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Our #bestoftheblog2024 features @KaleighTrace's insightful essay about disability, death, and editing her younger self during the republishing of her award-winning book HOT, WET, & SHAKING. alllitup.ca/gripping-the-p…

We loved hearing the origin story of Windsor-based publisher, Palimpsest Press in this piece by Vanessa Shields, which made our #bestoftheblog2024 roundup. alllitup.ca/in-house-with-…

Dystopian & sci-fi books were a big hit this year. This reading roundup by PALE GREY DOT author Don Miasek naturally made our #bestoftheblog2024 list. alllitup.ca/reading-roundu…

We had the absolute luck of chatting with Christina Wong @itscmwong.bsky.social & Daniel Innes about creativity, collaboration, and their Canada Reads-shortlisted book DENISON AVENUE. alllitup.ca/writers-block-…

A real-life wartime spy story made our #bestoftheblog2024 with this piece by author Genni Gunn whose book THE CIPHER was inspired by the stunning discovery that her father was a spy in WWII. alllitup.ca/under-the-cove…

We had the pleasure of chatting with Matthew Fox about his exciting novel-in-stories THIS IS IT and his approach to developing characters—a #bestoftheblog2024 interview. alllitup.ca/i-always-write…

Our final #bestoftheblog2024 feature is Tanya Turton's insightful essay "Witnessing: A conversation across time and space" about the meaningful connection between writer and reader, artist and witness. alllitup.ca/witnessing-a-c…

At the beginning of every year we set new reading intentions to challenge ourselves and discover new ways of reading. Check out our 2025 resolutions with books from Arsenal Pulp Press, Book*hug Press, J. Gordon Shillingford, and Renegade Arts. alllitup.ca/2025-alu-readi…

If you're already experiencing some anxiety about what's on your 2025 bingo card, look to the stars - and the shelves - for what's ahead with our literary horoscopes. alllitup.ca/your-2025-lite…

You found it - the intersection between books and cats. Check out recommended reading from these bookish felines: alllitup.ca/11-bookish-cat…

"For a well-funded government agency, their lobby needs a refresh. From the outside, the brutalist architecture communicates blunt authority." Read an excerpt from Val Bah's new novel SUBTERRANE (Vehicule Press): alllitup.ca/excerpted-subt… #fridayreads

"Perhaps actually producing words is not the whole profession of writing." We interview Ayaz Pirani about creative blocks and his new book DEATH TO AMERICA (Porcupine's Quill) alllitup.ca/writers-block-…

"I consider poetry a profound act of communication, a medium to remind ourselves of the important things in life..." Irene Marques reads four poems from her new collection THE BARE BONES OF OUR ALPHABET (Mawenzi House) for today's #poetryinmotion: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-moti…

"I was in the flow almost the entire time." Jowita Bydlowska talks to us about writing her novel MONSTER (Anvil Press), experimenting with narrative voice, and why she's feeling more confident in her art. alllitup.ca/blurring-the-l…

Elizabeth Murphy's THE WEATHER DIVINER (Breakwater Books) is a powerful novel about resilience, ambition, and the interplay between tradition and change. Read a passage from chapter three here: alllitup.ca/excerpted-the-…

"If any reader smiles, or cries, or thinks lovingly about a family member or friend, or finds optimism [when reading LIES I TOLD MY SISTER (Latitude46Publishing)] – then that’s an amazing bonus." We interview Louise Ells for #writersblock. alllitup.ca/writers-block-…

Stephen Cain's collection WALKING & STEALING (Book*hug Press) is full of sauntering, playful poems about Toronto and baseball that highlight why Cain is deemed a foremost avant-gardist. Take in three poems at the click: alllitup.ca/two-poems-walk…

"Sometimes I call myself a reluctant maximalist." Book designer (and poet!) Kilby Smith-McGregor walks us through her cover design of TRADING BEAUTY SECRETS WITH THE DEAD (Wolsak & Wynn), by Erina Harris. alllitup.ca/beautiful-book…

"Mr. Lawry spoke very carefully and slowly, and Nora imagined him randomly capitalizing his words." Head into the weekend with a passage from Robert G. Penners's coming-of-age fantasy novel THE DARK KING SWALLOWS THE WORLD (Radiant Press): alllitup.ca/excerpted-the-…

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