Congratulations to our friends at Shelf Life Books in Calgary. They are celebrating their 15th anniversary today! 🎈🥂🎉 https://bit.ly/4757MRO

✨ In conversation: @jidesalawu.bsky.social and Marilyn Dumont at Henderson Hall at the University of Alberta. You won't want to miss this discussion with two brilliant poets! Where: Henderson Hall at the University of Alberta (North Campus) When: October 29, 2025 2-4pm buff.ly/MMD5eq7

Exciting news: the College of Natural and Applied Sciences is launching its Graduate Certificate in Sustainability at the University of Alberta. https://bit.ly/48e7k50 We are proud publishers of THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AT NORTH AMERICA UNIVERISITIES, edited by Naomi Krogman.

“COLLABORATIVE METHODS presents nuanced and attentive scholarship that covers a breadth of examples and approaches.” Claire Carter, University of Regina https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt ##Education #HigherEd #Feminist #academictwitter #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Advocacy #research #Intersectional

Jenna Butler's prose poetry collection Magnetic North -- I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this one but it turned out to be pretty good! @ualbertapress.bsky.social #booksky reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/p/jenna-butl...

It’s here! Hot off the Press! Almost half a decade of hard work on this project, culminating to this point! The book releases worldwide tomorrow! @ualbertapress.bsky.social

With INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX, Maxwell asks important questions that challenge practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and Indigenous peoples about the healing practices that we take up. https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4 ##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous

BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR by @katebeaton.bsky.social explores connections between class, literature, and art from Cape Breton Island. In this thought-provoking book, Beaton addresses the often overlooked impact of class on the Canadian arts scene. https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l ##Wordfest #VWF

Edmonton friends, Jide Salawu launches Contraband Bodies at Audreys Books on October 16. This is his debut poetry collection. Congratulations, Jide! https://bit.ly/46OhQ0s @jidesalawu.bsky.social @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

Harley Parker’s contribution to the fields of museum studies, sensory studies, and communication studies was prophetic, as it turns out, and this biography, by Gary Genosko, is his vindication. https://bit.ly/47b8duw ##books #communications #museums

For #NDTR, see Érudit's feature of the digital publishing platform RavenSpace, an initiative aimed at the systematic inclusion of Indigenous voices in the Canadian documentary ecosystem. Our Director and Publisher, Darcy Cullen, is the founder of the project. https://bit.ly/3W9og5f @erudit.org

On September 30, we share links to resources for National Truth and Reconciliation Day. The Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: https://bit.ly/3PPLIRI ##UAlberta Press books: https://bit.ly/4e7NHMb Department of Canadian Heritage: https://bit.ly/3o5GDZa ##TRC #NTRD @abbookpub.bsky.social

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: a day for mourning and reflection. The University of Alberta Press is closed as staff continue their learning and work in support of the Calls for Action.

“These are haunting and humorous lessons in how to be human. Each poem is a whole world of love amongst our world of wars.” Kaityln Purcell, author of ʔbédayine https://bit.ly/40u9ity ##poetry #CanLit #debut #diasporalit #hybrid #arab #immigrant

Tyler McCreary's Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities won Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year in the 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. Read more on our blog: https://bit.ly/470UNk7 ##CoastalGasLink #cdnpoli #pipeline #geography #oilandgas #ClimateJustice #envhum

Edmonton friends, Lorna Crozier is coming to MacEwan U as the guest speaker at this year's Monica Miller Memorial event. She will be interviewed by Alice Major. October 8 | 7:30 - 9:30 pm It's free to attend. Register here: https://bit.ly/4gFyCTO ##books #CKUA #lecture

The museum is a highly experimental and contested site at present, and the discovery and publication of THE CULTURE BOX will stimulate still more experimentation, and contestation. https://bit.ly/47b8duw ##books #museums #communications

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Tony and Nadya’s guides are companions on the journey, providing insight into local customs and safety. The book, OF CANOES AND CROCODILES, follows their adventures as they paddle down the Sepik to the sea. https://bit.ly/4extuiQ ##books #travel #canoes #PNG #canoes

Happening this weekend in Edmonton! Come support all your local publishers and pick up some fabulous books.

BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR is “a beautiful, hilarious, and revelatory look at working-class culture in Nova Scotia.” Heather O'Neill, author of Wisdom in Nonsense https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l Catch her this fall at @writersfest.bc.ca and Wordfest!##books #reading #writing #art #booksky

INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX provides a nuanced analysis of Indigenous responses to the structural violence of colonialism. Using the concept of ‘Indigenous biopolitics,’ Maxwell examines community care and re-membering, highlighting resilience and relationality. https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4 ##health

Read Kimberley Gilmour's review of @amykaler.bsky.social's Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet (pub. @ualbertapress.bsky.social) in Issue 32! ...This creative non-fiction book is a journey through the otherworlds, the outskirts... www.thetemzreview.com/gilmour-kale...

2025 Ottawa Book Awards shortlist : On Beauty: stories, , in which i would like to thank the academy, etc. / @ualbertapress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/2025-ottaw...

Thrilled to give a talk at UCF on Oct 2 as part of the CHDR Presents talk series! This will also mark the launch of our new book (w Paul Ugor), The Postcolonial Bildungsroman (out with @ualbertapress.bsky.social on Sept 23). Grateful to Amrita Ghosh & UCF for the invitation & hospitality!

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions. Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX enriches critical conversations about reconciliation and resurgence politics and challenges their perceived dichotomy. https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4 ##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous

This Sweet Rupture "is a lavish feast for the senses as the poems wind through the rugged and often poignant terrain of intimate human relations, and the effect of political violence on family connection." Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter https://bit.ly/40u9ity @orphdc.bsky.social #poetry

On September 21, the International Day of Peace, the University of Alberta reflects on Indigenous legacies of peace. https://bit.ly/4nK4BVv

Poets: University of Alberta Press accepts poetry manuscripts between September 1 and 30 from poets who are Canadians or landed immigrants. Info: https://bit.ly/4lfXLoI @mlobkowicz.bsky.social‬ @abbookpub.bsky.social @cdnpublishers.bsky.social @writersguildab.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social‬

Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities: Colonial Extractivism and Wet’suwet’en Resistance by Tyler McCreary won the Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year in the Alberta Book Publishing Awards for his timely and important study. https://bit.ly/3VLmcBz ##envhum #ecocriticism #cdnpoli

INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX “explains how Indigenous encounters with settler colonial healthcare systems that could potentially improve their lives also threaten to destroy their collective wellbeing." Maureen Lux, author of Separate Beds https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4 ##healing #health #biopolitics

Resonant and intricate, THIS SWEET RUPTURE thoughtfully navigates cultural identity, war, memory, and family. https://bit.ly/40u9ity You can catch Omar in Lethbridge at WOTS in September 30. ##poetry #CanLit #debut #nextread #antiracist #Lebanon #immigrant #diasporalit #arab @orphdc.bsky.social

IPA Blasts Russian Attacks on Ukraine’s Publishing Sites: Kristenn Einarsson, chair of IPA’s Freedom to Publish committee and founding CEO of Norway’s World Expression Forum, says, “These attacks on publishing are also attacks on culture and language." https://bit.ly/3JT3x2K ##Ukraine #Books

In BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR, @katebeaton.bsky.social shows how people from poor or working-class backgrounds face significant barriers to becoming artists, limiting their ability to share their stories and contribute to the collective culture. https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l ##literature #class

Gary Genosko has written the first biography of HARLEY PARKER, whose Hall of Invertebrate Fossils at the Royal Ontario Museum opened to wide acclaim in 1967. It was a touchpoint for his progressive ideas about museums as perceptual laboratories. https://bit.ly/47b8duw ##books #communications

The Canadian publishing industry calls for the repeal of @youralberta.bsky.social's discriminatory book ban. The revised directive continues to restrict access to literature, stigmatize marginalized communities, and undermine the expertise of educators & librarians. publishers.ca/repeal-alber...

OF CANOES AND CROCODILES by Tony Robinson-Smith has won the Bronze Medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/3YUpbJg ##travel #PNG #books

Edmonton friends! We are looking forward to the Harvest Book Fair at the CKUA building on September 27 and 28 from 1 to 5 pm. Come down and enjoy Edmonton's vibrant book culture. Big thanks to Hungry Zine for all their hard work. https://bit.ly/4px8hM3 ##books #bookstores #publishers #festival

Tomorrow! Conversation about SECULARISM, RACE, AND THE POLITICS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA with editor Sharmin Sadequee and Irfanullah Farooqi. All are welcome. Registration required. September 17: 7 am MT / 9 am ET / 6:30 pm IST

Through historical and ethnographic analysis, INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX disentangles the multiple meanings, practices, and social and political implications of healing. https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4 ##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous

We are excited about attending the Book Publishers Association of Alberta conference later this week. There will be lots to learn and we always enjoy time with colleagues and friends. All capped off with a Gala event! https://bit.ly/4mS2EG9 @abbookpub.bsky.social‬

“In urgent and tender language, Omar reminds us that, though the echoes, scars, and shadows of war surround us, we can draw strength from family love and the abiding power of beauty in community.” Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, there’s more https://bit.ly/40u9ity @orphdc.bsky.social

"INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX is an important contribution to the historiography of Indigenous health and social wellbeing." Kim Anderson, University of Guelph ##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous @picardonhealth.bsky.social

The next book shortlisted for the Learning Book of the Year is FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. Published by @ualbertapress.bsky.social, this book is a timely and well-researched work that examines and reimagines arts graduate programs. #ABbooks #ABPubShortlist

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending September 7, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social

In INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX, Maxwell explores how discourses and practices of Indigenous healing and wellbeing can cause harm as well as heal. ##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous

We were excited to see Albertan Chic Scott named to the Order of Canada. He is one of Canada's most celebrated mountain literature authors and adventurers. He wrote the Foreword to CONRAD KAIN: Letters from a Wandering Mountain Guide, edited by Zac Robinson (UAP 2014). https://bit.ly/4nfjuPm

Naomi K. Lewis is the Writer in Residence at Athabasca University. What great news! We had the good fortune to work with Naomi on her GG-nominated memoir, TINY LIGHTS FOR TRAVELLERS, and the anthology, SHY, which she co-edited with Rona Altrows. https://bit.ly/4m1GoZv @athabascau.bsky.social

Gary Genosko outlines the legacy of Harley Parker (1915-1992), Canadian museum exhibition designer, typographer, and painter. He has collected impressive evidence of Harley Parker’s motivations and accomplishments, and brings him out of colleague Marshall McLuhan’s shadow. https://bit.ly/47b8duw