Gary Barwin Takes the Hamilton Literary Award for Best Poetry Collection

Gary Barwin has won the Hamilton Literary Award for best poetry collection. The program recognizes outstanding Hamilton-based writers working in a variety of forms.

Barwin's The Porcupinity of the Stars is at once zany and worldly, playful and sophisticated, and it beautifully showcases its authors musical sensibilities.

Congratulations Gary. Well done!

The final award winners are:

Fiction: Trevor Cole, Practical Jean (McClelland & Stewart)

Poetry Collection: Gary Barwin, The Porcupinity of the Stars (Coach House)

Young Adult / Children's Fiction: Sylvia McNicoll, Last Chance for Paris (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)

Non-Fiction: Peter Edwards, The Bandido Massacre (HarperCollins)

Single Poem: David Haskins, 'Urban Fox'