Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Surveying the Great Divide: Our Environmental Impact in Photographs
On the heels of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the publication of Surveying the Great Divide (Caitlin Press) by prolific historian Jay Sherwood comes at an appropriate time. Commemorating an important project that occurred a century ago in which surveyors risked their lives to document the boundary between Alberta and BC, the book serves as a photographic…
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Chappy Hour: Portside & Starboard Martinis + Cosmic Fishing
ALU resident mixologist Tan is back for 2018 with a double-dose of nautical cocktail recipes for those “indecisive” among us, not least poet Jaymz Bee and song lyrics “Indesicive” from Cosmic Fishing, his latest book from Insomniac Press. Pick the Portside or Starboard (or flip a coin if decisiveness eludes you) and read from this earnest…
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In House: Inside the Biblioasis Book-Binding Party
Biblioasis is a classic passion-project-turned-success story: after operating as a bookstore for several years in Windsor, Ontario, Publisher Dan Wells took a leap and began publishing in 2004. Now it’s hailed among Canada’s prestigious small presses with a dedicated staff — lovingly referred to as bibliocreatures — who bring rad new books into the literary world…
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This Week in Lit Events: January 8-14th
It’s a new year in literary events: if your resolution was to see more amazing readings, launches, &c. this new year, start here with our listings.Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, time, and address to hello@alllitup.ca to be included…
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In Review: The Week of January 1st
This week we welcomed the new year with our backs to 2017 and reading resolutions that are as good as carved in stone (ie: on the internet).
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Cover Collage – Turning our “Backs” on 2017
Fully embracing the “New Year, New Us” maxim that comes with the proverbial throwing our old dayplanners in the garbage, we’re turning our backs on the year we (mostly!) wish there weren’t with eight back-tastic book covers.
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2018 ALU Bookish Resolutions
It’s tradition at ALU to make bookish resolutions at the start of each year, and we’re back with more for 2018. Check out our reading resolutions below.
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Test Kitchen: Snowballs from Rock Recipes Christmas
Picture this: you’re tasked with making a holiday treat for your office or party, but you know there are some dietary-restricted folks and you don’t have a ton of time the night before. Enter the Newfoundland Snowball – a delicious dessert recipe in Barry C. Parsons’ Rock Recipes Christmas (Breakwater Books) that will make everyone happy.
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Chappy Hour: Mulled Cider and Maunder
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, hot holiday sipper after our own wintry maunders.
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Do Lit Yourself: Book Wrapping Tips for the Holidays
After Bingemas, we’re sure you’ve got books to wrap up for a lucky gift recipient somewhere: we have three ideas as to how you might do it in this do-lit-yourself.
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In Review: The Week of December 11th
It’s our last In Review of the year and we wanted to express our sincerest thanks for following along with our bookish exploits and adventures. Happy holidays from everyone at All Lit Up, and we hope to see you back here in 2018!
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Bingemas: For the Homesteader
Our final Bingemas day is dedicated to all the food fanatics who devour episodes of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations or grew up worshipping Megan Fellows as Anne of Green Gables. Our two picks from Goose Lane Editions and Stonehouse Publishing have the perfect dash of binge they crave.
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Bingemas: For the l33t Gamer
It’s the penultimate Bingemas day, and we’re setting our controllers down and picking up books for fans of the Legend of Zelda and Red Dead Redemption. These two debut novels from NeWest Press and Talonbooks are perfect for the gamer on your list (and might even reduce their screen time, a little).
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Bingemas: For the Feminist Killjoy
Our feminist-bent Bingemas picks are for all the giftees on your list who will stand in protest of gender inequality, absorb period dramas like Call the Midwife, and go MIA when the next season of The Handmaid’s Tale airs (and who can blame them?).
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Bingemas: For the “Here for Drama” Dilettante
You know this person: they judiciously follow the movie awards race and watch every Oscars to the end (even when the technical awards were mixed in). Your giftee loves gripping acting and dramatic scenarios, whether it’s the uncomfortable tension in Carnage or the twanging of a banjo signifying something much more sinister in Deliverance. We’ve got the…
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