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Homegrown is back!
Homegrown 2.0: Even More Locally Produced Reads (October 24)
Our final crop of Homegrown picks include a gothic mystery, two poetry collections, a debut novel, and a collection of funny and heartbreaking “epitaphs.” Our featured authors hail from Hamilton, ON; Conception Bay, NL; Cranbrook, BC, and more. Read on to find out more about their books and what they love about their hometowns.
An Interview with Chase Joynt
“We are too often disciplined into certain kinds of writing” – An Interview with Chase Joynt
Fall Staff Picks
What’s on our TBR this fall? Browse our team’s faves this season.
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Indigenous Litspace
Discover fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and kids’ books by Indigenous authors and #ReadIndigenous.
Poetry Litspace
We don’t tell you what the poets are doing, we show you with a dedicated home for poetry recordings, interviews, excerpts, and more.
Kids Litspace
The ALU Kids Litspace is a home for the finest in kids lit, for young, middle-grade, and teen readers (and all of those who are young-at-heart).
Celebrate the First Nations Communities READ Longlist!
Congratulations to all of the books longlisted for the 2024-2025 First Nations Communities READ Awards:
Congratulations to the Giller Prize longlisted books!
These nominees for the 2024 Giller Prize for fiction are all from independent Canadian literary publishers.
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Oldman’s River is the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy
Poetry Prize Winner!Congrats to poet Sid Marty for his collection Oldman’s River winning the first-ever Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize!
Of the collection, Eurithe Purdy said: “Oldman’s River: New and Collected Poems is a major work bringing together the best of Sid’s poetry over more than fifty years, as well as impressive new writing. It is a very worthy recipient of the first Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize.”
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ebooks for everyone
In 2022 All Lit Up launched the ebooks for everyone collection: 600+ books that were converted to fully-accessible epub formats for readers with print disabilities. Browse some handpicks from our collection below.
