there. John was sitting at the side, by the grab...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New Lenten flash out in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social today. "On Friday, Good Catholics Eat Fish": www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/on-friday-go... #gritlit #ruralnoir
Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
September 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ecstatically grateful to @saralippmann.bsky.social for her kind words about my upcoming collection!
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
#workingclasslit #gritlit #UnsolicitedPress #IndieLitScene #IndieBooksMatter #RebelReaders #BookCommunity #ReadIndie #BookReview #LitCulture #PoetryAndProse #FictionThatBites
I have some readings and a workshop coming up in April! 🌞 Maybe see ya there! ✌️🧡
March 13, 2024 at 6:36 PM
I have some readings and a workshop coming up in April! 🌞 Maybe see ya there! ✌️🧡
I recently discovered the Fair to Middlin podcast and the Grit Quarterly lit mag.
One of the stories up now at Grit is “The Bear,” by JD Clapp.
I’m familiar with Clapp’s short fiction, and he just keeps getting better.
gritquarterly.com#jd-clapp-the...
#gritlit #noir #crimefiction
One of the stories up now at Grit is “The Bear,” by JD Clapp.
I’m familiar with Clapp’s short fiction, and he just keeps getting better.
gritquarterly.com#jd-clapp-the...
#gritlit #noir #crimefiction
Grit Quarterly
gritquarterly.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I recently discovered the Fair to Middlin podcast and the Grit Quarterly lit mag.
One of the stories up now at Grit is “The Bear,” by JD Clapp.
I’m familiar with Clapp’s short fiction, and he just keeps getting better.
gritquarterly.com#jd-clapp-the...
#gritlit #noir #crimefiction
One of the stories up now at Grit is “The Bear,” by JD Clapp.
I’m familiar with Clapp’s short fiction, and he just keeps getting better.
gritquarterly.com#jd-clapp-the...
#gritlit #noir #crimefiction
Hamilton friends, gritLIT is coming up soon, with lots of fabulous programming including our own Nicola Winstanely, Margaret Nowaczyk and Daniel Coleman. You can find out more here: www.gritlit.ca
gritLIT: Hamilton's Readers & Writers Festival
April 23–27, 2025 || gritLIT is Hamilton's annual literary festival for readers and writers, uniting Canada's biggest authors, up-and-coming talent and local voices in one event.
www.gritlit.ca
April 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hamilton friends, gritLIT is coming up soon, with lots of fabulous programming including our own Nicola Winstanely, Margaret Nowaczyk and Daniel Coleman. You can find out more here: www.gritlit.ca
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
November 26, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
4/20 #bookchallenge #booksky #larrybrown #southernlit #southernliterature #southernfiction #mississippiwriters #gritlit
Get some #GritLit in your head: COTTONMOUTHS got almost 5*: tinyurl.com/4zu582z3
Emily's true self, her inner self, is under siege at home, she's got to get out...Jody, who revs up her nights this decade-plus, has a solution. #sapphiclove for #Pride2024
Emily's true self, her inner self, is under siege at home, she's got to get out...Jody, who revs up her nights this decade-plus, has a solution. #sapphiclove for #Pride2024
COTTONMOUTHS, a GritLit Lesbian take on "Winter's Bone"
COTTONMOUTHS KELLY J. FORD Skyhorse Publishing $22.99 hardcover, available now Rating: 4.9* of five The Publisher Says : This was D...
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June 1, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Get some #GritLit in your head: COTTONMOUTHS got almost 5*: tinyurl.com/4zu582z3
Emily's true self, her inner self, is under siege at home, she's got to get out...Jody, who revs up her nights this decade-plus, has a solution. #sapphiclove for #Pride2024
Emily's true self, her inner self, is under siege at home, she's got to get out...Jody, who revs up her nights this decade-plus, has a solution. #sapphiclove for #Pride2024
For them what don't know: Fried Chicken & Coffee is both my personal website and an occasional home for gritlit and related materials. I ran it successfully until just recently, and I sense the current market will bear its continuance. Check it out!
friedchickenandcoffee.com
friedchickenandcoffee.com
Fried Chicken and Coffee: Online Home of Rusty Barnes | a blog of crime fiction, rural, working-class and Appalachian concerns
friedchickenandcoffee.com
July 14, 2024 at 1:19 AM
For them what don't know: Fried Chicken & Coffee is both my personal website and an occasional home for gritlit and related materials. I ran it successfully until just recently, and I sense the current market will bear its continuance. Check it out!
friedchickenandcoffee.com
friedchickenandcoffee.com
Hamiltonians and nearby book lovers! Don't miss the 20th anniversary of Hamilton's amazing literary festival!
Here's your warning that #gritLIT2024 passes are more than 50% sold out! Get yours today at gritlit.ca!
Here's your warning that #gritLIT2024 passes are more than 50% sold out! Get yours today at gritlit.ca!
April 2, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Hamiltonians and nearby book lovers! Don't miss the 20th anniversary of Hamilton's amazing literary festival!
Here's your warning that #gritLIT2024 passes are more than 50% sold out! Get yours today at gritlit.ca!
Here's your warning that #gritLIT2024 passes are more than 50% sold out! Get yours today at gritlit.ca!
A lovely review followed by an interview where I might have got a little heated talking about what I hope is coming next in GritLit. Huge thanks to Justin Lee & Cowboy Jamboree for the thoughtful review & great interview questions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/here-in-the-...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/here-in-the-...
Here in the Dark by Meagan Lucas
Always Wishing Too Late A Review of Here In The Dark by Meagan Lucas (with author interview) By Justin Lee I'm always wishing, I'm always wishing too late For things to go my way, it always...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
October 12, 2023 at 5:36 PM
A lovely review followed by an interview where I might have got a little heated talking about what I hope is coming next in GritLit. Huge thanks to Justin Lee & Cowboy Jamboree for the thoughtful review & great interview questions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/here-in-the-...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/here-in-the-...
Also in April, the great @mrbullbull published “Absolute and Utter Bullshit,” some gritlit that was also included in the anthology Fragile Like a Bomb.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
www.amazon.com/BULL-11-FRAG...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
www.amazon.com/BULL-11-FRAG...
Always and Utter Bullshit | MrBullBull
mrbullbull.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Also in April, the great @mrbullbull published “Absolute and Utter Bullshit,” some gritlit that was also included in the anthology Fragile Like a Bomb.
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
www.amazon.com/BULL-11-FRAG...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
www.amazon.com/BULL-11-FRAG...
GritLit in Hamilton was *chef’s kiss*!
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
April 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
GritLit in Hamilton was *chef’s kiss*!
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
w/ @farahghafoor.bsky.social
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️
w/ @farahghafoor.bsky.social
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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
... @laurairock.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, Taylor Graham, gritLIT (Hamilton Literary Festival Association), Miriam Ho, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Emily Kopley, @eimearlaffan.bsky.social, Nadja Lubiw-Hazard,
Kirsteen MacLeod, Claire Matthews, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz...
Kirsteen MacLeod, Claire Matthews, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz...
August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
... @laurairock.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social, Taylor Graham, gritLIT (Hamilton Literary Festival Association), Miriam Ho, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Emily Kopley, @eimearlaffan.bsky.social, Nadja Lubiw-Hazard,
Kirsteen MacLeod, Claire Matthews, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz...
Kirsteen MacLeod, Claire Matthews, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz...
I have some events for "Myth" coming this spring! Will I see you there? 🥰
April 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I have some events for "Myth" coming this spring! Will I see you there? 🥰
Finished.
A unique collection of four stories that blend #GritLit & #SouthernGothic between two writers exploring the same characters in different settings.
Highly recommended.
A unique collection of four stories that blend #GritLit & #SouthernGothic between two writers exploring the same characters in different settings.
Highly recommended.
January 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Finished.
A unique collection of four stories that blend #GritLit & #SouthernGothic between two writers exploring the same characters in different settings.
Highly recommended.
A unique collection of four stories that blend #GritLit & #SouthernGothic between two writers exploring the same characters in different settings.
Highly recommended.
Spent the evening with writers, first at dinner, then at the launch party for #gritlit which is coming up in April here in Hamilton. It's a great little literary festival. Check it out!
February 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Spent the evening with writers, first at dinner, then at the launch party for #gritlit which is coming up in April here in Hamilton. It's a great little literary festival. Check it out!
I heard Alpha Nkuranga speak about her unforgettable memoir, Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience (Goose Lane Editions, 2024), at a GritLit event and knew—just *knew*— I had to know more about this person. I was in awe.
newbooksnetwork.com/born-to-walk
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/born-to-walk
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I heard Alpha Nkuranga speak about her unforgettable memoir, Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience (Goose Lane Editions, 2024), at a GritLit event and knew—just *knew*— I had to know more about this person. I was in awe.
newbooksnetwork.com/born-to-walk
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/born-to-walk
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Great chatting with Edward Y.C. Lee (The Laundryman’s Boy) & Kath Jonathan (The Resistance Painter), & spotlighting historical fiction by CanLit authors. #gritLIT #HistoricalFiction #RecommendedBooks
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Great chatting with Edward Y.C. Lee (The Laundryman’s Boy) & Kath Jonathan (The Resistance Painter), & spotlighting historical fiction by CanLit authors. #gritLIT #HistoricalFiction #RecommendedBooks
Finally, Turkeyfoot, by Rick Childers. some good southern gritlit. Read it for the feel. All 3 covers by @ronearl.bsky.social.
November 24, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Finally, Turkeyfoot, by Rick Childers. some good southern gritlit. Read it for the feel. All 3 covers by @ronearl.bsky.social.