Today is the official launch day of an exciting new initiative: the eBooks for Everyone collection. Over 600 (!) Canadian-published ebooks have been converted to accessible formats for print-disabled readers. Below, we tell you more about why we're so amped.

First Fiction Friday covers all kinds of debuts – this one happens to be celebrated Montreal writer Abla Farhoud's first novel translated into English!  Hutchison Street (Linda Leith Publishing) is a love letter to books and writing, and to the varied inhabitants of Montreal. ... Read more

This is our THIRD time painting the Giller shortlist onto our digits (see 2015 and 2016 here) – we can't stop, won't stop our excitement for this year's deserving nominees. Of course, we're most excited for Michelle Winter's  I Am a Truck (Invisible Publishing)...there ... Read more

This edition of Time Capsule looks at the 2000s...the aughts seem like they were yesterday, right? But think about them this way: after dodging that Y2K bullet on January 1, 2000, we didn’t yet have iPods, smartphones, Facebook, or Twitter, and most of those only until ... Read more

When the temperatures dropped outside, ALU HQ became a near-literal freezer and we floated around the idea of an ALU snuggie. (Yay or nay?) But at least things heated up on the awards front: Carleigh Baker's Bad Endings (Anvil Press) was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ ... Read more

Daniel Griffin's debut novel  Two Roads Home (Freehand Books) describes the fallout of a group of eco-activists radicalizing their beliefs into violent political action. But it's more than that: in this "powerful novel that never lets up," Griffin examines the shortfalls ... Read more

It's that last week before the big "S" starts for lots of families across the country, and the big "F" (Fall publishing season, that is), comes for US ALL. Embrace the temporary lull with this week's two great literary events.

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Our events are 100% bicoastal this week: there's the Writers at Woody Point Festival over in Newfoundland, and the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in Sechelt, BC.

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Holy festivals, generic superhero-man! Denman Island, BC, Moose Jaw, SK, and Lakefield, ON, all have festivals with amazing literary lineups this week. 

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We're eggstatic about the Easter long weekend because our agenda mostly consists of eating chocolate until the bunnies come home, and catching up on our TBR piles. But before we hop off, we rounded up the weekly book news and share our weekend book pick, below.