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Visit the poetry shop!
Happy National Poetry Month. Shop our poetry page to discover new collections and enjoy free shipping, Canada-wide.
It’s poetry month!
National Poetry Month 2025: Tributaries
This National Poetry Month on All Lit Up, Tributaries brings together 23 poets in a month-long celebration of verse, connection, and inspiration. Each day, a featured poet will share their own work alongside a recommendationโhighlighting the words that have shaped them, challenged them, or deepened their love for the form. Like the many streams that feed a river, these voices converge in a space of discovery, inviting you to explore the poetry that moves us. Whether youโre a lifelong reader of poetry or just beginning to wade in, Tributaries offers a place to listen, reflect, and celebrate the power of language. Join us as we follow these currents, one poem at a time.
It’s Prevention of Violence Against Women Week
Take 25% off pre-orders Anna Maskerine’s memoir Beneath My Scars (Caitlin Press) until April 28.
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Freshly Published!
Browse what’s new on the ALU shelves this week.
Spring Staff Picks
What are ALU staffers reading as the days get longer (and the snow melts, fingers crossed)? Browse our picks for the season below:
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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).
Congratulations to the CBC Canada Reads longlisted books!
We hope to root for these books from independent Canadian literary publishers in 2025’s Battle of the Books.
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The Globe and Mail highlighted these books from independent Canadian publishers as must-reads for the
season ahead.
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Displays slider based on Tag or Subject or Category or ISBNCongratulations to the books on the
Dublin Literary Award longlist!As chosen by librarians all over the world, these books from independent Canadian literary presses are literally world famous!
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.
