UCalgary Press

Publishing August 15!

A critical and comparative analysis of colonial land policy and its afterlives across five former Portuguese colonies. Essential reading for scholars of environmental and land governance. s

Quill & Quire's 2025 Short Fiction and Poetry Preview. - including "the book of sentences!" buff.ly/r1mRJdr

HEADER: "Read an Alberta Book with a teal and orange cover". TAGLINE: "Discover books published in your own backyard". Features four book covers from Athabasca university Press, Freehand Books, University of Calgary Press, and NeWest Press.

We thought we’d share some books with our favourite colours 😉 teal and orange. @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge #ReadAlberta #ABbooks

At the top there is the header: “Regional Book of the Year shortlist.” Below is a Graphic of an open book. On the left page of the book is the book cover for Strong and Free by Ted Morton. On the right is the logo for University of Calgary Press. At the bottom to the left there is the footer: “The 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards”. To the bottom right there is a circular badge: “BPAA 50 YEARS”

Ted Morton’s autobiography STRONG AND FREE is the final book shortlisted for Regional Book of the Year. Covering his thirty-year political career, Morton provides an insider perspective on Alberta Politics. #ABPubShortlist #ABbooks @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019 is Open Access. Follow this link to read online for free: buff.ly/zvHHFX6

At the top there is the header: “Regional Book of the Year shortlist.” Below is a Graphic of an open book. On the right page of the book are the logos for Durvile & UpRoute, Athabasca University Press, University of Calgary Press and University of Alberta Press. At the bottom to the left there is the footer: “The 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards”. To the bottom right there is a circular badge: “BPAA 50 YEARS

The Regional Book of the Year shortlist highlights books that offer a unique perspective of Alberta. Thank you to Alberta Views for sponsoring this award. #ABbooks #ABPubShortlist @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social

The book cover for Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese Speaking World edited by Susanna Barnes and Laura S. Meitzner Yoder, showing an historic map of Portuguese colonial territory

Portuguese colonial land policies were not just implemented and forgotten. They are not a part of a distant past. They have shaped contemporary land access, governance, and socioeconomic structures in profound ways.

Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World. August 15.

HEADER " Read and Alberta Book that is celebrating a milestone anniversary!" TAGLINE: "Discover books in your own backyard!" FOOTER: "Read Alberta's Summer Reading Challenge".

The BPAA is experiencing a big anniversary this year and so are these amazing Alberta-published titles! Competing in the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge? We have some great recommendations for you! @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @renegadeartsent.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

another morning if wee one’s swim lesson, as I explore new poetry titles by Lorne Daniel and Susan Musgrave (ed. Micheline Maylor, // @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @michelinemaylor.bsky.social

Discover the hidden history of allied intelligence networks during the early Cold War. Featuring fascinating research based on recently declassified documents available though @canadadeclassified.bsky.social!

The Next War. It's open access: buff.ly/DGHXy7x

Book Release!
Many of the newly declassified documents referenced in writing this history are available at Canada Declassified!
📂 declassified.library.utoronto.ca
This book is open access!
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The Material Mind | Manifold at UCalgary Press <p><b> <em>The Material Mind</em> puts the issue of understanding how the mind fits into the natural order into broad perspective, linking the question of causal efficacy of cognitive properties and…

The metaphysical mind-body problem through the lends of the philosophy of science. A fascinating, complex theory of ontological levels, innovative and carefully argued.

Read The Material Mind #OpenAccess:

The covers for Lorne Daniel's book What is Broken Binds Us, which shows an image of a kintsugi statue, and rob mclennan's book the book of sentences, showing an ant crawling on an orange, with the legend "Brave & Brilliant Poetry Fall 2025"

Coming this fall! New poetry from Lorne Daniel and rob mclennan in UCalgary Press' Brave & Brilliant literary series. We're so excited for these books!

Me, mirror-sunglassed and smiling, on the dock at Big Doe Lake, with lake, far shore and fluffy-clouded sky behind me, with these books on a small red table behind me: What Is Broken Binds Us by Lorne Daniels (University of Calgary Press) and In Search of Lost Time Volume 1 Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (The Modern Library Classics)

#FridayReads #WeekendReads
What Is Broken Binds Us by @lornedaniel.bsky.social (@ucalgarypress.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/mwmu6wjh

In Search of Lost Time Volume 1, Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (The Modern Library Classics) tinyurl.com/53syzucx

Wherever, whatever you're reading ... enjoy!

The cover for the book The Next War: Indications Intelligence in the Early Cold War by Timothy Andrews Sayle, which shows a map of Soviet Russia overlaid on a dark background, placed on top of a graphic of a file folder which bears the label "just published."

Just Released! What can Cold War threat assessment teach us about conflict, cooperation, and intelligence networks today?

Drawing on recently declassified documents - still secret in the US and UK - The Next War is a full account of the tripartite allied indications network.

Alberta’s June 2025 Bestsellers are here! Featuring titles from @newestpress.bsky.social, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, @durvile-shyba.bsky.social, @renegadeartsent.bsky.social, and @ualbertapress.bsky.social, and more!

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#AlbertaBestsellers #ABBooks #ReadAlberta #SummerReads

An image of the book cover for Recombinant Theory, which shows the title in an arrangement that suggests a combination lock, accompanied by the quote "This book, like a wrench in the system, is meant to force us to attend to how these poets fit in our world rather than produce the usual affirmations -EVENT Magazine."

Reviewed at Event Magazine . . . Recombinant Theory by Joel Katelnikoff.

Sense and trancendence through the beauty of borrowed prose with non-committal truth. Recombinant Theory is wherever fine books are sold.

More: buff.ly/gqmxXXu

The covers for Lorne Daniel's book What is Broken Binds Us, which shows an image of a kintsugi statue, and rob mclennan's book the book of sentences, showing an ant crawling on an orange, with the legend "Brave & Brilliant Poetry Fall 2025"

Forthcoming this fall! Brave & Brilliant presents new poetry from Lorne Daniel and rob mclennan, diving deep into the meanings of resilience and memory, of fatherhood and growth.

The cover for Blaine Newton's book Rag Pickers, which shows a crowded and eclectic "rag shop" window accompanied by the caption Best Seller

Rag Pickers is a Calgary fiction bestseller!

Find this captivating collection of short stories wherever fine books are sold!

Strong and Free: My Journey in Alberta Politics is shortlisted for the Alberta Book Publishing Regional Book of the Year!

Our congratulations to Ted Morton and all the shortlisted authors!

Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton Newton’s skill as a writer is in the subtlety of the twists in these stories, and I was continually astonished at how well he executed a story during my read. When I pulled out Blaine Newton’s short s...

#SundaySentence The Reluctant Poet by Blaine Newton from Rag Pickers (2025 @ucalgarypress.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/52zt6v99

We are Already Ghosts is shortlisted for the Alberta Book Publishing Trade Fiction Book of the Year!

Congratulations to Kit Dobson and all the nominees!

The book cover for A History of Public Health in Alberta 1919-2019 with a banner saying Shortlisted Alberta Book Publishing Scholarly Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the Alberta Book Publishing Scholarly Book of the Year!

A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019 is a fascinating journey into the 100 years of health policy, practice, activism and scholarship.

A huge congratulations to all the shortlisted authors!

Rag Pickers Funny and heartbreaking, these stories pick at the edge of human lives and reassemble the pieces in search of meaning and connection.

This #SundaySentence candidate has me looking at sentences differently now:

"Did you know that the first five syllables of any sentence are the beginning of a Haiku?"

Conversations with Cows by Blaine Newton
from Rag Pickers (2025 @ucalgarypress.bsky.social) press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...

Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending June 26, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/

Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending June 26, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/

Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending June 26, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

Not a history book that glorifies events, people, and decisions with naïve deference . . . a resounding call for action from all actors in the public health community.

A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019 at AlbertaViews Magazine: buff.ly/TQ4MPdJ

Invisible Lives by Christalle Smith is the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Book of Poetry WINNER!

Our sincere (if late!) congratulations to Chistalle for this amazing honour.

Celebrate Canada Day with Open Access books from the University of Calgary Press. Free to read scholarship for essential context on the world we live in today.

"An excellent debut collection"

Rag Pickers reviewed at the Miramichi Reader: buff.ly/RkWuueB

Tonight! Come to Shelf Life Books to launch Rag Pickers with author Blaine Newton and special guests Barb Howard and Rose Scollard. 7pm!

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