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Publisher since 1974 of literary, scholarly, reference & general interest books at Canadian Mennonite University. Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg. In Winnipeg shop at CommonWord. Website: http://www.cmupress.ca Industry orders: http://www.litdistco.ca
Happy #InternationalWomensDay
CMU Press is grateful to work with these authors of recent books: (clockwise from top left) The Very Rev. Dr. Carmen Lansdowne, Dr. Hildi Froese Tiessen, Connie L. Braun, Dora Dueck, Sarah Klassen. And there are many others (writers, editors, designers) we celebrate.
A very nice piece in The BC Review about the new poetry collection by Patrick Friesen (his latest in a 50 year career). M.A.C. Farrant writes: "The masterful poems in Sightings—a golden anniversary book, if you will—range wide and deep."
Read more here! thebcreview.ca/2026/02/27/4...
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Enter to win a copy of Patrick Friesen's brand-new collection of poetry (his latest in a 50-year career of publishing) SIGHTINGS.
Go to the Giveaways page of @49thshelf.bsky.social (a project of Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social) and sign up!
--> 49thshelf.com/Giveaways
A collection of the 14 logos from the association signatories of the letter titled "Canadian publishers, authors, and booksellers call for Nova Scotia to reinstate funding for publishers."
The LPG is proud to stand in solidarity with the arts community of Nova Scotia, rallying in protest of sweeping cuts to the province's arts and culture funding.
Read our collective statement: lpg.ca/news/13604732
Our upcoming novel NIGHTBERRIES by Elina Penner (translated by Bradley Schmidt from the 2022 German novel NACHTBEEREN) is featured in @alllitupcanada.bsky.social's Spring Preview. We're so excited about this novel! You can pre-order from All Lit Up or your local indie. alllitup.ca/books/nightb...
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a blue and white book on a blue background
a smiling man with brown eyes and white skin
The Book to have if you have any connection at all to Mennonite literature. Here's a thoughtful review of editor Rob Zacharias's work from a reader. www.librarything.com/work/3454504...
By the way, if you're in the US and had trouble ordering this, PLEASE try again! Recent snafu sorted!
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Last day of I LOVE TO READ month! Please support Canadian books.
*ICE: Moments* involves "reading" (& enjoying) stunning Arctic & Antarctic photographs by the late Klaus Hochheim ... & also "reading" reading from Martha Hochheim, curator Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk & ice researcher David Babb. #booksky
It's I LOVE TO READ month! #booksky
Hildi Froese Tiessen's ON MENNONITE/S WRITING gathers eighteen of her influential essays about the phenomenon that is Mennonite literature.
In Canada? Purchase here: commonword.ca/ResourceView/82/27261
In the USA? Purchase here from @bookshop.org:
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It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
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Reading takes many forms. For example, there are many free PDFs on our OPEN ACCESS page. Download these essay collections about Canadian Mennonite University: A University of the Church for the World & A Time of Reckoning.
www.cmu.ca/cmu-press/open-access-titles
It's I LOVE TO READ month!
In a long & distinguished poetry career, Sarah Klassen has explored hope & suffering, language & its limits, movement & stillness—always inviting readers into her care. Full of faith, curiosity & surprise, these poems offer readers grace & insight at every turn.
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FEBRUARY: I LOVE TO READ month.
IN SEARCH OF A MENNONITE IMAGINATION is THE anthology of the most important English-language essays in the field of Mennonite literary criticism, evaluating 150 years of writing about Mennonite literature in North America, each presented in full.
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It's encouraged to promote your own (very good) book, John!
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"There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."—Virginia Woolf
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It's I LOVE TO READ month—
The writing in John Weier's NEW & SELECTED POEMS slips between genres & moods. The poems are lyrical & reflective, steeped in travel & nature, but always against a backdrop of loss. A suite of new work reveals Weier's perceptive questioning of self & world is keen as ever.
It's I LOVE TO READ month!
John Longhurst @jdl56.bsky.social was named to the Order of Canada for contributions to interfaith dialogue. This collection of columns from @winnipegfreepress.com involve respect for & curiosity about religion, inviting readers to think beyond their own beliefs. #booksky
February: I LOVE TO READ month
Enjoy the variety of David Waltner-Toews's NEW & SELECTED POEMS.
The poetic voices here are many: affectionate, joyous, serious, curious, sometimes outlandishly comic. His subjects span flora, fauna, friends and family, and, ultimately, the concept of community itself.
Did you see this awesome ad in today's @winnipegfreepress.com ? It's all about the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers & CMU Press is pleased to be part of this (multilingual!) creative community. #booksky
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February: I LOVE TO READ month.
Margaret Loewen Reimer's 2017 Approaching the Divine is an accessible handbook on signs & symbols in the Christian tradition. It provides a window into the meaning behind liturgical practices & art forms developed through the ages. Helpful as the church enters Lent!
February is I LOVE TO READ month.
Hildi Froese Tiessen's ON MENNONITE/S WRITING gathers eighteen of her influential essays about the phenomenon that is Mennonite literature. Froese Tiessen helped define the field of Mennonite literary criticism. Ask for this book at your library or local indie!
It's I LOVE TO READ MONTH!
Our bestselling title ever is ON THE ZWIEBACK TRAIL.
Whether telling about the term Anabaptist, the role tractors played in the story of Mennonite Central Committee, or a delicious recipe for fluffy zwieback, this alphabet book charms & educates children & adults alike.
I LOVE TO READ month!
WONDER-WORK: winner of Word Guild & Illumination awards. An unusual poet of the Baroque period meets 21st cen poet-translators. Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg's intense sonnets are matched with beautiful English versions from Joanne Epp, Sally Ito & Sarah Klassen.
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February is I LOVE TO READ MONTH & we could not recommend more highly this novel by Manitoba's Sarah Klassen. THE RUSSIAN DAUGHTER is set in early 20th century Russia: a tender, clear-sighted tale of family in time of war, with unexpected developments & shifting understandings of love. #booksky
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Mark A. Burch's The Sacred Path of Simplicity combines meditative wisdom, philosophy, faith, sustainability, and a profound sense of the beauties of voluntary simplicity and spiritual awareness.
In the US? Order via @bookshop.org
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February: I LOVE TO READ MONTH
Carmen Lansdowne's @revviec.bsky.social Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission is for anyone interested in true engagement with intercultural understanding & Christian theology.
Friends in the USA, support indies via @bookshop.org #booksky
A beloved favourite from our backlist.
Winner of Book of the Year at the Manitoba Book Awards, Dora Dueck's THIS HIDDEN THING is a lyrical and moving novel that offers one woman's compelling, ordinary, and surprising life.
Perfect as a gift for a loved one--or for you.
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Reward yourself with Dora Dueck's beautiful personal essays & memoir: RETURN STROKE.
"The kind of writing that invites a reader to slow down, to savour the beauty while pondering the intersections of history and poetry"—Magdalene Redekop
"A masterful work of personal history"— Melanie Springer Mock
SING RESISTANCE at Canadian Mennonite University, February 2, 2026, 7:00 PM. Everyone welcome. Details here.
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This is a book our world desperately needs. Mark A. Burch's The Sacred Path of Simplicity is a meditation on how to re-orient mind, body, and soul away from cultures of violence and exploitation and from economies of consumption and cruelty toward a better way of being in a world in crisis. #booksky
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