Author: ALU Editor
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Queer Coded: Interview with Prathna Lor
Poet, essayist, editor, and educator Prathna Lor talks to us about how queer writing can go above and beyond discussions of gender and sexuality, shares writers who influenced them, and that when reading their LAMBDA-finalist collection of poetry Emanations (Wolsak & Wynn), you should definitely read it aloud.
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Summer 2023: ALU Staff Picks
Which books will grace the various blankets (picnic, beach, throw, etc) of ALU staffers this summer? Our team shares the books at the top of their summer TBR piles.
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Queer Coded: Interview with Glen Huser
Our Pride interview series continues with Edmonton-raised, Vancouver-based author and artist Glen Huser and his historical novel Burning the Night (NeWest Press). As the novel veers occasionally into memoir, Glen shares the parallels between protagonist Curtis’s life and his own, coming out to friends and family later in life, as well as their shared passion for painting.
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ALU Summer Book Club: 2023 Edition
Believe it or not, it’s our eighth (!) annual Summer Book Club here at All Lit Up, but we’re as excited as if it were our first. The reasons why are no-brainers: we’re reading the genre-bending Indigenous crime novel Humane by Anna Marie Sewell in July, and Kat Sandler’s award-winning play Yaga in August, a feminist retelling of…
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Queer Coded: Interview with Carellin Brooks
We chat with writer and poet Carellin Brooks about the lengths we still need to go regarding queer representation, even within the community, LGBTQ2S+ books she always recommends, and which writers influenced her newest book of poetry Learned (Book*hug Press).
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“a collective atmosphere” – An Interview with Marjorie Beaucage
Part poetry collection, part memoir, part diary; longtime activist Marjorie Beaucage plants the seeds for another generation of loving, radical activism in her latest book leave some for the birds: movements for justice (Kegedonce Press). We ask her about her conception of “justice,” how she came into her Two Spirit identity, and why collectivity will truly change…
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Five Literary Dads
Actor, writer of Eyes in Front When Running (Breakwater Books), and partner to a dad Willow Kean delves into the literary canon and comes up with five “dads of literature” in advance of Father’s Day.
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On the Plett and Plante Tour: An Interview
Last month, writers Hazel Jane Plante and Casey Plett embarked on a joint, seven-city tour for their books: Hazel’s sophomore novel Any Other City and the re-release of Casey’s short story collection A Safe Girl to Love (Arsenal Pulp Press). ALU met them via Zoom to revisit the tour, which became a wide-ranging conversation about community-building,…
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Writer’s Block: Sharon Butala
Today for our Writer’s Block series we catch up with award-winning author Sharon Butala about when she first started writing, and what is the most surprising thing about being a writer. With multiple books published since 1984 Butala gives us insight into her experiences of being a writer. Make sure to check out her newest…
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15 Books for Dad
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we’ve rounded up some book gift suggestions for your pop that will, well, pop. Keep scrolling for recommendations for angler dads, jokester dads, crying-at-commercial dads, literary dads (obviously), and more.
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Queer Coded: Interview with Lindsay Bradford
For our second round of interviews for Queer Coded: Pride Edition we got the chance to chat with Lindsay Bradford about the queerness in their sci-fi poetry collection The Cyborg Anthology (Brick Books). They also share some of their favourite LGBTQ2S+ reads.
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Quoted: The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life
In this Quoted column, award-winning Norwegian writer Rune Christiansen provides the twin events, travelling through Jämtland, where the character of Lydia Erneman – from the new release of The Loneliness in Lydia Erneman’s Life in English (Book*hug Press) – came to be. He shares those moments, and how they’re connected to the book’s epigraph from an Edith Södergran poem,…
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Top 10: Criminally-Good Reads
June is Crime Reading Month, so we’re hopping-to with 10 great crime picks. From award-winning true crime to historical crime fiction, police procedurals to amateur investigators, there’s something for everyone on this list.
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Pride Must Reads 2023
Enjoy this comprehensive list for Pride Month. Including a mix of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s and young adult fiction, and drama, it’ll be hard not to find something to love.
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Welcome to Bookville!
Bookville is an exciting collection of over 100 Canadian books for book lovers all across the country. Learn more about Bookville and meet our five Bookville communities below.