Daniel Scott Tysdal, reads the poem "Bubble" from his latest collection, The End Is in the Middle (Goose Lane Editions) in front of his fireplace for today’s All Lit Up's Cozy Fest. Make sure to check out his cinematic masterpiece.  

Writer Shira Nayman joins us from her Brooklyn, NY home to read from her YA novel  River (Guernica Editions); where a 14-year-old girl travels back in time to witness the experiences of her foremothers and see how, even centuries before, they've shaped her into the person ... Read more

We're so excited to kick off All Lit Up's virtual festival, Cozy Fest: eleven days with as many authors, reading the coziest passages from their books. Read on to learn more about what's in store for Cozy Fest, including how to catch the readings and where to visit our festival ... Read more

This Halloween, we're getting a little witchy with four books from New Brunswick's own Goose Lane Editions, books that cast spells, communicate with the dead, divine the future, and heal a family curse. You might say these picks are utterly enchanting.

For National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo, we rounded up 22 tips and tricks from established writers, including a two-time winner of the 3-Day Novel Contest, to encourage and unlock your creativity. 

Poet Adrian De Leon enters the ALU DiscoverVerse today to talk about his TTC-inspired collection Rouge (Mawenzi House) and how, through the writing process, he has learned the power of a writing community. De Leon explains that while his need to write might have been derived ... Read more

Lots this week, including another leg of the Ask & Answer tour and a book launch for a collection of Indigenous spec fiction (!).

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It's entirely possible that you've never seen a poetry collection that looks like Daniel Scott Tysdal's third book of poetry,  Fauxccasional Poems (Goose Lane Editions). Its tabloid-inspired cover conceals Tysdal's thoroughly imaginative historical counterfactuals – from ... Read more

Spring is in the air, and so too, is our annual poetry celebration… it’s National Poetry Month! For those readers who haven’t followed along with any of our previous NPM series, we took a trip down memory lane yesterday. Now that everyone is caught up, we’re just ... Read more

If you're in Toronto this week, IFOA's Battle of the Bards is like a pregame for April's poetry month! And if you're not, don't worry - there's a lot going on in Hamilton, Montreal and Vancouver, too.

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