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River Trading Company 559 Barton Street East By Trish Gallant Photos by Kristin Archer Hi Friends! It’s been forever and ever. Read anything good, lately?! I am stuck in a rut and can’t seem to finish anything I’ve started so pleeeeease send me your recommendations! Kristin and I finally got together to go check out The River … Read more
Barely Bent Used Books 46 King St East, Dundas By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk If you’re headed out to Dundas to The Printed Word, our last I Heart Hamilton Book Crawl stop, you’re going to want to also make a pit stop into Barely Bent Used Books. Conveniently located just down the street from The Printed … Read more
The Printed Word 69 King Street West Dundas By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk Hi friends!! It’s been a little while. Have you read anything interesting? Cursed Child anyone?! ANYONE?! <3 Scorpius. Anyway… Back in August, the good ol’ I Heart Hamilton Book Crawl moseyed on into Dundas to check out its new bookstore, The Printed Word. … Read more
Epic Books 226 Locke Street South By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk On a chilly day in January, Lisa and I met up for a walk down to Locke Street. Our mission was coffee at Johnny’s Coffee, and Epic Books. It was a success, in case you were wondering. With a name like Epic … Read more
Bryan Prince Bookseller 1060 King Street West By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk Before I even say anything about Bryan Prince Bookseller, I need to lament a bit about missed opportunities and fears. The entire time we were en route to Bryan Prince (and let’s be fair, the days leading up to it) all … Read more
The Zoetic 526 Concession Street By Trish Gallant Saturday, November 14th marked the 2nd annual Hamilton Sketchpack. The event brought 7 local sketch comedy troupes together for a non-stop evening of giggles. Matthew Surina not only held his own as host but as 1/3 of the group Aunt Francis. Returning to this year’s rodeo were … Read more
J.H. Gordon Books 314 King Street East By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk Hi, Friends. Me again… Our next stop on the I Heart Hamilton Book Crawl was J.H. Gordon on King St E. You’ll notice it beside Café Oranje with its bright blue storefront. Writing about Julie Gordon’s shop is hard for me, … Read more
James Street Bookseller 134 James Street South By Trish Gallant Photos by Lisa Vuyk If there is one thing that you need to know about me, it’s this: I love books. Like, to a ridiculous degree. I’m that person who has an entire bookcase of purchased and unread books and still finds herself standing in a bookstore … Read more