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A graphic labelled 6 Beach Reads because a beach read is just a book at the beach with six book covers: This is Why I Need You by Alecsandra Kakon, Seldom Seen Road by John Degen, My Summer Vacation by Zeenat Nagree, A Study in Red by Connie Gault, One Sunday Without Desire by CJ Frey, and The Library Cosmic by Ben Berman Ghan.

Summer Readin’

A Beach Read is Just a Book at the Beach: 6 Books for Summer

We’re of the opinion that a beach read is simply a book at the beach, or the ones you can’t stop thinking about between sunscreen applications, dips in the lake, and afternoons spent in the shade. Whether you’re drawn to friend-group drama, small-town mysteries, speculative fiction, there’s a summer read here to carry you straight through the heat. (Click the book covers to read the full description.)


Freshly Published!

Browse what’s new on the ALU shelves this week.


Congrats to the finalists of the Trillium Book Award!

This year’s finalists include two great titles from the All Lit Up catalogue!

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Congrats to the finalists of the Amazon Canada First Novel Award!

We’re thrilled to see these titles from independent Canadian literary presses on the list this year!

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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).

Books We’re Reading Now

Here are some of the books on our nightstands right now.

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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.