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Press Playbacks: 5 Books from the NeWest Backlist

NeWest Press is one of Canada’s first independent literary publishing houses. Founded in 1977, they have a passion for publishing award-winning literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for readers across the nation with a special emphasis on showcasing the unique voices of Western Canadian authors. Continue reading below to explore five titles from their backlist you may have missed.

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A photo of Hollay Ghadery. She is a woman with dark hair and bangs. She is smiling while a grey sock puppet with yellow yarn hair is being pressed against her cheek. She wears turquoise drop earrings and a black off-the-shoulder top.

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“I became enchanted with the puppet’s voice”: An Interview with Hollay Ghadery

We’re honouring Black History Month with new and exciting books by Black authors in Canada.

Freshly Published!

Browse what’s new on the ALU shelves this week.

Congratulations to the 2026 Canada Reads longlist!

As fans of CBC Canada Reads, we’re thrilled to see these two titles from independent Canadian literary publishers on this year’s list:

Slice the Water

Longlisted, Canada ReadsBorn on the lush island nation of Mahana, Fred lives under the tyrannical rule of a book-burning….

Searching for Terry Punchout

By (author): Tyler Hellard

Chapter One This bed is my reward after three long days of driving. My body is stiff and aches with exhaustion. When I c….

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Indigenous Litspace

Discover fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and kids’ books by Indigenous authors and #ReadIndigenous.

Poetry Litspace

We don’t tell you what the poets are doing, we show you with a dedicated home for poetry recordings, interviews, excerpts, and more.

Kids Litspace

The ALU Kids Litspace is a home for the finest in kids lit, for young, middle-grade, and teen readers (and all of those who are young-at-heart).

Books We’re Reading Now

Here are just some of the books we’re picking up in the new year.

In the Field

By (author): Sadiqa de Meijer

In The Field, Sadiqa de Meijer’s follow up to the Governor General’s Award winning alfabet/alphabet, brings us essay….

Self Care

By (author): Russell Smith

An electric examination of women and men, sex and love, self-loathing and twenty-first century loneliness.Between writin….

Ugh! As If!

By (author): Veronica Litt

“Litt’s lively, original Ugh! As If! uses the brilliant teen movie Clueless as a lens to examine the broader cul….

Fun Times Brigade

By (author): Lindsay Zier-Vogel

From acclaimed author Lindsay Zier-Vogel comes an insightful and heart-rending exploration of motherhood, grief, and the….

The Headmasters

By (author): Mark Morton

How do you learn from the past if there isn’t one?Sixty years ago, something awful happened. Something that killed every….

The Silence of Falling Snow

By (author): Kristjana Gunnars

From an innovator of autofiction comes a meditation on grief, care, Buddhism, and artmaking. ‘This is a story. It is a ….

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ebooks for everyone

In 2022 All Lit Up launched the ebooks for everyone collection: 600+ books that were converted to fully-accessible epub formats for readers with print disabilities. Browse some handpicks from our collection below.

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