In today's Poetry Grrrowl, we talk with Suzanne Zelazo about women's voices in her experimental collection Lances All Alike (Coach House Books), her writing process, and her desired superpower. Keep scrolling to read "Widows in Greenwich Village" from the collection too. ... Read more

In this expanded Canadian edition, Lyric Sexology Vol 1. (Metonymy Press), Trish Salah uses poetic sequence to inspire new and creative thought about the languages in which trans sexuality or transgender has been previously imagined. In today's poetry grrrrowl Q&A, Trish ... Read more

And just like that, book club is finished for another summer. We’ve had only ups reading The Figgs’ ups and downs: from interviewing both publisher Freehand Books and author Ali Bryan, and having our own staff discussion that ended in fits of laughter. Because ... Read more

There are three major seasonal launches happening this week in Toronto, plus plenty more events in other parts of Ontario and Quebec.

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

Our final Woven Odes feature's laurels rest on the be-chickened cover of Susan Holbrook's  Throaty Wipes (Coach House Books). Showing the reader "how poetry is always about risk-taking inside and outside of language" (M. NourbeSe Philip), Throaty Wipes features Holbrook's ... Read more

Our second Woven Odes feature is from Okanagan Valley-based poet Kerry Gilbert, whose second book  Tight Wire is soon to be released from Mother Tongue Publishing. As its name might suggest, Tight Wire is a soaring collection of poems centred around imagery of the circus ... Read more

It's the last day of our  Super Secret Festival of Lit mystery title reveals! Our top choice is an aphorism wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a poetic burst of insight, and is a must-have for any Canadian poetry-lover's collection. Buy any one of our selected Poetry reads ... Read more

Read how the "mojo of the mountains" of northern BC inspired and informed Josh Massey's reluctantly radical protagonist, Jeffrey Inkster, in his new novel  The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree (BookThug). Moreover, how it serves as inspiration for a host of CanLit greats, from ... Read more

Avant-garde filmmakers often say that there is far more freedom in doing their work because they are almost entirely in control of it. Poets are also liberated in the mediums they choose. There are so many rhythms and fashions available to them and if the poet doesn’t find ... Read more

If you live in Toronto and you love Canadian Literature then you’ve probably heard of Coach House Books. Coach House burst on the scene when Stan Bevington, a young typesetter from Edmonton, purchased a Challenge Gordon platen press with funds earned by selling prints of the ... Read more