Michelle Lobkowicz

lovely Troy!

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“Ramadan layers sonic patterns into sensory delights around the dinner table…. A dazzling collection...” Cristalle Smith, author of Invisible Lives
https://bit.ly/40u9ity

@cristallesmith.bsky.social #poetry #CanLit #debut #diasporalit #hybrid #arab #Lebanon #immigrant

Troy just wrote this piece on the power of lists: rabble.ca/politics/can...

Job Posting: NeWest Press General Manager — NeWest Press Edmonton’s NeWest Press seeks an enthusiastic, dynamic General Manager to provide operational leadership. The General Manager oversees the publication of ten to fifteen books a year and will shepherd ...

Job Posting!
a special press based in Edmonton, NeWest Press, is seeking a new general manager:
newestpress.com/news-all/job...

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Is academic copy editing for you? Find out in our Oct. 21 webinar with James Harbeck, which will examine the particularities of copy editing academic books and the skills required. Sign up now to learn more: webinars.editors.ca/upcoming_web...

#Editing #CopyEditing #AcademicEditing

A person smiling while holding up a copy of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman. The background shows a softly lit room with light-colored curtains and plants.

A view of a bookshelf with multiple books and decorative items. The book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman is prominently displayed on a stand beside a glowing orange lamp

A close-up of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman displayed on a bookshelf next to a warm, glowing lamp and several other books.

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

Hooray! Congratulations to you and Paul!

Great stuff Dawn!

ACP is excited to launch the Certified Canadian Publisher program! 🍁📚

Look for the seal when you buy books and you'll:

📖Support Canadian jobs
🏆Champion Canadian talent
🏘 Strengthen communities
💰Boost our economy
🍁 Preserve Canadian stories

www.certifiedcanadianpublisher.com

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

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

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

Today is the last day to submit to our poetry window ⬇️

Thanks to all those who apply!

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

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

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House of Style.

Book cover for The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions.

Hot of the press and releasing shortly. @arnabdr.bsky.social it is beautiful! Featuring stunning artwork by Rakajoo, Face à toi, 2021.

Poster for a UCF CHDR talk by Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy on Oct 2, 2025, 3:30pm, Trevor Colbourn Hall 325. Talk title: “The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Youthful (Re)Formations and Narratives of Development from the Global South.” Includes photo of the speaker.

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!

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...

Thank you Kimberley Gilmour and @thetemzreview.bsky.social !

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

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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

At the top there is the header: “Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year.” To the left there is a circular badge that reads; “ Alberta Book Publishing Awards: Winner”. Below is a Graphic of an open book. On the right page of the book is the logo for University of Alberta Press and to the left is the book cover for INDIGENOUS LEGALITIES, PIPELINE VISCOSITIES. 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 Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year is awarded to INDIGENOUS LEGALITIES, PIPELINE VISCOSITIES by Tyler McCreary. Congratulations to @ualbertapress.bsky.social #ABPubAwards #ABbooks

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

Our Rights and Freedoms - University of Alberta Press Aaron W. Hughes recounts the complex and fascinating history of Canada’s Charter and shows how it has forever changed the political, legal, and social live...

This trade book will be published in April. Just sayin'...

Our Rights and Freedoms: A Biography of Canada’s Charter
by Aaron W. Hughes

The fascinating history of Canada’s Charter shows how it has forever changed the political, legal, and social lives of Canadians.

ualbertapress.ca/978177212826...

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Grateful to be attending the 2025 PPSA & IRW meetings at the Banff Centre, located on the side of Sacred Buffalo Mountain, in the Banff area known as as Minhrpa (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”), Treaty 7 territory.

Image of the Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities book cover winning the Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year, published by University of Alberta Press.

Congrats to Tyler McCreary, @matbuntin.bsky.social, Kay Rollans, Michel Vrana, and everyone at @ualbertapress.bsky.social for this recognition from the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Great stuff!

Check out the book here: ualbertapress.ca/978177212704...

Canadian Publishing Industry Calls for Repeal of Alberta’s Discriminatory Book Ban - Association of Canadian Publishers

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...

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