About the Author
Garry Ryan
In 2004, Garry Ryan published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen's Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. He has since published eight more titles in the series. In 2009, Ryan was awarded Calgary's Freedom of Expression Award. He currently lives in Calgary.
Tons of launches and reading events going down this week in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, and Vancouver. Go, won't you?
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, and address ... Read more
Vacations are great, right? But, oh, the packing. Either you forget a critical item (Sunscreen, perhaps? Pants, for the truly free-spirited?) or manage to haul a small caravan’s worth of stuff for a weekend out of town. Don’t fret: we’ve rounded up the ten best literary ... Read more
As we acknowledged in our ALU <3 Moms post, we know that while not everyone is a parent, everyone has parents. Holidays like Father’s Day exist for us to take a step back and reflect on what it is that makes our dads great, whether they’re Sears catalogue-type dads with ... Read more
We thought Rhonda Douglas' Welcome to the Circus (launching this week in Toronto and Calgary) was an appropriate feature title for this week's This Week in Book Events, if only because it evokes:
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 second day of 12 ... Read more
Toronto is lucky enough to be hosting World Pride 2014, an international event that encompasses activism, education, and the history and culture of global LGBTTIQQ2SA* communities. While the party is happening out on the streets, we’ve put together a reading list for any down ... Read more
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