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ALU Summer Book Club: Intro to I Think We’ve Been Here Before

Our July book club pick I Think We’ve Been Here Before by Suzy Krause (Radiant Press) is equal parts heartwarming and thought-provoking—we can see why it’s been optioned for a TV series! Read more about this month’s pick and our behind-the-scenes interview with the publisher of Radiant Press, Debra Bell.

The cover of A Dark Death by Alice Fitzpatrick. An ocean cliffside is illustrated in grey-blues, with a bright red sun visible behind grey clouds reflected in the choppy water.

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Excerpted: A Dark Death

The cover of Lost Signal by Chris Hutchinson. It features a painting from Jason Siddiqui on the cover, an abstract collection of shapes over a stripey background.

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Poetry in Motion: Chris Hutchinson + Lost Signal

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CBC Books Summer Reads

As chosen by CBC Books for their 2025 summer reading list!

Indigenous Rights in One Minute

By (author): Bruce McIvor

Internationally renowned as an expert in Aboriginal law and an advocate for Indigenous rights, Bruce McIvor delivers con….

Buzzkill Clamshell

By (author): Amber Dawn

Amber Dawn’s latest poetry collection flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power As a noveli….

Living Expenses

By (author): Teri Vlassopoulos

As the children to a single mother who immigrated from the Philippines, Laura and Claire have always been exceptionally ….

Subterrane

By (author): Valérie Bah

A speculative comedy comprised of a carousel of Black and Queer voices being pushed further underground by urban prosper….

Encampment

By (author): Maggie Helwig

An activist priest provides sanctuary for an encampment of unhoused people in her churchyardWe think, maybe, that homele….
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Subterrane is the winner of the
Amazon First Novel Award!

Congratulations to Valérie Bah for winning the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award for their book Subterrane (Véhicule Press).

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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.

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