Writer in Residence Finale Celebration with Anna Chatterton

Join us to celebrate author Anna Chatterton, 2024-25 Writer in Residence. This event will be held in-person at Shawn & Ed Brewing Co., including light refreshments. The event will also include select readings from community members who worked with Anna during her residency.
 

6:30 p.m. Doors open

7 p.m. Celebration and Readings

8 p.m. Reception
 

About Anna Chatterton

Anna Chatterton is a playwright, librettist and performer based in Hamilton and best known for riveting female-focused works. Chatterton is the incoming Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence at McMaster University for the 2024-25 year. She is a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama. Her published writing includes the plays Within the Glass, Quiver, Cowgirl Up, Gertrude and Alice and upcoming Children of Fire (non-fiction). Anna’s work has been produced across Canada and the United States. Anna is the winner of a City of Hamilton Arts Award, a Toronto Theatre Critics Award, an LA Independent Women Film Award for ‘Best Narrative Feature’, has been nominated for a Juno Award, a Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction, and five Dora Mavor Moore Awards, winning one. Anna has been in residence at seven theatres.

The Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence program is funded by the McMaster Provost, McMaster University Libraries, Hamilton Public Library and Faculty of Humanities. Learn more here.

Parking

There are many parking lots next to Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. and nearby, which are free after 6 p.m. There is also street parking available.

Register for the event here