University of Alberta Press

01/22/2025

Everyone is welcome at the annual Round Dance, held in the University of Alberta's Education gymnasium.

First Peoples' House warmly invites people of all ages to join its Annual Round Dance.

01/17/2025

Our latest blog post, Solving Wicked Problems with a Graduate Arts Education, is an excerpt from FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities by Loleen Berdahl, Jonathan Malloy, and Lisa Young.
https://bit.ly/3WhEXMh

They also have a great Substack: https://bit.ly/48Z2Ai1

01/15/2025

Travelling to Spain, or planning some armchair travel? Take a look at STORIES LEFT IN STONE: Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain:

“In this captivating travelogue, Nahumko illuminates the region's history, culture, and contemporary issues. His skepticism and wit add a refreshing authenticity, making this book a must-read for anyone intrigued by Cáceres or eager to venture beyond beaten paths.” Javier Torre, University of Denver

Stories Left in Stone explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author Troy Nahumko has lived in the old town of Các...

01/13/2025

The authors of FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD lay out the problems with Arts graduate education cohesively and present viable solutions. The rubrics in the book provide an excellent starting point for conversations about improving Arts education, while also guiding institutions through the difficult task of making change.

About the book: https://bit.ly/3R5Uo7H
Substack: https://bit.ly/48Z2Ai1

01/12/2025

We can't resist sharing rob mclennan's blurb for Dennis Cooley's "Love in a Dry Land" (Turnstone Press).

"There isn’t anyone beyond Cooley able to offer such wild, prairie vernacular, let alone one riffing off a singular work by Sinclair Ross. "From Country Music" to "The Bentleys" [UAlberta Press!] to love in a dry land, Dennis Cooley playfully provides lyrics as pure gesture, intellectual wordplay and spinning puns in a magical articulation and expansion of open form. Okay, cool it, krazy mclennan, I hear Cooley say, but he can’t deny any of it. love in a dry land is an absolute delight."

Interview with Dennis on the arrival of Love in a Dry Land: https://bit.ly/405jqHG

Turnstone Press

01/10/2025

Our wonderful PhD intern, Anindita Mukherjee, is part of the Stroll of Poets' Fresh Verse on Sunday afternoon (Audreys Books, 2 to 3:30 pm):
Come out to see fledgling writers soar, come out to hear rising voices roar, enjoy open mic, good company and more. Come out to see some new faces, hear some new voices, and appreciate fresh verses presented by several of Edmonton’s emerging young poets, Ashleigh Wiggins, Janel Lope, Amy Bacon, Ashley Alton, Anindita Mukherjee, Natasha Riddell, Joshua Querijero, and Zachary Jickling. As usual, an open mic will follow the featured readers. Our mic host will be Max Vandersteen.

Edmonton's Oldest Independent Bookstore selling new books for adults and children

12/23/2024

RUBBLE CHILDREN is a book of great range: at once political, communitarian, empathetic, funny, revolutionary, touching, and hopeful. This is a work that is essential for our moment.” —Saeed Teebi, author of Her First Palestinian

https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF

12/20/2024

Staff member Cathie Crooks attended the Frankfurt Book Fair as a first-timer in October 2024. She recaps her experience in our latest blog post.
https://bit.ly/4fpz6LC

12/17/2024

FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD is a groundbreaking book advocates for the transformative potential of Arts Graduate Education in serving the public good.

Loleen Berdahl, Jonathan Malloy, and Lisa Young introduce impactful rubrics for setting attainable goals in Arts graduate education with the EDITS plan—Efficient resource allocation, Deliberate programming, Inclusive programs, Talent development, and Student focus.

Authored by Canada's foremost experts in postgraduate career planning and professional development, FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD addresses the challenges of the declining academic job market and aligns graduate education with the evolving Canadian labor market, offering pragmatic solutions and transformative visions.

About the book: https://bit.ly/3R5Uo7H
Substack, "Reimagining Arts Graduate Education": https://bit.ly/48Z2Ai1

12/09/2024

Why read OF CANOES AND CROCODILES? The Sepik is the longest river in Papua New Guinea and one of the great tropical waterways of the world. In 2018, Tony Robinson-Smith and his wife Nadya bought local dug-out canoes and spent five weeks paddling its length from a tributary close to the Indonesian border to the Bismarck Sea, a distance of about a thousand kilometres. Hiring Papuans to accompany them and staying in tribal villages along the way, they ate smoked piranha and sago pancakes, heard tales of river gods and sorcerers, trained their binoculars on Rainbow Bee-Eaters, sank in a tropical storm, got lost in mosquito-filled swamplands, and hid from pirates in mangroves near the sea.
https://bit.ly/3YUpbJg

12/04/2024

Earlier this fall, there was a great interview with Aaron Kreuter, author of RUBBLE CHILDREN, on Global BC. Aaron and Jen Palma talked about Jewish rage, the book's title, and, of course, cannabis.

Watch Palma’s Picks: A look at a Jewish community in flux Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

11/28/2024

Most people know very little about Papua New Guinea, probably no more than they gleaned in an article read years earlier in a National Geographic Magazine. For example, most readers will know nothing about the history of the island of New Guinea. Why is it divided in half? Why does Indonesia control half and the other half is independent? What is the colonial history of Papua New Guinea. How (and when) did Papua New Guinea gain its independence from Australia? Readers wanting to know more will find OF CANOES AND CROCODILES an entertaining and informative adventure.
https://bit.ly/3YUpbJg

11/26/2024

We are searching for the next Director and Publisher for University of Alberta Press. The posting is up and the deadline is December 10.
This is a rare opportunity: please spread the word.
https://bit.ly/3Oe2euf

And, a reminder about how special Edmonton is!
#65 on the World's Best Cities list: https://bit.ly/3YzTgLC
The city was also named as a top 30 must visit destination by Lonely Planet this year: https://bit.ly/498nqvc

11/25/2024

Thinking of buying books as presents?
Check out Canada's History Book & Gift Guide. You'll find THE RIEL PROBLEM: Canada, the Métis, and a Resistant Hero by Albert Braz and many other great books.

https://bit.ly/40Mgjq3

11/22/2024

It's an exciting moment when a contributor to one of our theme-based anthologies comes out with her first book. That is what has just happened with SHY contributor, Eve Krakow!

Read more in this guest post by the co-editor of SHY, Rona Altrows.
https://bit.ly/3A32E3g