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Poetry in Motion: The Muse Sings
Dennis Cooley’s The Muse Sings (At Bay Press) gives new lease to the relationship between poet and muse. Below, Cooley shares more about what brings “oomph” to his writings and the challenges he took on to overcome the well-known trope of the muse, using the conventional as a jump-off point for this newly inspired collection.
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2021 ALU Bookish Resolutions
Back at it for another year, we at All Lit Up made reading resolutions to challenge us throughout 2021. Scroll on for our reading resolutions and books in our TBR piles this year.
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Test Kitchen: Bookish Hot Chocolate
We’ve tested it and it’s true: hot chocolate is best served with books. Check out our book and hot chocolate pairings, below.
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In House: NeWest Press
NeWest Press Marketing and Production Coordinator Claire Kelly gives us a glimpse at how the team has been weathering the pandemic—carving workspace out from home libraries, overtaking dining room tables and learning to share space with pets and partners alike, all in an effort to continue getting books into the hands of readers during these…
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Read Harder Challenge #17
Our final Read Harder Challenge of the year is all about bingeable book series and more bookish challenges to get you reading harder, too!
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Off/Kilter: Interview with John O’Neill
John O’Neill joins us for the latest edition of Off/Kilter to discuss his new collection of stories Goth Girls of Banff (NeWest Press)—chatting with us about how the Canadian Rockies offer up the perfect setting for the Gothic, the unpredictability of human nature and some of the personal lessons he has learned from exploring this…
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Gift Guide Week: A.J. Devlin
Arthur Ellis Award-winning author A.J. Devlin is our final gift guider this season with five book recommendations for true crime buffs, professional wrestling fans, Tim Burton devotees, and more.
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Gift Guide Week: Francesca Ekwuyasi
Our penultimate 2020 Gift Guide is courtesy of Scotiabank Giller Prize-finalist Francesca Ekwuyasi who recommends four choice titles from Arsenal Pulp Press and Nightwood Editions for everyone from your “future-thinking Aquarius bestie” to “your twenty-something-year-old self.”
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Gift Guide Week: Kerry Clare
Today’s ALU Gift Guide book recommendations are care of novelist and popular book blogger Kerry Clare who shares five fantastic BFF-inspired book picks.
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Gift Guide Week: Jean Marc Ah-Sen
Today’s Gift Guide book recommender is highly inventive Toronto-based author Jean Marc Ah-Sen who shares his own gifting picks for “the exclusive NYRB Classics book reader” to “the Compleat Imbiber-obsessed epicure who refuses to cook for you.”
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Gift Guide Week: Natasha Ramoutar
Our annual Gift Guide Week is here, featuring hand-picked selections by authors we admire for all the readers on your holiday gift list.Our first gift guide recommender is poet and culture writer Natasha Ramoutar who shares five choice titles for everyone from “the one getting lost in every single taste” to “the one who gave you…
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Bingemas: For the l33t Gamer
For our final day of BINGEMAS we unlock two books for fans of Red Dead Redemption and Animal Crossing.
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Bingemas: For the History Buff
For the museum-hopping giftee who always has historical facts to offer, and who covets the timeline fold-outs in their subscriptions to Nat Geo History, our Bingemas picks are sure to pique their penchant for learning about the past..
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Bingemas: For the Podcast Professor
For the person on your list who follows up anecdotes with “It’s from a podcast I listen to,” today’s BINGEMAS books are the perfect ad-free escapes when they need a little analog.
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Bingemas: For the Affirmationist
For the giftee who loves a good life-affirming phone sesh with their BFF, today’s BINGEMAS picks are just the right kind of reads to remind them of their worth in gold.