University of Alberta Press

11/07/2025

The 2025 theme for University Press Week (November 10-14) is , to celebrate the many hands involved in making university press publications successful. This year, we are proud to feature our CLC Kreisel Lecture Series.
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11/05/2025

Kevin Irie is on the longlist for the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize! What a thrill!

Kevin's new collection, EVACUATIONS, is being published in February. It is a poetic documentary for readers, capturing the personal and political histories of the Japanese-Canadian internment in British Columbia during World War II.

Congratulations to all 23 poets on the longlist, selected from over 3200 entries.

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11/04/2025

FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA is a nuanced biography of Frank Farley’s career and draws attention to his role as an early naturalist in western Canada. In the 1920s through to the 1940s, Farley was widely regarded as one of the foremost naturalists in Alberta.
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11/03/2025

It's Alberta Book Day! Recognized each November, Alberta Book Day is an annual celebration of our local book publishing industry.

Alberta book publishers operate in communities both large and small throughout the province. They work with authors, editors, designers, printers, and other creative professionals to bring Alberta stories to life and amplify the unique cultural identity and heritage of our province to a much larger audience. Through their work, our province’s book publishers, all of which are Alberta-owned and -operated small businesses, create roughly 100 full-time jobs and nearly $6 million in wages and salaries, contributing over $14 million annually to the provincial economy.

“Alberta Book Day is an opportunity to reflect on the persistence, resilience, and commitment of local book publishers in telling our province’s stories,” said Megan Bishop, Executive Director of the BPAA. “It is essential to invest in and support the Alberta book publishing industry to ensure that stories that reflect our regional voices, themes, and landscapes remain available to readers and learners of all ages.”

The members of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) wish to thank the Alberta Government and Minister Tanya Fir for declaring November 3, 2025, as the eighth annual Alberta Book Day.

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11/03/2025

Toronto friends, join editors Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik, along with contributors Lily Cho, Robert Zacharias and Sophie Feng, for the launch of SHELTER IN TEXT on November 12. The collection features an engaging blend of academic essays and creative works that examine how writing can create, illuminate, and complicate ideas about dwelling, belonging, or finding safe harbour.

Food! Drinks! Books for purchase. The event is at the Centre for Creativity at the University of Toronto (VC102) from 5 to 7 pm ET.

Our thanks to the Toronto International Festival of Authors, Toronto Lit Up, and the Toronto Arts Council for supporting the launch.

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10/31/2025

Aaron W. Hughes' guest post is "The Charter Protects Us from Government Overreach, Not Subjects Us to It." It discusses Alberta's Bill 2, Quebec's Bill 21, and Ontario’s Bill 28.
His new book, forthcoming in April, is OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: A BIOGRAPHY OF CANADA'S CHARTER.

Aaron's previous book with University of Alberta Press is 10 DAYS THAT SHAPED MODERN CANADA.

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10/29/2025

Many scholarly sources highlight the findings of their studies without substantially describing their methodological designs, decision points, and processes. COLLABORATIVE METHODS helps redress both of these gaps.

By ensuring sustained focus on the various methodological elements of each study, the authors invite readers to consider some precise ways that scholars have used participatory data analysis and why. In doing so, the chapters equip readers to choose the approach that best aligns with their research questions, study context, and participant availability and interest. COLLABORATIVE METHODS aims to expand our thinking about the co-production of knowledge.

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10/28/2025

What is a chapbook, you ask? Dawn Macdonald unpacks the format.
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10/27/2025

FRANK FARLEY AND THE BIRDS OF ALBERTA shows Farley’s keen interest in the natural world, his close friendship with leading ornithologists, and his commitment to citizen science and environmental education. The wide range of activities in which he engaged shows the complexities of rural life and that concern over environmental change and loss is not new.

Launch in Camrose tomorrow! Augustana Campus, Forum Building, Tuesday, October 28 at 4 pm.

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10/25/2025

What a great look back at Audreys Books from Taproot Edmonton! Read the short article to find out more about this wonderful indie bookstore.

"The first chapter of the Audrey Books story started in 1956, when 23-year-old Mel Hurtig spent $500 to open Edmonton’s first independent bookstore on Jasper Avenue and 103 Street."

On this day in 1977, Audreys Books was hosting book signings by authors Pierre Burton and Helen Richardson.

10/24/2025

Introducing Fatemeh Salehivaziri, our newest PhD Intern, who says working at the Press "allows me to engage with the very origins of research endeavors that have shaped much of my scholarly interests."
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