Author: ALU Editor
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Bingemas: For the Twenty-Something Soul
BINGEMAS day two is for all the twenty-something souls who are always Insta-ready and are never less than five seasons deep into a juicy drama worth speculating about online.
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Bingemas: For the Horror Aficionado
Our first BINGEMAS books of the season are for the horror heads on your gift list with an encyclopedic knowledge of Shirley Jackson and a Netflix queue that would make Stephen King proud.
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Bingemas Redux: Unputdownable Books for Everyone
BINGEMAS is back on All Lit Up! Pop culture and literature unite for another joyful season of power-reading and all kinds of book recommendations for the pop-culture enthusiasts on your gift list no matter their holiday flavour. From now until December 4th, we’re bringing you the perfect lit pairings to your giftees’ fave TV shows, movies,…
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In Review: The Week of November 16th
This week on the blog: a #ReadHarderChallenge, what to read after Amy Jones’s We’re All in This Together, cozy crime season, and more!
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Read Harder Challenge #16
Throughout 2020, All Lit Up-er Tan Light has been participating in BookRiot’s Read Harder Challenge—a reading task designed to expand readerly boundaries—and doing so with an indie twist. Each entry in this series highlights one or two completed challenges along with a list of books from All Lit Up to have you reading harder, too! Scroll on…
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5 Cozy Crime Reads for the Cold Canadian Winter
Cozy crime hits different in the winter. It’s just a fact. So throw another log on the fire, grab an extra blanky, and keep that kettle rockin’ because we’ve got five page turners that’ll keep you wondering who dunnit? all season long.
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If You Liked X, Read Y: Ensemble Cast Edition
For fans of Amy Jones’s We’re All in This Together, Nina Berkhout’s new novel Why Birds Sing (ECW Press) about a disgraced opera singer and a loveable cast of misfits, and the possibilities of song and community is the follow-up you need.
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An Excerpt from Micro Miracle: A True Story for World Prematurity Day
In recognition of World Prematurity Day (November 17), Signature Editions shares an excerpt from Amy Boyes Micro Miracle—a true and moving account of a first-time mother whose expectations of childbirth and parenting are dramatically altered when she gives birth sixteen weeks prematurely.
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In Review: The Week of November 9th
This week on the blog: crime fiction writer D.B. Carew, wearable art, our final Indie Reading Room feature, and more!
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Under the Cover: Universal Disorder
After Bernice Friesen underwent radiation under her arm to treat her cancer, her doctors told her that part of her body should never to be exposed to the sun. Her solution was to get crafty and fashion some badass “sun armour.” Below, Freehand Books Publisher Kelsey Attard who published Bernice’s new novel Universal Disorder, tells us…
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Indie Reading Room: Sheung-King
Debut novelist Sheung-King joins us in our final Indie Reading Room of the season with You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. (Book*hug Press), an enchanting novel of ideas that follows young transnationals on their travels through culture, land, and food. Embracing the playful surrealism of Haruki Murakami and the atmospheric narratives of filmmaker Wong…
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Character Study: The Krillian Key: Salamander Run
Set in the post-apocalyptic world of Neo-New York, The Krillian Key: Salamander Run (Kegedonce Press) is easy to imagine as an Indigenous-themed graphic novel-to-film adaptation, packed with intense action and moody future cityscapes. Novelist and poet Neal Shannacappo joins us for this edition of Character Study to dream up the all-star cast that would bring this movie…
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Writer’s Block: D.B. Carew
Crime fiction writer D.B. Carew—whose most recent thrillers include The Killer Trail and The Weight of Blood (NeWest Press)—tells us about how he literally ran into the idea for his first novel, his favourite fictional character, unexpected writing inspiration, and more.
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In Review: The Week of November 2nd
This week’s roundup includes new poetry, a performance edition of Indie Reading Room, book design, the healing power of art, and more!
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Lead with your scars: Healing through visual art
Art is an amulet. It can be. Don’t be afraid to love just one painting. Don’t be embarrassed. There’s a conversation and the dead might be speaking to you across the centuries from the chemical disturbances that created the image. Aggravated, irritated, smitten, curious, love on a first date. There are patches to be made,…