ALU presents...time capsule! We're digging up historical and literary dirt through the ages, like which books made waves back then (or hearken back to and capture the spirit of times gone by) and which publishers came on the scene. We started off in the fifties and sixties ... Read more

We thought Rhonda Douglas'  Welcome to the Circus (launching this week in Toronto and Calgary) was an appropriate feature title for this week's This Week in Book Events, if only because it evokes:

1. The wide variety of super-fun events happening this week, all across Canada, ... Read more

There's a brand new slate of launches and readings this week, as well as the can't-miss  Pages Unbound festival in Toronto on Saturday and Sunday.

Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, ... Read more

Did you know: this Saturday is Author for Indies Day? This nationwide event, where authors swarm independent bookstores for readings, signings, and special swag giveaways, is the start of something beautiful. Were we to list all of the great events happening across Canada on ... Read more

After a tense day yesterday, the stakes seemed even higher today as we get closer and closer to a winner being crowned in this year's Canada Reads. Each of the three remaining titles were put in the hot seat today as questions of literary merit, privilege, and subtly. Unfortunately ... Read more

February 25^th is Pink Shirt Day, a day to raise awareness on the issues surrounding bullying, a major problem in schools, at work, on the internet, and even sometimes at home.

Most of us have seen people being bullied or even been bullied ourselves. These are, unfortunately, ... Read more