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✨ THIS WEEKEND ✨ Visit Ellen Anderson Penno at the Farmer's & Maker's Market at CSPACE in Calgary (1721 29 Avenue, Southwest)

Saturday, August 16th 10am - 2pm

Ellen will be there with her award nominated memoire COUNTING BONES: ANATOMY OF LOVE LOST AND FOUND

Say hi and get your copy

A Trio of Poets at the Trident. Join King’s Co-op Books, Trident Booksellers & Café, and Samantha Jones for the Halifax Launch of Attic Rain alongside special guests Cory Lavender and Clare Goulet. When: Monday August 18th, 7-8:30 pm. Where: The Trident Booksellers & Café, 1256 Hollis St., Halifax, Nova Scotia. The graphic features the book covers and author photos for each of the three poets: Come One Thing Another by Cory Lavender, Attic Rain by Samantha Jones, Graphis scripta: writing lichen by Clare Goulet.

Book Cover: Attic Rain. Poems by Samantha Jones. Raindrops run gently down a sky blue background, while a grid of bright yellow smiley faces sit on the left-hand side of the cover, various expressions on their faces, repeating across the rows.

The one and only @sjonespoet.bsky.social will be in Halifax on August 18th to celebrate the east-coast launch of her award-nominated poetry collection ATTIC RAIN. Joined by Cory Lavender and Clare Goulet at Trident Booksellers & Café this is an event you won't want to miss!
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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

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending August 3, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending August 3, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending August 3, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending August 3, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES is in fine company this week! Thanks to readers who have kept THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES on the @abbookpub.bsky.social bestseller list, to local indie bookstores, to #DannyMiles for his beautiful photographs, & to @newestpress.bsky.social

#readlocal #buylocal #poetry

Back at number one! THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES continues to fly. Thank you. I am truly grateful! Purchase from your local indie bookstore or directly from the NeWest Press online bookstore.

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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending July 27, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

A 50 Books for 50 Years graphic featuring the cover of Where the Sun Shines Best by Austin Clarke. The top third of the cover features a photograph of the underside of a mushroom. The middle third features a white background with the title of the text in bold sans serif font and the author’s name. The last third of the cover features a reddish-brown background with light illustrations of various flora. “Literary Press Group of Canada, Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Literature. NeWest Press.”

🍄‍🟫 Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto (@newestpress.bsky.social)

This groundbreaking feminist novel explores Japanese-Canadian identity, family, and language with magical realism.

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This is lovely news and we're particularly delighted to see Douglas Barbour, whose poetry we published many years ago, honored this way:

Ooooh, they announced! Y'all, THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER is the first book in NeWest's new spec fic imprint. I'm thrilled to see this new Western Canadian SFFH series and to see it named after Doug Barbour, a strong supporter of Canadian speculative fiction. Submit here: newestpress.com/submissions

Introducing Barbour Books. Logo of a blue rocket ship blasting towards green stars.

NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site.

#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit

On a reddish brown background, an animated yellow van with luggage strapped to the roof is ready for a road trip. Text reads, Summer Road trip planned? Take a NeWest audiobook with you!

Book Cover: A Story Can Be Told About Pain by Lisa Martin. Blue-grey leaf fronds overlap and cover the background and the tiles. The title and author name is in large, yellow text. A yellow silhouette of a beetle lays between the title and the author name.

Book Cover: The silouette of a bicycle with saddlebags stands in front of an orange mountainous skyline. South Away. The Pacific Coast on Two Wheels. By Meaghan Marie Hackinen.

check out www.newestpress.com for our full audiobook catalogue

Do you love audiobooks? 😍 🎧 So do we! Are you planning a summer road trip? 😎 🚗 Get ahead of your August long weekend and spend some time with a NeWest audiobook.

There's something for everyone...

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Alberta is home to a thriving literary community! Here are just some of our favourite Alberta-authored and Alberta-published books. #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge #ReadAlberta @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @edgesf.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

Header: "Read an Alberta Book that is a poetry collection". Tagline "Discover books published in your own backyard". Footer: Read Alberta's Summer Reading Challenge. Featuring six covers from Alberta published books.

There is always great poetry to discover from Alberta publishers. For the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge we rounded up some new and old favourites. #ReadAlberta #ABbooks @ualbertapress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social

At the top there is the header: “TRADE NON-FICTION 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 LASER QUIT SMOKING MASSAGE by Cole Nowicki. On the right is the logo for NeWest 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”.

Next on the Trade Non-Fiction shortlist is LASER QUIT SMOKING MASSAGE by Cole Nowicki, which approaches the Canadian urban/rural divide with humour, curiosity, and insightfulness. @newestpress.bsky.social #ABPubShortlist #ABbooks

Delighted THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES is back on the @abbookpub.bsky.social Edmonton Bestseller list! Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of this collection!
#dannymiles @newestpress.bsky.social #readlocal #buylocal #poetry #ekphrasis #birdphotography #drummerswholovebirds #writerswholovebirds

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

Grateful to readers who've purchased THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES! Thanks for the support! Thanks to @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @grantstovel.bsky.social #DannyMiles & @newestpress.bsky.social w special thanks to John McGrath for the video Brendan McGrath for the soundtrack, & Eamon McGrath for support!

These all look so good!! I'm especially excited for C. J. Lavigne's THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER. I heard it has 100% of one's daily requirement of salt water, kelp, and creepy post-apocalyptic moss.

Introducing NeWest Press Fall 2025 New Releases

✨ Fall Books are coming soon!✨

We're so excited for this amazing list! Which book are you most looking forward to?

#NeWestPress #Fall2025 #NewRelease #ABbooks #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #ReadLocal #BuyLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian
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Summer Reading. What's on your summer reading list? Four book covers are in a square formation. ALL WRONG HORSES ON FIRE THAT GO AWAY IN THE RAIN by Sarain Frank Soonias; The Beauty of Vultures by Wendy McGrath & Danny Miles; A Story Can Be Told About Pain by Lisa Martin; The Boy Who Was Saved By Jazz by Tom Bentley-Fisher

😎 📚 What's on your reading list this summer? Need some ideas? Check out these new releases from NeWest Press!

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#NeWestPress #SummerReads #SummerReadingList #NewReleases #ABbooks #AlbertaPublisher #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #ReadLocal #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian

Book cover for Times of Transformation: The 1921 Canadian General Election by Barbara J. Messamore (UBC Press‬), part of their Turning Point Elections series. Times of Transformation positions the watershed 1921 federal election in the context of activist efforts and the revolutionary mood in the years following the Great War. New Liberal leader William Lyon Mackenzie King, who went on to become Canada’s longest-serving prime minister, came to power, with his party capturing every Quebec seat. The 1921 election brought many Canadian firsts: the first post-Confederation minority government, the first time women were eligible to vote on terms equal to men, and the first effective fracturing of the two-party system, with the establishment of a federal Labour party and the dramatic rise of the Progressives. https://www.ubcpress.ca/times-of-transformation

Book cover for The Boy Who Was Saved by Jazz by Tom Bentley-Fisher (NeWest Press‬), with pink hands on black keys suggesting a piano keyboard, against a green background with black text on yellow lines. Robert lost his father before he’d even been born, and was quickly abandoned by his young mother to be raised by his grandparents in small-town Saskatchewan. In another sense, though, Robert never lost his father, whose ghostly presence lingers in the young boy’s life over the years by means of spectral “advice letters” on how to be a man. When Robert finds an old pump organ in a derelict farmhouse, he discovers a deep love of and talent for performing music. He also begins to discover secrets from his past, including his grandfather’s Communist ties, and the familial cover-up of his father’s sudden death. Along the way, Robert embraces his budding bisexuality, discovers his Métis identity and harnesses the power of his wild imagination. https://bookshop.newestpress.com/products/the-boy-who-was-saved-by-jazz

Book cover for Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe (House of Anansi‬), with flowers drawn as black lines silhouetted ‬against a green background. Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her beloved sister is gay in a country with tight anti-homosexuality laws. Over a weekend at Aine’s all girls’ boarding school, sisterly bonds strengthen, and a new friendship emerges between Aine and her sister’s partner, Achen. Later, a sudden death in the family brings Achen to Mbabazi’s and Aine’s village, resulting in tensions that put Mrs. Kamara’s Christian beliefs to the test. Aine runs away to Mbabazi’s and Achen’s home in Kampala, where she reconnects with her crush, Elia, a sophomore at Makerere University. In acclaimed writer Iryn Tushabe’s dazzling debut novel, Aine must make hard choices, with inevitable and harrowing results. https://houseofanansi.com/products/everything-is-fine-here

Book cover for I Am Metis by Karen Hourie Ellefson and illustrated by Leah Dorion (Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd) with a navy bird flying over a light blue circle suggestive of a lake, next to green circles suggestive of trees seen from above. "Who are you?", whispers the voice in the wind. "You are Métis." What does this strange word mean? A young girl watches her father to understand the unfamiliar label. Through a series of vignettes centred around her dad, the child interacts with her riverlot surroundings and delights in her Métis way of life. https://www.fitzhenry.ca/Detail/155455621X

14/18 #SmallPress #books #BookSky #DSPBposts 💙📚 @ubcpress.bsky.social @wordsweaver.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social

Promotional poster for the virtual event, An Evening of Poetry and Literature. Four authors from across Canada share new writing on OCD. Photographs of the authors, Samantha Jones, Drew McEwan, Léa Taranto, and Madelaine Caritas Longman, are included above the event details. Date and time: July 26, 2025, at 7:00-8:30 pm EST/4:00-5:30 pm PDT. Registration link: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/89578422916

✨ Saturday, July 26✨ you are invited to a free online event, with Drew McEwan, Léa Taranto, Madelaine Caritas Longman, and NeWest's own @sjonespoet.bsky.social discussing writing on OCD.

#NeWest Press #CanLit #CanadianLiterature #ReadCanadian #BuyCanadian #OCD

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Missed Grant Stovel's interview with Danny Miles and I about THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES on CKUA? Listen here: soundcloud.com/ckuaradio/we...

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Book cover for The Boy Who Was Saved by Jazz by Tom Bentley-Fisher (NeWest Press‬), with pink hands on black keys suggesting a piano keyboard, against a green background with black text on yellow lines. Robert lost his father before he’d even been born, and was quickly abandoned by his young mother to be raised by his grandparents in small-town Saskatchewan. In another sense, though, Robert never lost his father, whose ghostly presence lingers in the young boy’s life over the years by means of spectral “advice letters” on how to be a man. When Robert finds an old pump organ in a derelict farmhouse, he discovers a deep love of and talent for performing music. He also begins to discover secrets from his past, including his grandfather’s Communist ties, and the familial cover-up of his father’s sudden death. Along the way, Robert embraces his budding bisexuality, discovers his Métis identity and harnesses the power of his wild imagination. https://bookshop.newestpress.com/products/the-boy-who-was-saved-by-jazz

Book cover for Everything is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe (House of Anansi‬), with flowers drawn as black lines silhouetted ‬against a green background. Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her beloved sister is gay in a country with tight anti-homosexuality laws. Over a weekend at Aine’s all girls’ boarding school, sisterly bonds strengthen, and a new friendship emerges between Aine and her sister’s partner, Achen. Later, a sudden death in the family brings Achen to Mbabazi’s and Aine’s village, resulting in tensions that put Mrs. Kamara’s Christian beliefs to the test. Aine runs away to Mbabazi’s and Achen’s home in Kampala, where she reconnects with her crush, Elia, a sophomore at Makerere University. In acclaimed writer Iryn Tushabe’s dazzling debut novel, Aine must make hard choices, with inevitable and harrowing results. https://houseofanansi.com/products/everything-is-fine-here

Book cover for children's picture book I Am Metis by Karen Hourie Ellefson and illustrated by Leah Dorion (Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd) with a navy bird flying over a light blue circle suggestive of a lake, next to green circles suggestive of trees seen from above. "Who are you?", whispers the voice in the wind. "You are Métis." What does this strange word mean? A young girl watches her father to understand the unfamiliar label. Through a series of vignettes centred around her dad, the child interacts with her riverlot surroundings and delights in her Métis way of life. https://www.fitzhenry.ca/Detail/155455621X

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Everything is Fine Here by @wordsweaver.bsky.social (@houseofanansi.bsky.social‬), I Am Metis by Karen Hourie Ellefson, ill. by Leah Dorion (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) & The Boy Who Was Saved by Jazz by Tom Bentley-Fisher (@newestpress.bsky.social). #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky

Book Launch: The Beauty of Vultures. July 22 at 7pm. Audreys Books 10702 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton AB. With Wendy McGrath and Danny Miles.

⏰ Celebrate the ✨ in person✨ launch of The Beauty of Vultures the collaborative project by poet Wendy McGrath and photographer Danny Miles

When: TOMORROW! (July 22, 2025) @ 7pm
Where: Audreys Books (10702 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton)
Cost: Free
Snacks: Of course

#NeWestPress #Canadian #PoetryLaunch

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

Join Danny Miles and I this Friday 8:45 am when we talk to Grant Stovel host of CKUA's "Alberta Morning" about THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES--a poetry collection inspired by and including Danny's bird/wildlife photography.

@newestpress.bsky.social #drummerswholovebirds #writerswholovebirds

Book Cover: Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton's Queer History, edited by Kristopher Wells. On a lavender background, and sitting in front of a vintage photograph of the Edmonton highlevel bridge, a rainbow of colours, including all colours in the progress flag, curves down in the shape of the North Saskatchewan River.

✨ cover reveal✨ 🏳️‍🌈 Cruising the Downtown with The Edmonton Queer History Project, edited by Kristopher Wells

The city of Edmonton has a robust and thriving 2SLGBTQ+ community, with a too often unknown history.

#NeWestPress #EdmontonQueerHistoryProject #ReadQueerBooks #2SLGBTQIA

10 Canadian poetry books to expand your mind. Canadian poetry—not actually written in maple syrup! Not entirely about beavers! (Although I have certainly written about beavers.) Canada is a complicated place, living in the shadow of the U.S., …

Got a chance to curate a list of 10 Canadian poetry books for Lithub!

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