Anyone dubbed "a literary Larry David" is someone we want to know more about, which is why we're thrilled novelist Mike Steeves - most recently of Bystander (Book*hug Press) - answered our Writer's Block questionnaire. Read on to find  out what first inspired Mike to start ... Read more

Our August Book Club reading of Missy Marston's Bad Ideas is almost at an end, but before we wrap things up, we want to leave you with a few similar recommendations that are sure to skyrocket you into some great reading.

With it being an unusually rainy summer here in southerneastern Ontario, we’ve been watching a little more Netflix than we’d care to admit. If you too have been asked “Are you still watching…?” too many times to feel comfortable, why not hit the ‘flix with a seldom-heard ... Read more

As the temperatures drop, warm your brains up with some literary happenings in your neighbourhood. If you're in Toronto, might we suggest The Puritan's Black Friday event, featuring a bevy of authors on All Lit Up?

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While most other retailers are preparing (taking cover) for the coming Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, we're just over here rearranging our bookshelves. You can get quality CanLit for great prices on All Lit Up all year round so it's pretty much business as usual around ... Read more

Holy Toledo: there are THREE LPG40 events coming at'cha this week in St. John's, Vancouver, and Winnipeg! Not enough? There's also IFOA going down in Toronto, and some author readings mixed in for good measure.

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Word on the Street Toronto and Word Vancouver are this week, but if you don't live in those two cities, no problem. There's something literary going on almost everywhere!

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Just like with our first PanLit Games competition, discus throw, our second competition has been around for centuries. Boxing has traditions that go back as far as ancient Rome and Greece but it wasn’t until the 1700s that rules were first introduced (eeeekkk!). These ... Read more

You will be hard pressed to find a funnier, more insightful, and heartbreaking novel this year. Giving Up is a white-knuckle ride through the precarious territory of modern coupledom.

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:

1. The wide variety of super-fun events happening this week, all across Canada, ... Read more