These two British Columbia based authors, Corinna Chong ( Belinda's Rings, NeWest Press) and Taslim Burkowicz ( Ruby Red Skies, Roseway Publishing) interview one another about their novels that grapple with alienation and self-discovery. Both stories have protagonists ... Read more

In this edition of Women asking Women, mystery writer Raye Anderson (most recently of  Down Came the Rain, the third instalment of her Roxanne Calloway series) and novelist/short story writer Darlene Madott (most recently of her ninth book,  Winners and Losers) discuss ... Read more

For today’s Women Asking Women series Manahil Bandukwala author of MONUMENT (Brick Books) and Carol Harvey Steski author of  rump + flank (NeWest Press) interview each other about both of their poetry collections. They touch on body politics and aesthetic choices, ... Read more

Originally released in 2009, Greg Prato's  Grunge is Dead (ECW Press) shines a light on the grunge-rock era that was borne out of Seattle in the early 1990s. Just up the coast, the forthcoming  Rubymusic by Connie Kuhns (Caitlin Press) chronicles women musical artists ... Read more

The All Lit Up Black Writers' Series wraps with a look at five Black writers and/or illustrators working in the kids literary space. Including environmentally-focused picture books to historical nonfiction, share the wealth of Black writing talent with lit lovers of all ages. ... Read more

February 14th - 21st marks Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Care Week. If you have someone in your life living with Alzheimer's or Dementia, find support and commiseration with this mix of books that’ll get you in the know.

In his forthcoming collection of essays  Whiteout: How Canada Cancels Blackness (Véhicule Press), poet, writer, and scholar George Elliott Clarke discusses the myriad ways Blackness and other marginalized identities are left out, othered, or actively demonized by the Canadian ... Read more

This year, with the return of in-person events All Lit Up will be at the OLA Superconference with the LPG in booth #414. All featured titles will be 20% off online and at the event until February 4th. Make sure to check out this amazing selection of books.

Today, January 24 marks the date of International Education Day. This day was established in 2018 by the United Nations General Assembly to address and strengthen education as a public endeavour. Supporting educators with the right tools and resources, ensures a better quality ... Read more

For this edition of Poetry in Motion, award-winning poet and novelist Carolyn Marie Souaid introduces the breadth and depth of 25 years of writing poetry, encapsulated in a new anthology of her work,  This Side of Light (Signature Editions). Read more about Carolyn's "concept ... Read more