This week we rolled out 10 more giftable book picks for all kinds of readers on your gift list, said RIP to the apostrophe (not really), and wondered "If Baby Yoda finally speaks, what will his first words be?"

This week we got MLB-ready with a roundup of heavy hitters (baseball books), went behind-the-scenes with LGBTQ publisher Metonymy Press, compared poetry to ice cream for World Poetry Day, and more.

In his collection of 35 short essays titled How a Poem Moves (ECW Press), Adam Sol speaks to reluctant poetry readers, the ones who are afraid they don't "get" poetry to help guide them through poetry's range and pleasures, going beyond the question of what a poem means. ... 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

WAKE UP from that Turkey-coma: there's literary events to be had. If you're in Toronto, be sure to  celebrate the LPG's 40th Anniversary with us at Ben McNally this Thursday. And if you're not, there's tons of great things going on Canada-wide, like WordFest in Calgary! ... Read more

Bi-coastal book launches and readings await in this week's edition of This Week in Book Events.

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

This week in book events: in Toronto, the Harbourfront's International Festival of Authors kicks off; GG shortlisted poet Arleen Paré reads with Stephanie Bolster and Monty Reid in Quebec; John Reibetanz reads from his poetry collection at Bookfest Windsor — ... Read more