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Founded in 1975, the Book Publishers Association of Alberta supports the thriving Alberta publishing industry.

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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending January 15, 2026! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending January 15, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. The Little Grizzly Who Walked Like a Boss - Victoria Tudor, illus. Natalia Logvanova (self-published) 2. Losing Cadence - Laura Lovett (self-published) *Alberta Author 3. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak (Bloomsbury Publishing) 5. Pope Joan - Donna Woolfolk Cross (Crown) 6. Finding Sophie - Laura Lovett (self-published) *Alberta Author 7. Always Remember - Charlie Mackesy (Penguin Life) 8. The Death of Vivek Oji - Akwaeke Emezi (Riverhead Books) 9. April Snow - Olivia Van Guinn (At Bay Press) *Alberta Author 10. Tough Guy - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending January 15, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ NON-FICTION 1. Black Bear - Trina Moyles (Knopf Canada) *Alberta Author 2. I Wish I'd Quit Sooner - Laura Hambley Lovett (She Writes Press) *Alberta Author 3. The Big Book of Nature Art - Yuval Zommer (Thames and Hudson) 4. How to Stay Alive in the Woods - Bradford Angier (Touchstone) 5. Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom - Jordan Tannahill (Playwrights Canada Press) 6. Understory - Kevin Van Tighem (RMB | Rocky Mountain Books) *Alberta Author 7. The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence (Start Publishing LLC) 8. Calgary’s Best Bike Rides - Lori Beattie (self-published) *Alberta Author 9. You Are Human and You Need Cake - Julie Van Rosendaal (self-published) *Alberta Author 10. Lookout - Trina Moyles (Vintage Canada) *Alberta Author
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending January 11, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending January 11, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 2. Cereus Blooms at Night - Shani Mootoo (McClelland & Stewart) 3. Revolution Songs - Carissa Halton (NeWest Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 6. Clean - Alia Trabucco Zerán, trans. Sophie Hughes (Riverhead Books) 7. The Wax Child - Olga Ravn, trans. by Martin Aitken (Book*hug Press) 8. Is This a Cry for Help? - Emily Austin (Scribner Canada) 9. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) 10. Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Knopf Canada) Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending January 11, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ NON-FICTION 1. Stitching Our Stories Together - ed. Jeannine Carriere and Catherine Richardson (University of Regina Press) 2. kiskisomitok ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ - reuben quinn (Talonbooks) *Alberta Author 3. Black Bear - Trina Moyles (Knopf Canada) *Alberta Author 4. Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour - Kate Beaton (University of Alberta Press) +Alberta Publisher 5. Ducks - Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly) 6. Sourdough Infinity - Emily Hoven (Anstruther x Hedon) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad (McClelland & Stewart) 8. I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster) 9. Book of Lives - Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart) 10. Sorry, Not Sorry - Mark Critch (Viking) Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending January 11, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ POETRY 1. South Side of a Kinless River - Marilyn Dumont (Brick Books) *Alberta Author 2. Routine Maintenance - Marco Melfi (Gaspereau Press) *Alberta Author 3. The World After Rain - Canisia Lubrin (McClelland & Stewart) 4. Crohnic - Jason Purcell (Arsenal Pulp Press) *Alberta Author 5. Loves of Our Lives - Josie Balka (Simon & Schuster) *Alberta Author 6. ʔbédayine - Kaitlyn Purcell (Metatron Press) *Alberta Author 7. Osebol - Marit Kapla (Penguin UK) 8. Nature Poems - Robert Burns (Octopus) 9. Kiyâm - Naomi McIlwraith (Athabasca University Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 10. Stock - Jennifer Bowering Delisle (Coach House Books) *Alberta Author
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending January 8, 2026! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending January 8, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (S&S/Saga Press) 2. Flesh - David Szalay (McClelland & Stewart) 3. Finding Flora - Elinor Florence (Simon & Schuster) 4. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 5. What We Can Know - Ian McEwan (Knopf) 6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami, trans. Philip Gabriel (Bond Street Books) 7. Bull Moon Rising - Ruby Dixon (Ace) 8. A Murder in Malta - Ann Crew (self-published) 9. Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Knopf Canada) 10. Alchemised - SenLinYu (DelRey) Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending January 8, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Non-Fiction 1. All About Love - bell hooks (William Morrow) 2. Calgary’s Best Walks 3rd edition Guidebook - Lori Beattie (self-published) *Alberta Author 3. You Are Human and You Need Cake - Julie Van Rosendaal (self-published) *Alberta Author 4. Things That Disappear - Jenny Erpenbeck, trans. Kurt Beals (New Directions) 5. Precarious - Marcello Di Cintio (Biblioasis) *Alberta Author 6. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards - Jessica Waite (Simon & Schuster) *Alberta Author 7. Book of Lives - Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart) 8. On Wholeness - Quill Christie-Peters (House of Anansi Press) 9. I Hope We Choose Love - Kai Cheng Thom (Arsenal Pulp Press) 10. 1929 - Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking)
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending January 4, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending January 4, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. The Black Wolf - Louise Penny (Minotaur Books) 2. Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 3. Revolution Songs - Carissa Halton (NeWest Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 4. My Friends - Fredrik Backman (Simon & Schuster) 5. Always Remember - Charlie Mackesy (Penguin Life) 6. The Secret of Secrets - Dan Brown (Doubleday) 7. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 9. Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Knopf Canada) 10. Clean - Alia Trabucco Zerán, trans. Sophie Hughes (Riverhead Books) Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending January 4, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ NON-FICTION 1. Book of Lives - Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart) 2. The Wealthy Barber Returns - David Chilton (Financial Awareness Corporation) 3. Black Bear - Trina Moyles (Knopf Canada) *Alberta Author 4. The Language-Lover's Lexipedia - Joshua Blackburn (Avid Reader Press) 5. A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson (Doubleday Canada) 6. Good Things - Samin Nosrat, photographs by Aya Brackett (Random House) 7. John Candy - Paul Myers (House of Anansi) 8. Cruising the Downtown - The Edmonton Queer History Project (NeWest Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 9. Enshittification - Cory Doctorow (MCD) 10. No I in Team - Alex Marland, Jared J. Wesley, and Mireille Lalancette (University of Toronto Press) *Alberta Author Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending January 4, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ POETRY 1. WHEREAS - Layli Long Soldier (Graywolf Press) 2. Book of Cats - Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America) 3. This Is How We Disappear - Titilope Sonuga (Write Bloody North) *Alberta Author 4. Goblin Market and Other Poems - Christina Rossetti (Macmillan Collector's Library) 5. Closer to Closure - Drew Walker (Wild Skies Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 6. Felicity - Mary Oliver (Penguin Random House) 7. leave some for the birds - Marjorie Beaucage (Kegedonce Press) 8. You Better Be Lightning - Andrea Gibson (Button Poetry) 9. Confirm Humanity - Kim Mannix (Wild Skies Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 10. Crohnic - Jason Purcell (Arsenal Pulp Press) *Alberta Author
January 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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The BPAA is excited to announce that submissions are open for the 2026 #ABPubAwards through February 27! More information can be found here: buff.ly/M5gaEob #ABbooks @wereadab.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Congratulations to Phyllis, a former member of the BPAA!
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Phyllis A. Arnold has been named a Member of the Order of Canada for her contributions to education and philanthropy. Phyllis was a key member of the Alberta publishing community for many years.
Congratulations!
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Order of Canada Appointees – December 31, 2025
Companions The Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella, C.C. Toronto, Ontario
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January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending December 18, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending December 18, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending December 18, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
December 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Happy Holidays!

The BPAA will be closed from December 22, 2025, to January 2, 2026 and will reopen on January 5, 2026.

The bestseller lists will return in the new year!

Check out @wereadab.bsky.social for book recommendations to read during your holiday break!

Illustration by Derek Evernden
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending December 14, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending December 14, 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 December 14, 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 December 14, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending December 11, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending December 11, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending December 11, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending December 7, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending December 7, 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 December 7, 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 December 7, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending December 4, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending December 4, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending December 4, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 30, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending November 30, 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 November 30, 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 November 30, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The BPAA is proud to announce the 2025 Read Alberta Publisher Catalogue!

Everyone can “Read Alberta” with locally published stories told across a variety of different genres and formats. Learn more here: buff.ly/rUxCcuR

#ReadAB #ABBooks
Graphic with the following text: Celebrate 2025 with Alberta's Book Publishers. Explore Alberta's publishing community at ReadAlberta.ca. The cover of the 2025 Read Alberta catalogue is surrounded by circles with the following text: 110 new titles, 14 local publishers, books for all ages, and a genre for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 27, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 27, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 27, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 23, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending November 23, 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 November 23, 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 November 23, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 20, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @tychebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 20, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 20, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 16, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending November 16, 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 November 16, 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 November 16, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 13, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 13, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 13, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 9, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending November 9, 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 November 9, 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 November 9, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 6, 2025! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 6, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending November 6, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending November 2, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending November 2, 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 November 2, 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 November 2, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Thanks to everyone who celebrated #ABBookDay with us! Today reminds us to take a moment and reflect on the important role local publishers play in ensuring Alberta’s Story is being told. Without a thriving book publishing industry, we risk our stories being left untold and unexplored. #ABbooks
Text: Thank you for celebrating Alberta Book Day! Graphic: a red book in the shape of Alberta.
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Do you love niche topics and off-the-beaten-path reads? There’s an Alberta Book for that! #ABBookDay #ABbooks #ABleg #ReadAlberta @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @aupress.ca
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Want to judge a book by its cover? There’s an Alberta book for that! AB publishers work with award winning designers to create captivating covers. #ReadAlberta #ABBooks #ABBookDay @newestpress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @renegadeartsent.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM