Drawing from her own lifetime of experiences as a construction worker, Kate Braid brings us her newly published collection  Hammer & Nail: Notes of a Journeywoman (Caitlin Press). We welcome Kate to the ALU blog and chat more about how working in construction sparked her ... Read more

In honour of Labour Day yesterday, we’re shining a light on poetry collections about work. With excellent poems about working in anything from from cruise-line hospitality to industrial labour unions, we’re truly thankful that these five poets didn’t quit their day jobs. ... Read more

Kate Braid's fifteen-year-career as a carpenter informs much of her new collection Elemental (Caitlin Press), both an ode to nature and a feminist nod to blue-collar tradeswork. Below Kate tells us about a knee surgery that was the impetus for this collection and the most ... Read more

You may know us best as poetry-lovin’ folks here on All Lit Up, so we’re viewing this year’s Father’s Day through poetry-coloured glasses: we’ve rounded up three books from poets/children who each remember and honour their fathers in their collections, as well as ... Read more

For World Poetry Day, we wanted to get our form down right, so we asked co-editors Sandy Shreve and Kate Braid of  In Fine Form: A Contemporary Look at Canadian Form Poetry (Caitlin Press) to break it down for us. Below, they lay out the structures of 10 different poetry ... Read more

Not enough literary festivals last week for you? Check out this week, with festivals in Victoria, Vancouver, Lethbridge, Winnipeg, and Toronto. But that's not all!

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