Referred to as "the first erotic novel written by an Indigenous woman in French", Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's The Lover, the Lake (Freehand Books) celebrates the intimacy and love between two people, but also their interconnectedness with the natural world. In this edition ... Read more

These new books in translation from publishers across the All Lit Up canon are ones you don't want to miss out on this spring—offering up rich stories of obsession, rebellion, intrigue and intimacy that are sure to keep your screen time at a minimum.

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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This week ALU Read the Provinces rolled on with eight more authors and books to discover. Cozy up this weekend with our interviews and picks!

The characters in Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's debut novel Blue Bear Woman, translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli (Inanna Publications), came naturally out of her own family history and her grief at the loss of her father. Virginia joins us in this #alureadtheprovinces ... 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

Cree artist and writer Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau's English debut, Winter Child (Freehand Books) is a semi-autobiographical novel that tells the story of a Cree-Métis woman grieving her late son—who seemed fated for death from his first breath—and reconciling her ... Read more

We've gathered a council of ten...ten amazing women characters, that is. They've got all kinds of strength, from carrying on after immigrating to a new place and facing discrimination, to tracking down an abuser, to grieving a lost child.

Translated from French into English, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau's Winter Child (Freehand Books) is a raw, poetic novel about grief as a Métis woman traces the life and death of her son. The Montreal Review of Books says of the novel: "Pésémapéo Bordeleau has woven ... Read more

We’re doing a spin on the classic holiday ditty, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with our 12 Days of CanLit series this holiday season. Sing along with our countdown of themed book picks, straight down to our number 1 (that’s 78 books in all!).

On the first day of 12 Days ... Read more