These two British Columbia based authors, Corinna Chong ( The Whole Animal, Arsenal Pulp Press) and Taslim Burkowicz ( Ruby Red Skies, Roseway Publishing) interview one another about their novels that grapple with alienation and self-discovery. Both stories have protagonists ... Read more

This year, with the return of in-person events All Lit Up will be at the OLA Superconference with the LPG in booth #414. All featured titles will be 20% off online and at the event until February 4th. Make sure to check out this amazing selection of books.

Author of  Chocolate Cherry Chai and  Ruby Red Skies (both Roseway Publishing) Taslim Burkowicz kicks off 2022's Gift Guide Week with four stellar fiction picks and one memoir for the flapper wannabe, dystopia watcher, or productive grandparent (plus two more!) on your ... Read more

If you were charmed how two plotlines come together in Jojo Moyes’ The Girl You Left Behind, you won’t want to miss Taslim Burkowicz’s Ruby Red Skies (Fernwood Publishing), where the rich history of the Mughal Empire converges with modern day life for an Indo-Canadian ... Read more

This week we continued celebrating women authors and artists, learned about the making of audiobooks, and spooked ourselves out with talk of a haunted bookshop.

Taslim Burkowicz's debut novel Chocolate Cherry Chai (Roseway Publishing) follows a young Maya Mubeen as she leaves behind the pressures of her traditional Indian family to take on the world. A multi-generational story, the novel looks at the immigrant experience, motherhood, ... Read more