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Cover Collage: Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month! Discover our roundup of books by thirteen spectacular authors.
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First Fiction Friday: Mad Honey
Fans of Cherie Dimaline’s Empire of the Wild or Sue Monk Kid’s The Secret Life of Bees will enjoy this new debut novel by Katie Welch. Her debut novel Mad Honey (Wolsak and Wynn Publisher) immerses the reader in a search for truth bounded by the everyday magic of beekeeping, family and finding peace, while asking how much we really understand the natural…
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Top 10: Muslim-Canadian Reads
Eid al-Adha Mubarak to everyone celebrating it this weekend! This week, we picked out some titles by our publishers that cover many issues and dilemmas faced by Muslim-Canadians. The characters in these books are relatable, immigrating to a new country and leaving what they know behind, while struggling to hold onto Islam in a new,…
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ALU Summer Book Club: Intro to Ring
Get to know our July book club pick, André Alexis’ Ring, with an excerpt from the book and an interview with Alana Wilcox, Editorial Director of Coach House Books.
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Summer 2022: ALU Staff Picks
We’re finally in those long summer days, and with sand and surf (or the lake equivalent to surf) on the horizon for our staffers, we ask what books are likely to grace their beach blankets this summer. Read on to see our summer 2022 staff picks!
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ALU Summer Book Club: 2022 Edition
We’re unofficially subtitling our seventh (!) annual summer book club “The Summer of Andrés.” Why? Because our two summer picks happen to be by folks named André. In July we have the culmination of André Alexis’ quincunx, Ring (Coach House Books). And in August, we read After Realism (Véhicule Press), an anthology of millennial writers edited by André Forget. Read on to…
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Author Interview: Ditching the Rules to Wedding Season
Like it or lump it, summer means WEDDING SEASON, especially this summer 2022, after a two-years-long, pandemic hiatus. But why do so many “lump it?” In this interview, we ask authors of The New Wedding Book: A Guide to Ditching All the Rules (Dundurn Press) Michelle Bilodeau and Karen Cleveland their insights on wedding traditions…
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Where in Canada: Cover Art
As the long weekend approaches, many of us can’t wait to relax and curl up with a good book or catch up on some movies. But what if your long weekend turned into a Hallmark mystery movie? Discover Vanessa Westermann’s new novel Cover Art(Cormorant Books), where a death-by-chocolate homicide investigation begins to unravel. In this week’s edition of Where…
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Under the Cover: A Convergence of Solitudes
In A Convergence of Solitudes (Book*Hug Press), teenaged daughter of Indian immigrants Rani, grows fascinated with an ardent Québec nationalist and musician, and eventually becomes the babysitter for his adopted daughter from Vietnam. Years later, as these two women’s lives become more and more intertwined, a story of identity, connection and forgiveness is revealed. In this week’s edition of Under…
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Philippine Mythology and Through the Bamboo
Filipinx-Canadian playwrights Andrea Mapili and Byron Abalos introduce a scene from their children’s play Through the Bamboo (Playwrights Canada Press): a fantastical mashup of Filipinx mythology and epic adventure stories like The Wizard of Oz. In the scene below, 12-year-old protagonist Philly finds herself in the otherworldly land of Uwi after the loss of her lola, and meets…
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23+ Reading Suggestions for National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, and we’re marking the holiday by taking a look at the depth and breadth of Indigenous lit on offer. Whether its poetry exploring identity or form, Elder wisdom, Indigenous dystopias (or utopias), kids’ books, or humour; browse our picks and find a new book for your…
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Reading Suggestions for National Indigenous Peoples Day 2022
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, and we’re marking the holiday by taking a look at the depth and breadth of Indigenous lit on offer. Whether its poetry exploring identity or form, Elder wisdom, Indigenous dystopias (or utopias), reads on Truth and Reconciliation, kids’ books, or humour; browse our picks and find…
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Filipino Heritage Month: Author Spotlight
In celebration of Filipino Heritage Month, we’re shining a spotlight on some stellar Filipino authors and playwrights.
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Six Dad Archetypes from Cian Cruise’s Dad Bod
With Father’s Day on the horizon, we asked writer, father, and dad-spert author of Dad Bod: Portraits of Pop Culture Papas (Dundurn Press) Cian Cruise to tell us about six key dad-types. Does your pop fit in to one of these categories? Read on to find out.
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On Pride and Queer Time
Poet and co-owner of Edmonton’s Glass Bookshop Jason Purcell revisits Pride month in the context of both past and future-building for queer folks, and how queer hope came out of their experiences writing and editing their collection Swollening (Arsenal Pulp Press).Photo of Jason by Zachary Ayotte.