Author of the upcoming novel The Wards, we chat with writer Terry Doyle about his short story collection  Dig (Breakwater Books) - featuring St. John's, NL-ers struggling amidst the everyday, and read an ominous excerpt from his story, "Squat."

May is Short Story Month, and this year All Lit Up celebrates this under-appreciated form with Short and Sweet, a little series featuring 12 short story collections and their authors, who share brief thoughts on the short form.

Yesterday, 21 litterate felines shared their favourite books with us. Today for International Cat Day, 17 more bookish cats throw their paws up for some great reads. 

The main character in St. John's-based author, musician, and CBC Poetry Prize longlister Heather Nolan's debut novella This is Agatha Falling (Pedlar Press) is a product of her environment and her past, calling up the notion of our connection to physical place. Below, Heather ... Read more

This week we celebrated many things: finalists of the Trillium Book Award and the Indigenous Voices Awards, Asian Heritage Month, Short Story Month, and read a new novel that'll evoke When Everything Feels Like the Movies.

In his collection DIG (Breakwater Books), NLCU Fresh Fish Award-finalist Terry Doyle crafts twelve page-turning short stories about an assortment of characters—from a young social activist whose work is constrained by selling puppies on the internet to a blue-collar worker ... Read more