Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Where in Canada: Ancestral Newfoundland
InThe Bosun Chair (NeWest Press) Jennifer Bowering Delisle recounts her ancestor’s stories of Newfoundland life in the early twentieth century, including shipwrecks, war, and life in an outport community. A hybrid of prose poetry and family memoir, the book reflects on heritage and the ancestral Newfoundland Delisle never knew.
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This Week in Lit Events: July 17-23rd
Were it not for the Irish Loop Festival in Ferryland, NL, we’d have an Ontario sweep of literary events this week! Don’t forget to let us know what’s going on in your area.Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book,…
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In Review: The Week of July 10th
This week we bookclubbed, mentally summered in BC, and congratulated our member-publishers who were shortlisted for Alberta Book Publishing Awards: NeWest Press, Stonehouse Publishing, and Freehand Books!
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Summer in BC, According to the Writers of The Summer Book
If you’d never been and we were to say, “British Columbia”, would your first mental images be of mountains, forests, and ubiquitous rain? As residents, visitors, and the writers of The Summer Book (Mother Tongue Publishing) will attest, there’s a lot more to know about summering in our westernmost province. They’ve shared ten lessons to pass…
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Character Study: Readopolis
When we heard that author-translator dream team Bertrand Laverdure and Oana Avasilichioaei (of the strange and meta narrative Universal Bureau of Copyrights) were pairing up again for Readopolis (BookThug), the English version of Laverdure’s Lectodôme, we couldn’t help but ask them what their dream cast would be for the film adaptation of the book. Keep scrolling for…
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ALU Book Club: Death and the Intern Discussion
Last week we introduced you to our July book club pick, Death and the Intern and shared a short interview with Invisible Publishing for a behind-the-scenes look at how the book came together. This week, team ALU got chatty about the book, and created this handy reading guide that you can download to take to…
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Under the Cover: The Dependent
In her memoir The Dependent: A Memoir of Marriage and the Military (Latitude 46 Publishing) Danielle Daniel shares the true story of her life as a military wife, and the intense challenge of being married to a paratrooper who served in the Canadian Armed Forces for fourteen years before a freak accident left him paraplegic. Author…
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This Week in Lit Events: July 10-16th
Holy festivals, generic superhero-man! Denman Island, BC, Moose Jaw, SK, and Lakefield, ON, all have festivals with amazing literary lineups this week. 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 in our listings.
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In Review: The Week of July 3rd
This week we got excited about the Indigenization of CanLit, and the official kick off of our summer book club, and more (but you’ll have to keep reading).
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First Fiction Fridays: Bad Endings
Carleigh Baker is here to crack a joke at the end of the world. In her debut collection Bad Endings (Anvil Press), an assortment of hilariously down-and-out characters scattered across British Columbia’s “urban-ish spaces” discover the natural environment only as it clings to life, and put aside their own yearnings and failings to really look.
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Poetry in Motion: Injun
A recent winner of the notable Canadian 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize, Jordan Abel’s Injun (Talonbooks) explores the representation of Indigenous peoples during the heyday of pulp publishing, specifically between 1840 and 1950, in a long-form poem. Read on for more about the book, and the artist which Canadian Literature calls “one of the most innovative…
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ALU Book Club: Intro to Death and the Intern
We’ve been patiently waiting to kick off our summer book club with Jeremy Hanson-Finger’s Death and the Intern (Invisible Publishing), a medical whodunnit/coming-of-age/dark comedy that’s been described by Gary Barwin as a “needle-sharp crime fiction that will definitely not put you to sleep.”
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Indigenizing CanLit: Five things we’re stoked about
Canada 150 has been a chance to reflect on our country’s great achievements, sure, but with it comes a sobering look at its history of settlers mistreating the Indigenous peoples who were here first. In comes Indigenizing: a process of (re)introducing Indigenous customs, languages, and stories into Canadian government, history, and society – one that…
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This Week in Lit Events: July 3-9th
It’s a quieter week for lit events (everyone’s sleeping off their long weekend) but Torontonians, rev up for two great ones on Tuesday.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 in our listings.
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In Review: The Week of June 26th
This week we learned more about Hamilton, Ontario, relived the days of school’s out for summer with a graphic novel, and fell into a Google-hole searching Millennial Pink.We hope you all have a happy long weekend!
Got any book recommendations?