Adrian De Leon talks about the other poets that inspire him, and how with his latest collection barangay (Wolsak & Wynn), he was urged to "write in the broken language of diaspora," all in this instalment of Poetry Muse. Learn more and read the poem "dung-aw" from the collection ... Read more

This week we bookclubbed, completed another Read Harder Challenge, chatted with authors, and more!

In her debut collection The Only Card in a Deck of Knives (Wolsak & Wynn) Lauren Turner considers societal impulses to reject sick women: these fierce poems told from the perspective of a twentysomething female speaker with a terminal disease juxtapose the violence of a ... Read more

Our annual Gift Guide Week is back with hand-picked selections by authors we admire for all kinds of readers on your holiday gift list. First up is author, poet and Writers' Trust finalist Téa Mutonji who shares six choice titles for everyone on your list from best friends ... Read more

Poetry Grrrowl begins with debut poet Shazia Hafiz Ramji whose already garnered a lot of attention with her book  Port of Being (Invisible Publishing), a collection that mines speech from the city streets and the internet to explore the intersection between the personal and ... Read more

After running this weekly column since our opening in 2014, This Week in Lit Events is retiring in favour of a sleek new  events calendar! The best part: you get to submit literary happenings in your area.

Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available ... Read more

If you live in southern Ontario or Victoria and love reading series, you're in luck! Check out our literary listings for this week and get your January poetry and fiction on.

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

This week we brought you book picks from some of the coolest authors around to help you find the best book gifts, spilled the holiday beans about Bingemas, and upped our book-safety knowledge.

Featuring hand-picked selections by authors we admire for all the readers on your holiday gift list, our Gift Guide Week is as lit as it gets. Today, poetry powerhouse Canisia Lubrin gets lit-picky with three book picks for best friends, brothers, and nieces.

This week the 2017 QWF Literary Awards shortlists were announced (go indies!), the lids came off our '80s and '90s ALU Time Capsule, and some beautiful fall books were unveiled.