About the Author
Beth Follett
Beth Follett lives in St. John's NL and is the publisher of Pedlar Press. Her first novel, Tell It Slant, was published in 2001 by Coach House.
Longlisted for the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize, author Heather Nolan now debuts her first work of short fiction This is Agatha Falling (Pedlar Press). Wander through a dreamlike, smokey downtown St. Johns, where past and present collide.
When Publisher Beth Follett thought it was the end for Pedlar Press, one of the beacons of hope that emerged was a manuscript by Barbara Nichol: The Lady From Kent, a children's book that began from a sketch that turned into verses that eventually became the sweet children's ... Read more
We polled authors, publishers, and ALU staffers alike to see where their favourite summer reading spots are – read on to find out.
Newfoundland: Both Stan Dragland and Craig Francis Power establish themselves as shrewd, clear-sighted witnesses to literary Newfoundland culture with these two new titles, and in Dragland's case, to epic comedy as well. Both writers tackle the new contradictions besetting ... Read more
Emerging in the mid-1970s from the post-Centenary primordial soup—that potent mix of nationalism, Marxism, feminism, pacifism and, in la belle province, a wallop of Quebecois identity politics— the (fictional) Montreal video production group Vidéo Populaire was inspired ... Read more
Poet Souvankham Thammavongsa has published all three of her award-winning collections with Newfoundland-based Pedlar Press, led by Beth Follett. For the third instalment of our CanLit Rewind series, Beth's chosen Thammavongsa's debut, Small Arguments, as a book that "didn't change ... 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.
Public libraries are gathering places, safe community spaces, places out of the cold where citizens can come together face to face, to improve their minds, to be enlightened or informed. Every citizen has a right to belong to a library, and librarians are there to ensure in ... Read more
In today's Movember special edition of Cover Collage, All Lit Up commemorates the month of prostrate cancer awareness with a moustachioed-makeover for some of our favourite book covers. As a bonus: check out some moustached-selfies from some of our favourite authors and publishers. ... Read more
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