The Guidebooks from Memory project is a continuation of our 2016 publication, Kitchener-Waterloo: a guidebook from memory (Motum/Samms). Like this previous iteration, we're inviting residents of Kingston and Hamilton to submit memories connected to places in our communities.
Unlike traditional tourist guides which highlight local attractions, our books are an invitation to experience communities through the stories of our neighbours.
What places in our city hold significance for you? What is your earliest memory in Kingston? What memories continue to linger or haunt your street, your neighbourhood, your commute to work?
Memory submissions will be mapped or 'plotted' into physical guidebooks. Each story will be accompanied by a sketch of the memory location by local artists: Grace Dixon (Kingston) and Jojo Chooi-Harley (Hamilton).
The final guidebooks will be published in a limited print-run and will be made available for free as a digital e-book. We intend to launch each book with a walking of the respective memory maps in late 2024.
We invite you to share your story and follow our project as we collect the memories, histories, and ghosts of our communities. The artists can be contacted at guidebooksfrommemory@gmail.com. Thanks for stopping by!