Rachel F. Stapleton

Check out this review in @harpers.bsky.social for “Walking the Bypass” (uofrpress.ca/Books/W/Walk...), publishing next Tuesday!
(This editor is thrilled to have gotten a chance to work on this book. Congrats, @therealkenwilson.bsky.social!)

Churning up the ground: Laura Hall on horror as the ‘primary film genre of settler colonialism’ Countless books have explored the sociopolitical foundations of horror—its entanglements with gender, Blackness, madness, war and capitalism. Yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to the gen...

In "Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes" (out today from uofrpress.ca/!), Laura Hall argues that horror is THE genre of settler colonialism. Read more in @canadiandimension.bsky.social canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Let’s Talk about Indigenous Representation in Horror Movies | The Tyee Meet the brilliant scholar connecting the dots between Indigenous erasure and spooky fare.

Today is Pub Day for Laura Hall's "Bloodied Bodies, Bloody Landscapes" – check out her conversation with @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Available now! uofrpress.ca/Books/B/Bloo...

I Love You More Than Anything, but I Would Rather Die Than Talk to You on the Phone There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely hones...

"There is no me without you. Would I remember your phone number if my contacts were suddenly deleted, with no backups? If I’m being completely honest, not even the area code."

I’m so glad you enjoyed the book!

The bumper crop of forthcoming nonfiction books we are most excited about – see our 2025 spring preview bit.ly/3Wucxil - includes this title from University of Regina Press
uofrpress.ca/Books/H/Home...

Thrilled that “Tricky Grounds” by Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige has been recognized with a Canada Prize by @federationhss.ca at #congressh. “Tricky Grounds” works to break the deafening silence of Indigenous women’s voices in academic leadership positions.

uofrpress.ca/Books/T/Tric...

A group of people with light- and medium-brown skin and black hair conversing around a table with papers and a laptop, against a backdrop of a globe, a gear and a paper airplane. (Copyright: alisarut © 123RF.com)

This May, @indigeditors.bsky.social will welcome delegates to the #IndigenousEditorsCircle. In the latest #EditorsWeekly post, Rhonda Kronyk takes us on a journey through the foundations of the Circle, explains its features and offers a glimpse into future plans: blog.editors.ca/indigenous-e...

Black oak savannah after the burn, Biinaakzigewok Anishnaabeg.

The whole family – cat included – watched a movie tonight.

you can always email it to me! ;)

When you put it that way, it’s a lot like writing…

Thanks! I frogged it (knitting term for ripping it back) several times and started over. And then I had to put it aside for a while before it could face it again ;)

New sweater, who dis?

This has been my bête noire for 4 years. But it’s finished, and blocked, and keeping me cozy while it’s still sweater weather. (Yes, I swatched this project, for all the good it did me!)

Roots & Rain Storm DK in Logwood & Lac; Timber Falls by This.Bird.Knits
#finishedobject

In the Light of Dawn Illuminating two hundred years of lost Black History through the lens of an iconic abolitionist settlementIn the Light of Dawn shines a spotlight on the Dawn Settlement, a historic abolitionist commun...

I had the privilege of working on a brand new book about Dawn! uofrpress.ca/Books/I/In-t...

Check out the first title in U of R Press’s “Henry and Mary Bibb Series in Black Canadian Studies”!

uofrpress.ca/Books/I/In-t...

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked (Gift Article) Two art fraud rings in a remote Canadian city produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artist.

Two art fraud rings in a Thunder Bay produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

Advice | In Defense of ‘Reader 2’ Peer reviewers for book manuscripts are often more helpful than they’re given credit for (even the mean ones).

One of the biggest secrets I learned as an acquisitions editor is that I get to decide which review is “Reviewer 2”…
#editsky #academicediting #amediting

It’s never not capitalism.

A small black cat in a baby wearing wrap

Why yes, I *DID* buy a baby wrap so that the cat will let me work in peace.

Am I just reinforcing bad behaviour?

#amediting #editsky #academicediting

A couple of months ago, I got to chat with John Loeppky about how scholarly and creative writing practices can complement each other. Check out the full article in University Affairs: universityaffairs.ca/career-advic...

#creativewriting #academicwriting #writingpractice #adventuresinediting

Those attending #Congress2024: entire @mcgillu.bsky.social
campus to be picketed. Attending any event without a pass from us will be considered strike breaking by us & unionized faculty across Canada. You can support us in many ways. See FAQ: ampl-ampd.ca/news-en/faq-... #NoContractNoCongress

There Is No Point in My Being Other Than Honest with You: On Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters | Los Angeles Review of Books Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House....

"Readers are needy creatures, Morrison’s letters suggest, demanding both drama and organization, the space and information to make discoveries themselves yet a clear enough path so as not to feel lost."

As true of academic and nonfiction as of novels, IMO.

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Anything by Silvia Garcia Moreno

Fridays are for feeling tired and ready for the weekend and watching favourite movies that are reliably soothing even the millionth time through. #editors #editorsofbsky #amediting #10thingsihateaboutyou

I can’t wait for our next long drive to listen to this episode!

Thursdays are for responding to emails about Mondays' contracts, and writing emails, and wanting a nap, and thanking the stars that this coming weekend is a long weekend here. #editors #editorsofbsky #aweekinthelife

Wednesdays are for waking up at 4am with a migraine, and wondering why it isn’t Thursday yet. #editors #editorsofbsky #paidsickdayssavelives

I routinely send authors who are drafting their response to peer reviews (especially first-time authors) to Laura's advice.