Continue the #HemingwayinToronto conversation w/ Irene Gammel’s article for @ca.theconversation.com and explore how anonymity, fedoras, and being mocked on the streetcar in Toronto led to Hemingway’s evolution into literary self-fashioning

How a forgotten Toronto story shows Hemingway beginning to invent himself as a fiction writer

Toronto was both where Hemingway deepened his journalism and where he began honing the literary techniques that would shape his fiction.

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MLCRC Highlight: Why does Hollywood keep turning Hemingway into a whiskey-drinking brawler? This video looks beyond the macho myth to reveal a much more complicated man. Huge shoutout to 4th-year @torontomet.bsky.social student Rogene Teodoro for creating/narrating it this video!

Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: 12 sessions on modernism, race & reconciliation, Cuba, Spain, the American West, posthumanism, war & more! Sessions are followed by a fireside chat with Barry Callaghan and the Closing Reception.

Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: 11 sessions on film, Toronto journalism, ecocriticism, gender, disability, war & more! These sessions are followed by a reading + conversation w/ Michael Kleeberg, the Hemingway Society business meeting, and a poetry-music open mic! Program: hemingwaytoronto2026.com

What do Metallica and Ernest Hemingway have in common? It all comes down to a valiant, futile final stand on a hillside. Watch the video to see how chapter 27 of a classic novel inspired one of the greatest heavy metal tracks of all time.

Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: 14 sessions on Hemingway’s letters, fashion, journalism, sports, trauma, creative writing & more—followed by a centenary celebration of The Sun Also Rises at Jazz Bistro, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Registration required. Program: hemingwaytoronto2026.com

Happy 127th birthday, Hemingway! 🎂 Today at #HemingwayToronto2026: sessions on boxing, Toronto, AI, Canadian currents, teaching, spirituality & more, followed by the ticketed PEN/Hemingway Dinner from 6–8:30 p.m. Program: hemingwaytoronto2026.com

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21st International Hemingway Conference

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The 21st International Hemingway Conference, Hemingway in Toronto, begins today! 🎉 Monday at a glance: 📝 Registration + mix-and-mingle: 10–3 👋 First-time attendee welcome + lunch: 12–1:30 🚶 Walking tour: 1:30–4 🥂 Opening reception: 5–7:30 #HemingwayToronto2026

Hemingway in Toronto starts Monday! Arriving a day early? Join us for the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the Chicago White Sox game tomorrow (Sunday, July 19) at 12:15pm at the Rogers Centre.

Before Paris, Hemingway was already learning how to make a story from ordinary life. His Toronto Star piece, “Taking a Chance for a Free Shave,” follows customers at a barber college, a.k.a. people willing to risk an uncertain haircut to save a little money. 1/4

Here's how to get to The Hemingway using the TTC! Fun fact: As part of his plan to end his lease, Hemingway threw a party and asked each guest to take something with them when they left. That way, the landlord wouldn't realize that Hemingway was moving out #Hemingway #hemingwayconference2026

It's nearly here! The 21st International Hemingway Conference, Hemingway in Toronto, runs July 20–25 at the Chelsea Hotel, in the city that forever changed him as a writer and a man. A quick thread on what's ahead. 1/4 #BookSky #LitSky #Hemingway2026