The throughline in Brent van Staalduinen's latest short story collection  Cut Road (Guernica Editions) is characters touched and shaped by conflict. In our mini-interview, Brent talks about the "waste-no-words" instinct that feeds into short story writing, and we read from ... Read more

We kick off our 2018 edition of the All Lit Up Book Club with Paige Cooper's incredible collection of stories, Zolitude (Biblioasis)!

Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for a spate of literary events and festivals (five!) to go to this week.

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Another frosty weekend? No problem. Just cozy up with one, or all, of three ReLit Award winners below, and we'll see you back on Monday.

There's a coast-to-coast roster of events going down this week, from a 40th anniversary party on the west coast to a night of readings and music in resistance on the east.

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

Authors Jess Taylor, Kevin Hardcastle, and Kris Bertin are touring up the west coast this week, with stops in Vancouver and Victoria! Check out these and other cool lit happenings going on this Leap Year Week!

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It's Freedom to Read Week: an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. There's events happening all over the country! That aside, there's whole host of literary events going down this week.

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Last year, we resolved that we'd read more poetry. In 2016, ALU Captain/LPG Executive Director Christen Thomas details why we've resolved to read new voices – emerging, diverse, and all-around excellent – and why you should, too.

It’s been quite an exciting year for indie publishers in Canada; three of five Giller Prize-nominated books on this year’s shortlist were published by indies (congratulations to Biblioasis and Coach House Books!) and André Alexis won that prize, plus the Rogers’ Writer’s ... Read more

It's Day Four of our  Super Secret Festival of Lit mystery title reveals! Our short story pick is a debut collection that covers the fundamentals of relationships of all kinds – love, work, family, sex – with a wisdom and insight that will hit readers in the feels. ... Read more