Bright, bubbly, and made for celebrations! This Casa Toscana gift pack of Aperol Spritz and Bella Terra Sparkling Brut bursts with citrus flavor is the perfect way to capture summer in a glass.

Package includes:
- 1 Casa Toscana gift pack

Total value: $50

Provided by: Casa Toscana

Calling all romance fans! With three contemporary romances and a plush faux fur throw, this is the perfect package to get cozy (or steamy!) under the covers.

Package includes:
- 3 romance novels

- 1 faux fur throw

- "I Like My Books With a Little Spice" bookmark

- Romance sticker pack

Total value: $150

Provided by: Indigo

Let the vibrant, sophisticated design of this Kate Spade New York pen and notebook set inspire you to start your next story!

Package includes:
- Kate Spade New York Adventure Stripe Pen

- Kate Spade New York Adventure Stripe top spiral notebook (160 lined pages)

Total value: $60

Provided by: Winners

Got a short story you'd love to get published? Or maybe the opening chapters of a novel that need some fresh eyes? Let award-winning author and fiction editor Anuja Varghese (anujavarghese.com) provide the supportive feedback you've been waiting for to help polish up your work and take it to the next level. 

Package includes:
- Written feedback on writing (up to 10,000 words, feedback provided within 3 months)

- A half-hour virtual consultation to discuss the work and answer questions

Total value: $200

Provided by: Anuja Varghese

This package is perfect for people who are interested in learning about how to market themselves and their books! Get industry insights from PR expert Hollay Ghadery, as well as advice on how to develop powerful strategies to support your book’s success and build your presence as an author in today’s crowded cultural media landscape.

Package includes:
- One hour virtual publicity consultation with River Street Senior Publicist and award-winning author Hollay Ghadery

Total value: $350

Provided by: Hollay Ghadery

This 6-book package of the best in non-fiction reads asks big questions, tells amazing true stories, confronts hard truths, and helps readers see the world a little more clearly.

Package includes:
- 6 non-fiction titles

Total value: $165

Provided by: Penguin Random House Canada

A 4-book package of fabulous fiction titles from some of Canada’s best (and bestselling) authors!

Package includes:
- 4 fiction titles

Total value: $110

Provided by: Penguin Random House Canada

Hamilton’s Healing Salt Cave is a Halotherapy Wellness Centre and Holistic Spa offering various types of salt therapies and holistic treatments using Pink Salt. Our man-made healing salt cave micro-climate has been proven to be highly effective against many types of respiratory, cardiovascular, and dermatological conditions. Your salt cave experience will take you on a journey of relaxation, rejuvenation, cleansing and healing.

Package includes:
- Complimentary Healing Salt Cave experience for two (2 adults)

Total value: $100

Provided by: Hamilton Healing Salt Cave

Blackbird Studios is a Hamilton-based designer brand committed to slow fashion, high quality, and pieces that are romantic, sustainable, and unique. Blackbird is your destination of choice for formalwear, everyday attire, accessories, and home decor. 

Package includes:
- Sun Glow Coconut/Soy Slow Burn Luxe Candle (fragrance is a bright, fresh mix of ginger, lime, coconut and amber, a sunny island paradise after a rainstorm)

- $50 Blackbird Studios gift card

Total value: $90

Provided by: Blackbird Studios

Got a special occasion coming up but don’t want to buy something new? The Fitzroy has you covered! Offering an elevated, meticulously curated collection of brand new designer dream dresses, jumpsuits, two-piece suits and accessories, sourced and selected from all over the world and made available to rent for any occasion, The Fitzroy is your first and last stop when you need to get FANCY! Visit their Toronto studio or book a virtual fitting anytime.

Package includes:
- $150 Fitzroy Rental gift card

Total Value: $150

Provided by: The Fitzroy

Experience the iconic luxury of Jo Malone - on the go! With a signature scent travel candle and a travel-friendly set of eight sample fragrances which can be used individually or layered to create your own unique scent (plus a case to carry it all!), you’ll be able to take the scents you love best everywhere you go!

Package includes:
- Jo Malone London mini fragrance discovery set (8 fragrance samplers)
- Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia travel candle

- Travel toiletry case with hanger

Total value: $110

Provided by: Sephora

Rebecca Campbell is a Canadian writer of weird stories and climate change fiction. She has won the Sunburst Award for short fiction and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Rebecca’s work now proudly finds a home with Hamilton’s own Stelliform Press, an independent publisher of books that address our world’s most pressing problems: climate change, ecological destruction, and the effect of these issues on how we relate to each other. 

Package includes:
- Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
- The Other Shore by Rebecca Campbell

- Stelliform Press tote bag

Total value: $50

Provided by: Stelliform Press

A unique opportunity to get face time with a Canadian literary agent. Hana El Niwari is the Rights Manager and a Literary Agent at CookeMcDermid, one of Canada’s leading literary agencies. Get insider advice on what agents are looking for, how to craft a strong query letter, and what an agent can (and can’t) do for you.

Package includes:

- Half hour virtual consultation with Hana El Niwari

Total value: priceless

Provided by: Hana El Niwairi

A buzzworthy package of fun cocktail recipes inspired by your favorite women authors, including Toni Morrison, Sally Rooney, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Roxane Gay, Joan Didion, and more PLUS a 3-piece barware set, 2 cocktail glasses, a set of garnishes, and cash to spend at the LCBO!

Package includes:

- BUZZWORTHY: Cocktails Inspired by Female Literary Greats

- 3-piece barware set (matte black)

- 2 cocktail glasses

- Cocktail garnishes

- $25 LCBO gift card

Total value: $125

Provided by: Indigo, HomeSense & LCBO

Featuring the debut book from author and gritLIT Artistic Director, Jessica Rose, as well as art supplies from Crayola and cash to spend at Dollarama, this is the perfect package for the creative kiddos in your life!

Package includes:

- Let's Get Creative: Art for a Healthy Planet by Jessica Rose

- Crayola art supplies

- $50 Dollarama gift card

Total value: $100

Provided by: Jessica Rose, Crayola & Dollarama

Got a memoir draft you'd love to untangle? Or maybe a memoir proposal and query letter that need some industry eyes? Let author Caroline Topperman (Your Roots Cast a Shadow, MountainAsh.press) provide the targeted feedback you need to polish your work and figure out your best path to publication.

Package includes:

- Written feedback on your manuscript (up to 10,000 words) OR your complete query letter and book proposal (feedback provided within 3 months)

- A one-hour virtual consultation to discuss your creative nonfiction goals and answer questions

Total value: $250

Provided by: Caroline Topperman

Have a great true story you want to tell, but you're not sure where to start? Struggling to find a focused narrative within a lifetime of memories? Let author Caroline Topperman (Your Roots Cast a Shadow, MountainAsh.press) guide you through a working session to figure out exactly what your book is about and how to begin.

Package includes:

- The "Memoir Mini-Blueprint" framework to help you map out essential elements like your story timeline, main conflict, and overall arc of change

- A half-hour virtual consultation to discuss your idea, answer questions, and take the first real steps toward writing

Total value: $200

Provided by: Caroline Topperman

From an urban fantasy love letter to Singapore, to an epic fantasy steeped in Chinese mythology, to a Samurai fantasy saga of survival and betrayal, this trio of Asian-inspired fantasies celebrates diverse East Asian voices and vibrant non-western fantasy worlds.

Package includes:

- City of Others by Jared Poon

- Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan

- The Book of Fallen Leaves by A.S. Tamaki

Total value: $75

Provided by: Orbit Books

Get your hands on the #1 New York Times bestselling middle grade sensation! Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in this glorious fantasy series for anyone who believes in the power of imagination and friendship.

Package includes:

- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (Book One)

- The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell (Book Two)

- Bookmark

Total value: $60

Provided by: Indigo

Get swept away into the lush and sensual world of medieval India with an ADVANCE copy of A Kiss of Crimson Ash, the highly anticipated new romantasy from award-winning author Anuja Varghese. D&D quest meets Bollywood love story in this swoony, steamy first book in the Games of the Goddess trilogy! Combined with the scent of sandalwood, and the spice of chai, this package is a journey for the senses.

Package includes:

- Advance Copy of A Kiss of Crimson Ash by Anuja Varghese (signed)

- Eco-friendly refillable 3-wick sandalwood scented natural soy candle handmade in Hamilton from Wick'd Wax

- Masala Chai (unsweetened)

Total value: $85

Provided by: Anuja Varghese, Wick’d Wax

Do you have a poetry manuscript, a collection of poems you'd like to turn into a manuscript, or some poems you'd just like to get some feedback on? Six-time Aurora Award nominee, and HPL Poetry Prize winner Lynne Sargent will be happy to help polish and refine your work with detailed editorial feedback to help your poems bloom into their fullest garden.

Package includes:

- Developmental and editorial feedback on up to 80 pages of poetry (feedback provided within 3 months of receiving)

- Feedback video chat for more detailed discussion (up to 1 hour)

OR

- Developmental and editorial feedback on up to 10 pages of poetry

- 8 1-hour coaching sessions

Total value: $300

Provided by: Lynn Sargent

It’s time for games galore! With Battleship, Connect 4 Frenzy and Clue Grab & Go, you’ll have enough board games to keep the dice rolling all night. And combined with a Mastermind Toys gift card, you’ll be able to get that board game collection completed!

Package includes:

- Battleship

- Connect 4 Frenzy

- Clue Grab & Go

- $50 Mastermind Toys gift card

Total value: $100

Provided by: Mastermind Toys

Books and chocolate: the fuel behind any successful day. With Purdy’s hot chocolate mix and chocolate survival box, and a Book City gift card, this package has you covered for just about anything: Bad Hair Day, Wrong Side of the Bed Day, The Alarm Just Keeps Snoozing on Its Own Day, and even just those extra Loooong Days.

Paclage includes:

- Purdy's hot chocolate mix and chocolate survival box (mixed chocolates)

- $50 Book City gift card

Total value: $80

Provided by: Purdys Chocolatier & Book City

Need that thirst quenched? That hunger satiated? That craving stalled? Grab these gift cards and go! Whether your body is pleading McDonald’s, Booster Juice or Starbucks, this snack pack has you got your back.

Package includes:

- $15 Booster Juice gift card

- $15 McDonald's gift card

- $15 Starbucks gift card

Total value: $45

Provided by: Booster Juice, Mcdonalds, Starbucks

Whether it’s 1895 on a fateful train that calls to you, or a thriller in a luxury condo, this package comes packing all the works. Find inside a signed copy of Emma Donoghue’s The Paris Express, for a novel coated in historic atmosphere and told through the eyes of a kaleidoscopic queue of characters. And crack the cover of the signed She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena for the story of a missing wife and a searching husband, echoing throughout with bated breath, lurking lies, and twining twists.

Package includes:

- The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue (signed copy)

- She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena

Total value: $60

Provided by: girtLIT

This alleviating, atmospheric, get-away-from-home kit will whisk you down to the heartful Homewood Suites by Hilton and pay for your trip to the perfect dinner spot, CIMA, for a taste of Italian cuisine. Fine wine, handcrafted pastas, wood-fired pizzas and hotel pillows. What could be better?

Package includes:

- 1-night stay at Homewood Suites by Hilton

- $50 CIMA Enoteca gift card

Total value: $225

Provided by: Homewood Suites by Hilton, CIMA Enoteca

A thriving hub for artists and art instruction, Dundas Valley School of Art provides high-quality and accessible visual arts education for artists of all ages, abilities, and walks of life!

Package includes:

- $50 gift certificate towards a DVSA class

- DVSA water bottle

- DVSA apron

Total value: $100

Provided by: Dundas Valley School of Art

Whether it’s your turn to host book club, or just your turn to make time for YOU - this package provides the perfect setup for a delightful evening of wine and cheese and books!

Package includes:

- 2 printed glass cheese boards

- Set of cheese knives

- 2023 Black Sheep Riesling VQA

- $20 gift certificate from Epic Books

Total value: $75

Provided by: Lynne Sargent, LCBO, Epic Books

A package of titles from Hamilton-based independent publisher Wolsak & Wynn, including a profound novel about connections lost and found, a compelling novel in verse exploring love in a collapsing world, and an entertaining guide highlighting fun things to do in the Hammer (52 of them, to be exact!).

Package includes:

- Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan

- Syncopation by Whitney French

- 52 Things to Do in Hamilton: The Insider's Guide to Fun in the Hammer by Jason Allen

- Buckrider T-shirt (unisex, size large)

Total value: $80

Provided by: Wolsak & Wynn

It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken immerses audiences in a powerful original story set to the timeless music of The Tragically Hip, capturing the raw energy, heartfelt lyrics, and unmistakable spirit that have become central to Canada’s musical identity.

Package includes:

- 2 gold level seats to a performance of your choice of It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken at Theatre Aquarius (excludes opening night), show runs April 22 - May 17

Total value: $200

Provided by: Theatre Aquarius

Enjoy a package full of pampering and rejuvenation for your face, fingers, and toes at one of Hamilton's premiere spas!

Package includes:

- Aroma Aveda facial

- Aroma Manicure

- Aroma Pedicure

Total value: $160

Provided by: Pure NV Salon & Spa

Everyone has a story to tell! Start telling yours today with the help of Preserve Your Words. Preserve Your Words is a biography writing service where the founder and owner, Paige Petrovsky, conducts multiple interview sessions (in person or virtual) with clients to get to know them. With the stories and memories captured in the sessions, she then writes and presents the client with a hardcover copy of their biography.

Package includes:

- 20% off a Preserve Your Words Basic Biography Package (value of $775), including one 1-hour consultation (you will be given a preliminary question form to fill out with a few basic questions prior to this meeting), four 1-2 hour interview sessions, one completed book (15 - 20 pages with up to 5 photos). Full details at https://paigepetrovsky.ca/

Total value: $155

Provided by: Preserve Your Words (Paige Petrovsky)

Three 2025 FairyLoot Exclusive Editions featuring beautiful re-designed covers, full color artwork on the endpapers, digitally sprayed edges, and an author letter bound into the book. These special editions are collectors’ items and are not available for sale!

Package includes:

- Alchemised by SenLinYu - hand signed by author

- Heir of Storms by Lauryn Hamilton Murray - hand signed by author

- Immortal Consequences by I.V. Marie

Total value: priceless

Provided by: Shalini Abeysekara

A package of essentials for busy moms, including Libby Ward’s unflinchingly honest and disarmingly funny memoir, and everything mom needs to stay calm, cool, and organized (and to capture the memories along the way!)  

Package includes:

- HONEST MOTHERHOOD: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself by Libby Ward

- Water bottle with straw, pen, notepad, and clipboard set

- Bodycology bath & body set (bath fizzes, body cream, body wash/bubble bath)

- Hands-free necklace fan

- Family photo album

Total value: $100

Provided by: gritLIT

Want to be the very first person to have a Mainstage Pass to gritLIT 2027? This 2027 gritLIT pass will get you into all our mainstage events at least year’s festival, excluding workshops and special events.

Package includes:

- One Mainstage Pass to gritLIT 2027

- gritLIT merchandise

Total value: $100

Provided by: gritLIT: Hamilton Readers and Writers Festival

The Hamilton Fringe Festival is the city’s biggest, boldest 12-day performing arts festival! The 22nd Hamilton Fringe runs July 15-26, 2026, and will light up 15+ indoor and outdoor locations across the city with live comedy, theatre, music, dance, visual art, film, family fare, and more – there truly is something for everyone at Hamilton Fringe!

Package includes:

- One Fringe Binge pass + Benefits Button, giving the holder access to any six shows at the 2026 Hamilton Fringe Festival

Total value $75

Provided by: Hamilton Festival Theatre Co.

A package of vibrant stories and song for the young - and the young at heart!

Package includes:

- Two tickets to the Hamilton Children's Choir Spring Concert on May 2, 2026 at 4pm at Faith United Church

- One Hamilton Children's Choir CD

- The Mango Monster by Derek Mascarenhas & Meneka Repka

- Fly in the Chai by Zenia Wadhwani & Chaaya Prabhat

Total value: $110

Provided by: Hamilton Children's Choir, gritLIT

Hamilton Theatre Inc. (HTI) is Hamilton's oldest musical theatre company, and has been delighting audiences since 1956 with intimate and energetic theatre experiences! HTI’S upcoming production is GREASE! Featuring hits like “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go Together,” Grease delivers miles of smiles and a night of nostalgic delight. It’s ELECTRIFYING!

Package includes:

- Two tickets to HTI's preview night of GREASE (May 7, 2026)

Total value: $60

Provided by: Hamilton Theatre Inc.

Grab your bestie and get cozy - this package has everything you need for a weekend reading retreat… without ever leaving the comfort of home!

Package includes:

- 2 cozy gift sets (each set includes a soft throw, cozy socks, and mug)

- 2 $10 gift certificates to Epic Books

Total value: $70

Provided by: gritLIT

A trio of 2025 Canadian small press short fiction collections PLUS some sweet treats - for those who love great stories AND great snacks!

Package includes:

- SKIN by Catherine Bush

- A Song for Wildcats by Caitlin Galway

- Suddenly Light by Nina Dunic

- Assorted candy

Total value: $90

Provided by: gritLIT