With Mother's Day just around the corner, we've rounded up ten books for mom: ones she would like to read, and ones about motherhood (that she would also like to read). Read on and get inspired to give (or, if you are a mom, drop major hints for what you want to get).

Award-winning novelist Gurjinder Basran - whose most recent novel  Help! I'm Alive released wth ECW Press this month - talks to us about the vulnerability intrinsic to being a writer and the immense gratification of writing under- or unrepresented characters out into the ... Read more

Today's Poetry Cure features Mallory Tater's  This Will Be Good (Book*hug), a collection of lyric poems that explore a young woman's developing femininity and an emerging eating disorder. Scroll down for our chat with Mallory about her debut book, self-care, and potato puns, ... Read more

If you thought last week had all the festivals, think again; this week has Thin Air in Winnipeg, Fog Lit in Saint John, Victoria's Festival of Authors, Poetry Weekend at the University of New Brunswick, Kingston Writers' Fest, and a bevy of readings and book launches. 

Are you ... Read more

Over the last couple of months All Lit Up has welcomed three new publishers to our community. Read on to learn more about Mother Tongue, Pow Pow, and Stonehouse.