Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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A Book Lover’s Guide To Calgary
Last month I took a trip to Calgary, and took a literary tour! Read on below to hear all about my literary scoop!
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ALU Summer Book Club: Ring Staff Discussion
It’s our favourite time of the year: the ALU team broke out the snacks and sat down to discuss André Alexis’s Ring (Coach House Books), our July book club pick. Plus, download our discussion guide for your own book club!
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Off/Kilter: Weird Lit Road Trip
Pack a cooler and rev up your Google Maps. Let these quirky, literary itineraries inspire you to get out and about this summer.
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Quoted: Remnants
Remnants (Book*hug Press) is an exploration of our relationships with family and perception, told through a profound investigation of a father’s life and sudden death. In her newest book Huyghebaert asks: How do you decide what is the beginning and what is the end?
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First Fiction Friday: Catch and Release
In this week’s edition of First Fiction Friday, discover Liana Cusmano’s debut novel Catch and Release (Guernica Editions) – a queer coming of age story in where the past and present intertwine with the protagonist’s own warped perceptions.
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Under the Cover: At Last Count
Veteran screenwriter Claire Ross Dunn shares how the real-life story of growing up with OCD became the backbone of her debut novel, At Last Count (Invisible Publishing).
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ALU Summer Book Club: Interview with André Alexis
We talked to André Alexis, author of July book club pick Ring (Coach House Books), about the constraints inherent to writing romance, the intensity of writing home when away, and the “potentially endless” influences in Ring and the quincunx as a whole. Read our interview below.
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Cover Collage: Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month! Discover our roundup of books by thirteen spectacular authors.
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First Fiction Friday: Mad Honey
Fans of Cherie Dimaline’s Empire of the Wild or Sue Monk Kid’s The Secret Life of Bees will enjoy this new debut novel by Katie Welch. Her debut novel Mad Honey (Wolsak and Wynn Publisher) immerses the reader in a search for truth bounded by the everyday magic of beekeeping, family and finding peace, while asking how much we really understand the natural…
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Top 10: Muslim-Canadian Reads
Eid al-Adha Mubarak to everyone celebrating it this weekend! This week, we picked out some titles by our publishers that cover many issues and dilemmas faced by Muslim-Canadians. The characters in these books are relatable, immigrating to a new country and leaving what they know behind, while struggling to hold onto Islam in a new,…
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ALU Summer Book Club: Intro to Ring
Get to know our July book club pick, André Alexis’ Ring, with an excerpt from the book and an interview with Alana Wilcox, Editorial Director of Coach House Books.
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Summer 2022: ALU Staff Picks
We’re finally in those long summer days, and with sand and surf (or the lake equivalent to surf) on the horizon for our staffers, we ask what books are likely to grace their beach blankets this summer. Read on to see our summer 2022 staff picks!
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ALU Summer Book Club: 2022 Edition
We’re unofficially subtitling our seventh (!) annual summer book club “The Summer of Andrés.” Why? Because our two summer picks happen to be by folks named André. In July we have the culmination of André Alexis’ quincunx, Ring (Coach House Books). And in August, we read After Realism (Véhicule Press), an anthology of millennial writers edited by André Forget. Read on to…
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Author Interview: Ditching the Rules to Wedding Season
Like it or lump it, summer means WEDDING SEASON, especially this summer 2022, after a two-years-long, pandemic hiatus. But why do so many “lump it?” In this interview, we ask authors of The New Wedding Book: A Guide to Ditching All the Rules (Dundurn Press) Michelle Bilodeau and Karen Cleveland their insights on wedding traditions…
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Where in Canada: Cover Art
As the long weekend approaches, many of us can’t wait to relax and curl up with a good book or catch up on some movies. But what if your long weekend turned into a Hallmark mystery movie? Discover Vanessa Westermann’s new novel Cover Art(Cormorant Books), where a death-by-chocolate homicide investigation begins to unravel. In this week’s edition of Where…
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