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University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
Our Library colleagues, Lisa Prins and Allison Sivak, received a Teaching Collaboration Award this fall.
"This is like a little part of the university that gets to do something really differently. It feels exciting ... to reimagine what learning has to feel like."
https://bit.ly/48WfQGe
Not only was Frank Farley a passionate naturalist, staunch environmental activist, and the namesake of his grand-nephew, Farley Mowat; he was also a world-class birder. CKUA's Grant Stovel discusses FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA with Glen Hvenegaard and Jeremy Mouat.
https://bit.ly/4iJytzS
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, Laura K. Davis explores how Munro challenges dominant notions of time by connecting personal and collective histories and by considering ephemerality and renewal in both the body and in nature.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
#CanLit #Books
@lauraksdavis.bsky.social
Dec 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
An important book to read is KEETSAHNAK / OUR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS SISTERS, edited by Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell, and Christi Belcourt.
https://bit.ly/3Itd5xl
#MMIWG #VAW #16dayscampaign
The Certified Canadian Publisher program makes Canadian ownership visible to readers and reminds us that local ownership still matters. Buying from Canadian publishers sustains writers and presses and fuels a large creative ecosystem.
https://bit.ly/49F4qqC
@cdnpublishers.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
We held an Open House to welcome our Director and Publisher, Darcy Cullen, to Edmonton and to celebrate the hiring of our new Acquisitions Editor, Kay Rollans. It was a pleasure to have so many authors, friends, and colleagues come out to spend the afternoon with us.
https://bit.ly/44dkTPb
Dana Hansen at Hamilton Review of Books recommends SHELTER IN TEXT, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. So many good books on this list: check it out!
https://bit.ly/3LJKSrf
#books #booklists #Literature #CanLit
Want to read local? Check out Alberta Views' Book Guide for a year of books from Alberta authors and publishers.
albertaviews.ca/guide/books-...
#BookSky @newestpress.bsky.social @renegadeartsent.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @aupress.ca @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
"This well-researched book is successful in establishing Frank Farley as a significant figure in early Canadian ornithology and as a significant naturalist of his time.” James Murton, Nipissing U
https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
#birders #birding #ornithologists #environment #ecology #heritage #settlement
How cool is this? Canada Post has new stamps celebrating Canadian graphic novelists, including Kate Beaton. https://bit.ly/4pt1BgU
We published her lecture, BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR: https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
#CanLit #booksky #class #art #literature #CLC #UAlberta @katebeaton.bsky.social
November 29 to December 5 is Read Palestine Week.
Our books on Palestine are found here: https://bit.ly/4bw4d7h
#ReadPalestineWeek
MELTDOWN: Intimate storytelling meets vast landscapes. Sarah Boon tells the story of her transformation, told in parallel to the vast changes in the glaciers, forests, and snow she studies.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
#Science #Fieldwork #Memoir @snowhydro.bsky.social
Listen to our latest episode!
In this interview, we chat with Kasia Van Schaik about reverse outlining, asking "what if", sublimating emotion through landscape, and so much more.
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"[CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY] links the art of map-making with Indigenous storytelling and gives a fascinating look at Blackfoot cartography from the early 1800s. At its core, it ties the Blackfoot people to the vast Alberta landscape." Alberta Native News, November 2025
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
#maps
While place has been considered extensively by scholars of Munro’s work, time has not been given equal attention. In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, Laura K. Davis focuses her critical attention on the notion of time in Munro’s writing.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
#CanLit @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
We are delighted to share that the American Society for Indexing has selected Stephen Ullstrom as the winner of the ASI Indexing Award for his index for Dialectics of the Big Bang and the Absolute Existence of the Multiverse by Gregory Phipps.
https://bit.ly/48vHg4N
@stephenullstrom.bsky.social
FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA emphasizes Farley’s role as an intermediary between bird lovers and academic ornithologists while highlighting the ecological transformations that occurred with prairie settlement.
https://bit.ly/4fLGh2E
#birders #birding #ornithology #environment
During Canada History Week, November 24-30, we continue to work on how we decolonize our thinking.
#IndigenousStudies #IndigenousHistory
Lisa Baird's newest collection is WHEN WHALES WENT BACK TO THE WATER.
Here is one of her poems, posted by the Brockton Writers Series.
https://bit.ly/3WprjGG
About the book: https://bit.ly/3DNesb7
@eramosageese.bsky.social @brocktonwriters.bsky.social
In INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX, Krista Maxwell shows how practices of re-membering mobilize traditional ways of being and knowing towards social repair and rejuvenation.
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
#healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous
We are displaying the 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show at #UAlberta. Alan Brownoff designed one of the winning covers, for ON BEAUTY by @robmclennan.bsky.social .
https://bit.ly/4cOA8zx
View the gallery of selected entries on the AUPresses Design website:
https://bit.ly/4ac5tOV
#ReadUP
“Taking a feminist/critical approach, COLLABORATIVE METHODS challenges the notion of scholarly objectivity put forward by positivist approaches to research...” Rebecca Godderis, Wilfrid Laurier U
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
#HigherEd #Feminist #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Intersectional
MELTDOWN traces Sarah Boon’s dual passion for scientific fieldwork and science writing as she tells her story of becoming a young scientist and reveals how women are pitted against obstacles and gender barriers.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
#MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
From 25 November to 10 December, mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence. This year, the theme is “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls.”
Violence against women and girls affects 1 in 3 women. It is a global human rights emergency.
https://bit.ly/3JlBVDw
This week at McGill, Krista Maxwell discusses INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony with a panel of scholars:
Tuyaa Montgomery (Anthropology)
Wanda Gabriel (Social Work)
Leslie Sabiston (Anthropology)
Dennis C. Wendt (Education)
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
One of our authors, Sandeep Agrawal, brings his deep knowledge of urban and regional planning to a panel on the housing affordability crisis, alongside Murtaza Haider, James Macek, and Mary Rowe.
Toronto, Nov 26. Register for $25 (includes canapes, beverage and presentation).
https://bit.ly/3MidnMI
People of South Asian origin are a significant part of the Canadian (and global) population, yet many of the key issues and challenges they confront are not well known. SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA is an important resource for understanding.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
#IdentityPolitics
Edmonton friends, join us at our Open House on Wednesday, December 3 from 3 to 5 pm. We have lots to celebrate!
All are welcome.
Remarks at 4 pm.
Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South
University of Alberta
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin / @lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/lisa...
We are losing a true publishing genius, someone who could stay focused on the thinking and writing that is our purpose, while innovating in forms and the university press break-even form of business.
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