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.

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Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan explores the rewards and complexities of various kinds of love—romantic, familial, spiritual, and self.

There is nothing I love more than a story that evokes a sense of unity. I love stories where the beginning meets the end, not necessarily linearly, but in a complete circle where the reader can see…

There is nothing I love more than a story that evokes a sense of unity. I love stories where the beginning meets the end, not necessarily linearly, but in a complete circle where the reader can see…

Excerpted with permission from Wolsak & Wynn Press

Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

The day after his thirty-third birthday, Murad spots a familiar face at a crowded intersection in downtown Toronto. Shocked, he stands silently as Sofi, a woman he’d fallen in love with almost a decad...