In his forthcoming collection of essays  Whiteout: How Canada Cancels Blackness (Véhicule Press), poet, writer, and scholar George Elliott Clarke discusses the myriad ways Blackness and other marginalized identities are left out, othered, or actively demonized by the Canadian ... Read more

In celebration of Black History Month, we're shining a spotlight on some stellar Black authors (and additional author contributors) to keep your eye out for across genres. 

Throughout 2020, All Lit Up-er Tan Light is participating in BookRiot's  Read Harder Challenge—a reading task designed to expand readerly boundaries—and doing so with an indie twist. Each entry in this series will highlight one or two completed challenges along with ... Read more

Despite growing up in small-town Nova Scotia, John Wall Barger has always been drawn to big cities—that's where his poems happen: "We act as if cities are natural and healthy but I don’t think they are. People suffer in cities. But suffering is what the poetry I like is ... Read more

Mixed/adopted Mi’kmaw and Newfoundland poet Douglas Walbourne-Gough took time to chat with us about his debut Crow Gulch (Goose Lane Editions), a poetry collection that attempts to honour and dispel the stigma surrounding the community of Crow Gulch in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. ... Read more

Our final week of #poetrygrrrowl starts fresh with Brenda Leifso's newest Wild Madder (Brick Books), a stunning collection that depicts the sense of wildness in self discovery with poems that dig at motherhood, marriage, and love. Scroll down to read our interview with Brenda ... Read more

You'd think after four literary hangovers, we'd be better at managing our awards-fuelled reading binges and calling it a night. Proving once again that moderation isn't our strong suit, we bring you our fifth annual Literary Awards Hangover, a coffee-sipping, greasy-spoonin' ... Read more

Kim Clark inspires humour and sex appeal in her latest  A One-Handed Novel (Caitlin Press), fiction channelled by her own experiences with disability. The novel follows protagonist Melanie Farrell, a fortyish woman living with Multiple Sclerosis, as she comes to learn of ... Read more

This week we hair-of-the-dogged our Giller bash hangover with a new cocktail and poetry pairing, got into the age-old debate about how to best organize a bookshelf, and cheered for more award winners.

Rebecca Păpucaru's poetry has been described as "Fran Lebowitz meets T.S. Eliot," by poet Jacob Scheier, and "supreme" by George Elliott Clarke. Poet Branka Petrovic says of Păpucaru's debut The Panic Room (Nightwood Editions): "This first collection sends shock waves ... Read more