Lists

We’ve got a great selection of books all about writing and the writing life. If you’re looking to shift from reader to writer, here’s where to start.

Browse the books that make up Bookville.

In the summer of 2018, the CarryOnBooks vending machine was available at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. In partnership with Nieuport Aviation, the machine was accessible to all airport visitors and featured a rotation of titles for sale. You can browse the machine’s selection on this page.

It’s All Lit Up’s first ever Cozy Fest, virtually bringing together 11 authors in their cozy-tie attire to read from their latest books. Shop the books below in our online festival shop.

Discover amazing dishes and recipes from chefs across Canada, or delve into delicious food writing with this book list.

Browse featured titles from the ebooks for Everyone collection of accessible epubs.

The books in Biblioasis’ Ghost Stories for Christmas series.

Celebrate the Globe and Mail’s Top 100 books of 2022 with some fantastic, independently-published reads.

Today Muslims around the world are observing Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. Eid Mubarak to all those who celebrate!

Discovering a new series that hits all the right notes of suspense and bone-chilling surprise is one of life’s great joys for any mystery reader. To help you on the way to your next great read(s), we’ve collected the first book in some of our most popular detective series.

Browse the books in the All Lit Up Indigenous Litspace by category.

Browse the books in the All Lit Up Kids Litspace by category.

We rounded up the incredible poetry collections making up 2023’s Gerald Lampert, Pat Lowther, and Raymond Souster Award longlists, awarded by the League of Canadian Poets.

As of June 2009, the month of June in Canada has been commemorated as Indigenous History Month. And since 1996, June 21st has been a day of celebrating, recognizing, and honouring Indigenous culture on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Today we are featuring books by Indigenous authors and the people behind them. For more Indigenous reads, check out our Indigenous Litspace webpage.

Pantone’s named “Marsala” – a purply-red – as its colour of the year for 2015. We prove we’re ahead of the curve with these covers, all featuring the couleur du jour.