October 4, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Telling Tales Festival

Royal Botanical Gardens

Young Adult Tent (Ages 13+)

Age / Grade 14+ / Grades 9+

Join Hamilton Verse’s Executive Director, Chukky Ibe, for “Beyond the Verse”, a panel celebrating the writing of young Hamiltonian storytellers Ariana Petrazzini, Lennex Maley, Nyroby Mason, and Rami Naamna. Together they will discuss writing craft and share excerpts from two amazing anthologies: Echoes of Humanity and In the Shadow of the Mountain.

Join authors in the Epic Books’ Autograph Tent following the reading to get your books signed!

This presentation is presented in partnership with Hamilton Verse.