This week on Poetry Muse we are joined by Heather Nolan, author of  Land of the Rock: Talamh an Carraig (Breakwater Books). Heather shares a list of poetry collections she admires, her advice to aspiring poets, and how she began writing this collection while travelling ... Read more

This National Poetry Month on All Lit Up we bring you Poetry Muse, a month-long series dedicated to learning about who or what inspires these amazing poets to write. 

Join us here on the blog throughout the month for our feature poets—including Q&As and poems from each collection—and ... Read more

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.

Find new releases here on All Lit Up.  ... Read more

For our final week of our July book club, we've rounded up four follow-up reads to Shani Mootoo's Polar Vortex (Book*hug Press) that'll keep the reading times rolling.

This week included freaky gems for Women in Horror Month, advice for writer's block, a conversation about gender equality and inclusivity, #IReadCanadianDay, and more!

This week we get our philosophy hats on, take up BooRiot's Read Harder Challenge, recommend weekend reads, and more. 

This week All Lit Up Read the Provinces wraps up with eight authors from the Newfoundland, PEI, Northwest Territories, and Yukon. Plus, bookish Twitter divided again, and more, below.

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

At All Lit Up we know Canadian books to be compelling, genre-bending, out-of-the-box literature that we love to share. That's why all January long we're bringing you interviews with authors from every province and just about every territory along with excerpts from their books. ... Read more

Mixed/adopted Mi’kmaw and Newfoundland poet Douglas Walbourne-Gough took time to chat with us about his debut Crow Gulch (Goose Lane Editions), a poetry collection that attempts to honour and dispel the stigma surrounding the community of Crow Gulch in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. ... Read more