The New Year brings shovelfuls of exclamation and question marks, also a great January line-up!

Readers for December 2016

Please note: after our poster was printed James Lindsay informed us he was unable to participate on December 4th. To keep our roster full and vibrant, we've booked the novelist Christine Pountney -- who at this moment is the Writer in Residence at the Hamilton Public Library -- to present her work to the crowd! (We expect to announce James Lindsay for a future episode of Lit Live.)

Readers for November 2016

October's reading: Tim Conley, Monica Kidd, Susan McCaslin, Trevor Cole, Michael Mirolla, Stan Rogal

New updated reader list for September!!

A fantastic line-up of interesting perspectives. We should say, though, that at LitLive we do aim for diversity and inclusion, however due to a variety of unplanned changes, we ended up with this particular list (of really great writers!) I thought it was important to mention this (though this will be a really excellent reading!)  the rest of our season will reflect our commitment to SMASH THE COLONIAL PATRIARCHY. Don't want you to think what we're aiming to MAKE READING SERIES GREAT AGAIN.

Who is reading in 2016-2017?

So, you ask, who is reading in the upcoming 2016-2017 season?

Ah. That's easy to answer.

Here they are:

September
David Silverberg
Jacob McArthur Mooney
Matt Cahill
Marc Di Saverio
Joanne Arnott
Ken Sparling

October
Tim Conley
Monica Kidd
Susan McCaslin
Trevor Cole
Michael Mirolla
Stan Rogal

November
Brecken Hancock
Andrew Borkowski
Steven McCabe
Barry Butson
Margaret Christakos
Jesse Echerlin
Zach Thompson

December
Dick Capling
Melanie Mah
Kilby Smith-McGregor
James Lindsay
Shawn Selway
Shane Nielson

January
Adebe DeRango-Adem
Joan Crate
John Goldbach
Gary Barwin
Chris Pannell
Ashley-Elizabeth Best

February
Nathan Whitlock
Liz Howard
Allan Briesmaster
Stuart Ross
Stephen Henighan
Eric Beck Rubin

March
Carolyn Smart
Cordelia Strube
Susan Perly
Madhur Anand
Klara du Plessis
Michelle Brown

April
In partnership with GritLit Festival
TBA

May
Adrienne Gruber
Eva Tihanyi
Patricia Keeney
Pam Mordecai
Armand Garnet Ruffo
Kyle Chhatwahl

June
Carole Giangrande
Kevin Spenst
Steve Mayoff
Guy Ewing
Showey Yazdanian
Sharon Berg

Our New Season in our NEW Location!

Featuring: David Silverberg, Jacob McArthur Mooney,
Marc Di Saverio, Joanne Arnott, Ken Sparling and Matt Cahill.

Lit Live Moves to The Staircase Cafe Theatre

We are happy to announce the new venue for Lit Live for the remainder of 2016. It's The Staircase Cafe and Theatre 27 Dundurn St N, Hamilton, Ontario. Our start time will be 7:30 p.m. and our dates at The Staircase are:

Sunday September 4

Sunday October 2

Sunday November 6

and Sunday December 4th.

Thanks to Colette Kendall and the staff of The Staircase for hosting the Lit Live Reading Series. We're looking forward to running the same show our audiences have come to know and love. To see what The Staircase is all about, including their scrumptious menus and other shows all through the Fall, have a look here: The Staircase Theatre.

Recordings of LitLive Readings from this season.

Did you know that we record and archive our readings? They are here no here no here no here no here. That was tricky, right? There are recordings by David Helwig, Matthew R. Loney, Judy Gaudet, Christine Fischer Guy, Robyn Sarah, Larissa Lai, Daniel Tysdal, Janet Myers, Duana Taha, Brent van Staalduinen, Lydia Perović, Jon Chan Simpson, Sam Shelstad, Jean Rae Baxter, Carrie Anne Snyder, Lana Pesch, Amanda Earl, Sara Sarah McNiven-Scott, Grant Buday, Chad Norman, Kate Cayley, Kathryn Mockler, Krista Foss, and many others.

And don't forget this June's upcoming reading.

Supergreat last show of the season

Our supergreat amazing last show of the season:

Katerina Fretwell, Ann Y.K. Choi, Alexandra Oliver, Tania Orton, Shane Rhodes, Benny Langedyk, and Kristin Lee Conrad.

May 1: Larissa Lai, Christine Fischer Guy, Matthew R. Loney, Robyn Sarah, Judy Gaudet, and David Helwig. Amazing!

As I said, amazing!

April's GritLit & LitLive: Jon Chan Simpson, Lydia Perović, Duana Taha, Janet Turpin Myers, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Brent VanStaalduinen

LitLive and GritLit, together again. 

Like Cagney and Lacey, Peanut Butter and Chocolate, Yin and Yang, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.

March reading: Amanda Earl, Carrie Snyder, Adrienne Barrett, Jean Rae Baxter, Lana Pesch, Sam Shelstad, Sarah McNiven-Scott

February Brews Fab Lit Brouhaha: Martha Baillie, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Liz Worth, Danila Botha, Steve Noyes, Margaret Nowaczyk, and Jeff Miles