Have you ever wondered about who made that book in your hands or the one on your screen? All books are not created equal.

Get to know the people behind your books—#ReadUp on our fiercely independent, creative literary presses below.

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We can't count our age on one hand anymore: All Lit Up turns six today! To commemorate our birthday, we're counting to six with a look back on six of our favourite moments on the blog AND six + six books we loved this year (+ discounts & a contest!). 

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When Heather O’Neill writes that “artists are notorious for creating their art under the most perilous and inopportune circumstances,” I want so desperately to believe it. 

In an essay for  Maclean's, she states: “They create in poverty, under repressive regimes, ... Read more

In her collection One Thing – Then Another (ECW Press), Claire Kelly explores the feelings that come with moving across the country. From the major shift in environment and economics to the mind-boggling vastness of Canada, Claire shares more on how her own experience ... Read more

If you're getting ready for a weekend of praying to whatever shrine of Obama HOPE posters and #ImWithHer candles in advance of the coming US Election next Tuesday, take a lit break to catch up on what we got up to on All Lit Up this week, and maybe discover a book to shield ... Read more

We're not the only ones  linking Pan Am and reading: the OPBO is hosting several readings events this week in Toronto, including children's writers and poetry events. The Saskatchewan Festival of Words also kicks off this week, bringing over 20 authors to Moose Jaw.

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Recently while waiting at the train station for my weekly commute from Toronto to London, I was engaged in a friendly chit-chat with a woman who might best be described as a “talker”... She told me all the train times from London to Toronto. She listed every snack they sold ... Read more

It was a bleak day in the ides of winter and I needed a treat. What better self-gift than a book? All Lit Up was going to light up my day! Curious to see what goodies the Spring lineup had to offer, I took a look and found a plethora of fantastic reads. So many books, so little ... Read more

Emma Healey writes about a slightly self-conscious Toronto in today's poem, taken from her first full-length poetry collection, Begin with the End in Mind, published by ARP Books. Called "strange, seductive, and brainy" by Emily Schultz, Healey's collection of prose poems is ... Read more