In her collection One Thing – Then Another (ECW Press), Claire Kelly explores the feelings that come with moving across the country. From the major shift in environment and economics to the mind-boggling vastness of Canada, Claire shares more on how her own experience ... Read more

All Lit Up is FOUR! If you, like us, are gathering friends to celebrate, you might very well be looking for cocktail recipes that work for a crowd. Well, dear readers, our resident mixologist Tan has combed her Chappy Hour archives and found four great group-sized cocktail recipes ... Read more

Our resident drinkspert Tan is back with a family-friendly mulled cider recipe to go with Claire Kelly's Maunder (Palimpsest Press), a suite of poems meditating on the nature of walking. We're going to take Claire's advice and "bed down 'til spring," and enjoy this non-alcoholic, ... Read more

We were lucky enough to interview Jeremy Hanson-Finger, author of our book club pick Death and the Intern (Invisible Publishing), and we made a quiz to help you find your next read whether you're in the water or on the beach this summer.

This week we cheered for two books on the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist: Silvija by Sandra Ridley (BookThug) and Injun by Jordan Abel (Talonbooks) who ultimately won the prize. We also shared eco-tips for reading green, maundered with a new poetry collection, ... Read more

"Take this angular threat, a man in heavy shoes" begins Claire Kelly's deeply personal reading of "Before the Dream in which She is Followed Begins", a poem from her latest collection,  Maunder (Palimpsest Press). The lines encompass the crux of this collection: thoughts ... Read more