If you are planning to attend the Hemingway Society Conference in Toronto in July, or just wish you were, you might find the suggested online resources below interesting. The topics covered include Hemingway’s early journalism, his Canadian network, and the birth of his first child. Please note that this list is a starting point and is not intended to be comprehensive.
Hemingway Review Blog Posts from Canada Correspondent Sharon Hamilton
“Hemingway and Toronto Baseball,” by Sharon Hamilton. The Hemingway Review Blog. The Hemingway Foundation and Society, Jan. 15, 2026. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/hemingway-and-toronto-baseball
“Hadley, Ernest, and the Canadian Mothers’ Book, Part I,” by Sharon Hamilton. The Hemingway Review Blog. The Hemingway Foundation and Society, 26 April 2024. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/hadley-ernest-and-canadian-mothers-book-part-i
“Hadley, Ernest, and the Canadian Mothers’ Book, Part II,” by Sharon Hamilton. The Hemingway Review Blog. The Hemingway Foundation and Society. 8 May 2024. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/hadley-ernest-and-canadian-mothers-book-part-ii
“The Birth of Hemingway’s First Child—John, Called Bumby—in Toronto, Canada, Part I,” by Sharon Hamilton. The Hemingway Review Blog. The Hemingway Foundation and Society. 30 Oct. 2023. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/birth-hemingways-first-child-john-called-bumby-toronto-canada-part-i
“The Birth of Hemingway’s First Child—John, Called Bumby—in Toronto, Canada, Part II,” by Sharon Hamilton. The Hemingway Review Blog. The Hemingway Foundation and Society. 10 Nov. 2023. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/birth-hemingways-first-child-john-called-bumby-toronto-canada-part-ii
One True Podcast
"James M. Hutchisson on Hemingway in 1923." One True Podcast. 16 Jan. 2023. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/james-m-hutchisson-hemingway-1923
"Suzanne del Gizzo on 'Christmas on the Roof of the World.'” One True Podcast. 23 Dec. 2021. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/suzanne-del-gizzo-christmas-roof-world
"Robert W. Trogdon on the Early Years." One True Podcast. 7 Sept. 2020. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/robert-w-trogdon-early-years
Websites
Boles, Frank. “Ralph Connable.” Clarke Historical Library News and Notes. 18 Oct. 2017. https://www.clarkehistoricallibrary.org/2017/10/ralph-connable.html
“Ernest Hemingway’s Toronto Ties.” Toronto Public Library. 20 Sept. 2023. https://blogs.tpl.ca/local-history-genealogy/2023/09/ernest-hemingways-toronto-ties/
“Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961” [Hemingway’s Toronto Star articles}. Archive of American Journalism. Undated. http://www.historicjournalism.com/ernest-hemingway-1.html
Hamilton, Sharon. “The Young Man and the Spree: When Hemingway Was Dispatched to Kingston.” (Review of We Were the Bullfighters, a novel about Ernest Hemingway in Canada). Literary Review of Canada, Oct. 2024. https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/10/the-young-man-and-the-spree/
Miller, Marianne K., and Hilary Justice. “Toronto.” Hemingway Collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. https://www.jfklibrary.org/hemingway/toronto
Williams, Tom. “The Day Hemingway Quit.” Letter to the editor. Los Angeles Times 19 April 1992. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-19-bk-639-story.html
Zarevich, Emily. “The Editor Who Drove Hemingway Away.” JSTOR Daily, JSTOR, 6 Jan. 2025. https://daily.jstor.org/the-editor-who-drove-hemingway-away/
Videos
“Ernest Hemingway, the Reporter Years.” Toronto Star. YouTube. 15 Aug. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_1VqhdwRxU
“Hemingway in Toronto: A Hemingway Society Webinar featuring Sharon Hamilton.” YouTube. The Hemingway Foundation and Society, 10 Oct. 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUpkCmkChq4
“Hemingway vs. Callaghan Trailer.” Shaftesbury Films. YouTube. 10 Dec. 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq-m0rnewp8
“Hemingway’s Toronto Homes.” Toronto Star. YouTube. 12 Sept. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8amlco-B1_I
To be continued . . .
Lisa Tyler recently retired after a 32-year career as an English professor at an urban community college in Dayton, Ohio. She serves as secretary on the board of the Hemingway Society and edits the Society's Hemingway Review Blog.