Stephanie Bolster's first book, White Stone: The Alice Poems, won the Governor General’'s and the Gerald Lampert Awards in 1998. She has published two other collections, Two Bowls of Milk, which won the Archibald Lampman Award, and Pavilion. Raised in Burnaby, B.C., she now teaches at Concordia University and lives in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
In her debut collection This Is How It Is (Breakwater Books), Newfoundland-based poet Sharon King-Campbell subverts history to explore our environmental crisis, the previously silent voices of our collective pasts, and the interconnectedness of all things. Nature and its ... Read more
Born in the "halcyon days" of the 1970s, Montreal's Véhicule Press has done anything but live in that idyllic past. From once being Montreal's only printing/publishing co-op, to delivering the first literary criticisms of CanLit giants like Margaret Atwood and Michael ... Read more
National Poetry Month will soon be drawing to a close and we intend to finish it out with a few more fantastic Poetry Primer picks. Lucky number fourteen of our established poets is Jim Johnstone. He is the author of four collections of poetry, including his latest, Dog ... Read more
In House is a regular column, highlighting the various publishers that have books featured and available for purchase on All Lit Up. Find out things like what sorts of books they publish, where in Canada they call home, and how they got their start.
It was a bleak day in the ides of winter and I needed a treat. What better self-gift than a book? All Lit Up was going to light up my day! Curious to see what goodies the Spring lineup had to offer, I took a look and found a plethora of fantastic reads. So many books, so little ... Read more
This week in book events: in Toronto, the Harbourfront's International Festival of Authors kicks off; GG shortlisted poet Arleen Paré reads with Stephanie Bolster and Monty Reid in Quebec; John Reibetanz reads from his poetry collection at Bookfest Windsor — ... Read more
The fall is filled with fabulous literary festivals. Think author signings, readings, writing workshops — and the opportunity to discover great new books and meet Canadian publishers and editors.
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