Author: ALU Editor
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Character Study: The Lightning of Possible Storms
Jonathan Ball’s The Lightning of Possible Storms (Book*hug Press) is a collection of short fiction that blends humour, horror, and straight up sci-fi in a multi-faceted literary ride that’s pretty perfect for a wonderfully weird trip on the big screen. That’s why we collaborated with author Jonathan Ball who imagined a celebrity cast to make this adaptation a…
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Beautiful Books: Forgotten Work
We think you’ll agree that book designer Ingrid Paulson’s work on Jason Guriel’s rock ‘n’ roll cli-fi novel Forgotten Work (Biblioasis) is off the charts: a peek into a time-tripping work of spec fiction, this is a cover that is anything but forgettable. Below, Ingrid tells us about the creative process and inspiration behind her cover and why she…
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In Review: The Week of September 21st
This week on the blog: the ALU Indie Reading Room, author interviews, a stunning debut, and more.
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First Fiction Friday: Always Brave, Sometimes Kind
Katie Bickell’s debut novel Always Brave, Sometimes Kind (Brindle & Glass) is a loving, gritty ode to everyday Albertans through an era of social and political change in the province. Told in a series of interconnected stories that span the cities and rural reaches of the Wild Rose Country, Bickell’s debut is for anyone in need of…
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Indie Reading Room: Mark Sampson
This week’s Indie Reading Room features Mark Sampson, author of All the Animals on Earth (Wolsak and Wynn), a satirical post-apocalyptic novel that imagines a world both like and unlike our own that has been severely depopulated simply because people aren’t having children anymore. An entertaining and wry social commentary, All the Animals on Earth sweeps you up…
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Treetalk: An interview with Ariel Gordon
For National Tree Day, we chatted with Ariel Gordon about her latest collection TreeTalk (At Bay Press), a project born out of a two-day poetry writing spree at downtown Winnipeg’s Tallest Poppy that assembles 234 poems—111 by Gordon, 107 written by passersby, and 16 from other sources—into a long/found poem that asks: what does it mean to live…
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Writer’s Block: Kate Braid
Drawing from her own lifetime of experiences as a construction worker, Kate Braid brings us her newly published collection Hammer & Nail: Notes of a Journeywoman (Caitlin Press). We welcome Kate to the ALU blog and chat more about how working in construction sparked her initial interest and desire to write, having tough conversations with Fear, finding…
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In Review: The Week of September 14th
This week we turned SIX and threw ourselves a blog party with a look back on memorable moments and books, launched this season’s Indie Reading Room, treated ourselves to Chocolate Almond-Butter squares from Jessica Mitton’s new cookbook, and more!
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Test Kitchen: Chocolate Almond-Butter Squares
Last year we served up some nutritious Newfoundland dishes from Jessica Mitton’s first cookbook and we’ve been ready for dessert ever since. In her latest Some Good: Sweet Treats (Breakwater Books), Jessica offers up chocolate treats, muffins, cakes, cookies, and more that are not only tasty but also healthier and more nutritious. Read on for a chocolate recipe…
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Indie Reading Room: Fall 2020
The All Lit Up Indie Reading Room is open for another season with more authors and new books! If you tuned into our first iteration of IRR, you’ll remember we hosted live readings via Zoom all May long. This time we’re taking it to the gram with a lineup of ten fantastic authors from now…
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Indie Reading Room: Raye Anderson
Next up in our Indie Reading Room is Raye Anderson, author of And We Shall Have Snow (Signature Editions), a murder mystery about a local music star who is found murdered during the coldest part of winter in Manitoba’s Interlake area. Scroll down for our Q&A with Raye, and head over to the ALU Instagram for…
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Indie Reading Room: Michelle Sylliboy
Kicking off our Indie Reading Room this fall is L’nuk (Mi’kmaq) artist and author Michelle Sylliboy who in her debut collection of poetry Kiskajeyi: I AM READY (Rebel Mountain Press) preserves the complex L’nuk language, Komqwejwi’kasikl through word art and paired photographs. Read on for our Q&A with Michelle, and check out the ALU Instagram to hear Michelle read from…
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Poetry in Motion: Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
Brand new to our bookshelves isThe Hammer of the Witches (Caitlin Press), Kelly Rose Pflug-Back’s first full-length collection of poetry. With a dark and stormy mix of emotion and image, the collection contemplates belief, power and fear with a streak of magic that will have you questioning the boundaries of what is real. Read on…
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All Lit Up Turns SIX
We can’t count our age on one hand anymore: All Lit Up turns six today! To commemorate our birthday, we’re counting to six with a look back on six of our favourite moments on the blog AND six + six books we loved this year (+ discounts & a contest!). Get yourself a cupcake and read…
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All Lit Up Turns Six: 6 + 6 Books
At ALU we love bookish roundups and birthdays so we’re putting them together and celebrating with a roundup of 6 + 6 books that made an impact on us over the last year. And we’re taking 20% off any of our birthday selections for one week (until Sept 22) so you can enjoy them too. What’s…