Catch Ep 447 of #TheAuthorityFile In the final episode of this four-part series, Paul db Watkins, Professor of English at Vancouver Island University and author of Soundin’ Canaan, reflects on the power of remixing: ow.ly/bCws50Xk1e2 @wlupress.bsky.social #Canadianpoetry

New Episode of Community of Practice! Brenna and Dave unpack “trickle-down clamping down,” making space for curiosity, and the importance of being surprised in the classroom, and Dave confesses that he’s tired of learning. @brennacgray.bsky.social @davidnwright.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Co-authored by @drdomdavies.bsky.social and @crifkind.bsky.social, Graphic Refuge (@wlupress.bsky.social 2025) explores graphic narratives about a range of refugee experiences. You're invited to a panel event to celebrate the book: www.hcid.city/news/graphic...

Māori and Pasifika leaders are leading climate adaptation, guided by ancestral knowledge and Indigenous principles to build resilience and shape global solutions.

Congratulations to Elysia French and Amanda White, editors of Ecologies in Practice: Environmentally Engaged Arts in Canada, winner of a UAAC-AAUC Book Award from the Universities Art Association of Canada! www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/E/Ecol...

Join @amplifypodnetwork.bsky.social Mon, Oct 27, Noon PDT/3pm EDT for a virtual launch party to celebrate the release of Brenna Clarke Gray's new podcast, Community of Praxis! @brennacgray.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/online-lau...

Catch Ep 445 of #TheAuthorityFile In the second episode of this series, @paulwatkins.bsky.social, Professor of English at Vancouver Island University and author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship, expands on his writing process ow.ly/Fxjv50Xe5Q7 @wlupress.bsky.social

Congratulations/Félicitations! Best Book Prize Honourable mention Mention honorable, prix du Meilleur livre Cheryl Thompson, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict, and Freedom, 1812-1897 @wlupress.bsky.social csn-rec.ca/news/80804-c... csn-rec.ca/fr/nouvelles...

Catch Ep 444 of #TheAuthorityFile podcast In this episode, Paul db Watkins, Prof of English at Vancouver Island U & author of Soundin’ Canaan: Black #Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship, discusses the themes of his book ow.ly/vGw150X9qlO @wlupress.bsky.social #Poetry @paulwatkins.bsky.social

In this episode of Community of Praxis Brenna interviews Sherri Spelic about her book Care at the Core and what reciprocal learning can happen between post-secondary and K-12 educators. @brennacgray.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social On your favourite platform or at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Forthcoming November 2025, the new paperback edition of Podcast Studies: Practice into Theory, providing substantive evidence of podcasting's transformative effect on academia mngbookshop.co.uk/978177112676... @wlupress.bsky.social #InternationalPodcastDay @darioll.bsky.social

An Evening of Spoken Word & Dub Poetry By Canada Black Music Archives will honour Lillian Allen Oct. 3. www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-evening...

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and many of the TRC Calls to Action reference the importance of learning about and honouring the Treaties made with Indigenous people. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Coming Soon! The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, explores the life and works of a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs. Preorder now at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

In episode 1b of Community of Praxis, Brenna and collaborator David N. Wright unpack authentic assessment, how care can be exploited, and contract grading as a practice, in response to episode 1a with Cate Denial @brennacgray.bsky.social @amplifypodnetwork.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Thanks @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for inviting me and @drdomdavies.bsky.social to talk about our new co-authored book exploring how comics can document & disrupt dominant images of war & forced displacement @wlupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/graphic-refuge

In this episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna Clarke Gray interviews Cate Denial about her essay-turned-book, A Pedagogy of Kindness. Listen on our website or your favourite podcast provider. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Today we launch Community of Praxis, a new podcast with Brenna Clarke Gray. Twice monthly Brenna sits down for critical chats about teaching and learning to invite a more care-centred, student-focused approach into classrooms, while still minding structural limitations like time and precarity.

Today is the official publication day for Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave, selected with an introduction by Micheline Maylor! We're thrilled to add this title to the Laurier Poetry Series. For a limited time save 20% on our website with the code NEW20 www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

J.A. Weingarten, editor of The Weather and the Words, talked to Craig Norris of CBC Kitchener-Waterloo about John Newlove's letters. Listen at the link below. For a limited time, save 20% on your purchase of this book on our website with the code NEWLOVE20 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

I have 9 copies of Human/Animal (@wlupress.bsky.social) & a bunch of the original animal sketches. DM receipt of donation to one of the gazafunds.com/all campaigns+your mailing address & I'll ship (within the US). $25=signed copy $50=signed copy +1 drawing $100=signed copy +2 drawings

A review of The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003 (ed. J.A. Weingarten) is up at the British Columbia Review, reviewed by Sheldon Goldfarb thebcreview.ca/2025/08/05/2...

newly posted: Ken Norris : THE WEATHER & THE WORDS: THE SELECTED LETTERS OF JOHN NEWLOVE, 1963-2003, Edited by J.A. Weingarten / @wlupress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/08/ken-...

Wilfrid Laurier University Press joins prestigious international Humanities Ebook Collection, an endorsement of the press’s strong and innovative publishing program, with outstanding titles across a range of areas. www.wlu.ca/news/spot...

US readers, find our Life Writing list for your summer reads on @bookshop.org bookshop.org/lists/life-w...

Catch Ep 434 of #TheAuthorityFile podcast. In this episode of the series, our speakers, Candida & Dom, authors of "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics," discuss refugee comics as political tools and outline the field of comics journalism. ow.ly/CNjS50Wumut @wlupress.bsky.social

A self-described “comic nerd,” award-winning translator Sarah Henzi sees graphic novels as a rich medium to share research findings. Read the interview: www.sfu.ca/indg/news-ev... @sfufass.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social

Catch Ep433 of #TheAuthorityFile podcast In the second episode of this series, our speakers, Candida and Dom, authors of "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics," dive into their writing process and the ethics of artist-refugee relationships. ow.ly/rOCF50WqCWR @wlupress.bsky.social

Happy to share this great review of Soundin’ Canaan in The Malahat Review: "Soundin’ Canaan is a wholly moving creation. This is what committed scholarship and critical artistry can be: meditative, far-reaching, humming, love-centred:" @wlupress.bsky.social Review: soundincanaan.com/wp-content/u...

Beach Reads don't have to be light and fluffy. This summer, dig into these books in our Life Writing series that blend research and cultural analysis with personal stories. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Over at today's @sharpweb.org conference, @wlupress.bsky.social co-authors Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires stopped by and are pictured below with their book The Frankfurt Kabuff. #SHARP2025

It was so great to record this podcast with @drdomdavies.bsky.social about our book on refugee comics. First ep is up now, 3 more 15 min eps to come later this month @wlupress.bsky.social www.choice360.org/podcasts/epi...

Today we met author Daniel Heath Justice shown below with his @wlupress.bsky.social book Why Indigenous Literatures Matter. Also pictured is cover artist Joseph Erb who designed the cover for that book and @uncpress.bsky.social book Sovereign Matters. #NAISA2025 #INDIGENOUS

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : J.A. Weingarten : John Newlove’s Life in Letters: Notes on the Publication of The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003 / @wlupress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/07/ja-w...

An article in The Conversation be me and @drdomdavies.bsky.social based on our new book, Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics @wlupress.bsky.social @uwinnipeg.bsky.social theconversation.com/comics-and-g...

Sharing an interview I did with the New Books Network Podcast on my latest book, Canada and the Blackface Atlantic published with @wlupress.bsky.social . If you haven't yet read it, or are on the fence, this conversation is in-depth with a lot of inside stories about writing the book!

The great unboxing of @SusanMusgrave's collected works. @wlupress.bsky.social Out now!

Catch Ep432 of #TheAuthorityFile podcast. In the first episode of this series, the authors of "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics," introduce us to refugee comics and its history. ow.ly/WFIm50WmqBR @wlupress.bsky.social @crifkind.bsky.social @drdomdavies.bsky.social

Our Indigenous Imaginings Series editor, Daniel Heath Justice, is at NAISA, representing us in the exhibit hall! Please stop by and say hello and check out our beautiful books in Indigenous studies.

Deyohahá:ge:, written by members of Six Nations of the Grand River and their neighbours, introduces readers to the 17th-century history of how the Dutch and British joined the Two-row wampum agreement, and how it might restore good relations today. #IndigenousHistory www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...#IndigenousHistory

In recognition of National Indigenous History Month we have curated a list of recent titles in Indigenous Studies. WLU Press is exhibiting at NAISA next week. Please stop by the booth and talk with series editor Daniel Heath Justice. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Nicholas Bradley calls The Weather and the Words "a significant contribution to the story of modern poetry in Canada." Available at your favourite bookseller on on our website www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

In recognition of World Refugee Day we are pleased to share University of Winnipeg's article on Candida Rifkind's new book, with Dominic Davies, Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics. news.uwinnipeg.ca/refugee-expe...

"Weingarten puts the spotlight on an important Canadian poet and the context in which he existed, across a wide-ranging literature," says rob mclennan. Available now: The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003, ed. J. A. Weingarten. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

@comicsscholars.ca @crifkind.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social Candida Rifkind presented such an incredible plenary at Canadian Comics Studies Association, I had to get her marvellous book!

Today is official publication day for The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003. Congratulations to editor J.A. Weingarten! You can purchase the book from your favourite bookseller on online on our website. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

New Release! Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics, by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind is available now at your favourite bookseller. UK readers can purchase Graphic Refuge at uk.bookshop.org/p/bo...

"Graphic Refuge is a thorough interrogation of graphic-narrative responses to the massive human migration that now challenges a Western world heavily implicated in the wars and climate change that drive it." – Joe Sacco www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Caleb Zakarin interviewed Amie Souza Reilly on New Books Network about her book Human/Animal. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/human-animal

"With dazzling breadth and a wealth of images, theoretically deft and often moving, Graphic Refuge is a crucial contribution to thinking about the borders, movement, and exchanges of contemporary life, expression, and politics." – Hillary Chute www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...