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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.
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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 7:00 PM
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!
https://bit.ly/4sGhTWi
@abbookpub.bsky.social @cdnpublishers.bsky.social
Congratulations!
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@abbookpub.bsky.social @cdnpublishers.bsky.social
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We've published deeply on Cuba, Venezuela, and US policy toward Latin America, and as these issues return to the headlines, history matters more than ever. Authors: if you’ve written on this topic, drop your book title + link below and let's build a thread that helps make sense of this moment.
January 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
We've published deeply on Cuba, Venezuela, and US policy toward Latin America, and as these issues return to the headlines, history matters more than ever. Authors: if you’ve written on this topic, drop your book title + link below and let's build a thread that helps make sense of this moment.
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@millerscave.bsky.social's THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW was @npr.org's Book of the Day on December 19, 2025!
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Paul McCartney on his band 'Wings,' plus the story of indie label Bloodshot Records : NPR's Book of the Day
Two new memoirs zoom in on important moments in music history. First, Paul McCartney’s new book Wings reflects on the life of his post-Beatles band, which he formed in London in 1971. In today’s…
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January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
@millerscave.bsky.social's THE HOURS ARE LONG, BUT THE PAY IS LOW was @npr.org's Book of the Day on December 19, 2025!
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As #Venezuela dominates headlines, questions about #democracy & citizen participation come into focus. Two SUNY Press titles examine participatory democracy experiments in Venezuela, Ecuador, & Chile & what happens when citizens try to reshape institutions from the ground up. #LatinAmerica #ReadUP
January 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
As #Venezuela dominates headlines, questions about #democracy & citizen participation come into focus. Two SUNY Press titles examine participatory democracy experiments in Venezuela, Ecuador, & Chile & what happens when citizens try to reshape institutions from the ground up. #LatinAmerica #ReadUP
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We are thrilled to see MQUP author Martha Langford on this list for helping to "establish photography as a discipline in Canada." buff.ly/AD9IAiw Her work continues with the monumental three-volume collection, A History of Photography in Canada. The first volume is available here: buff.ly/SJWP5Mo
Nine Quebecers named to Order of Canada
Anglophone services advocate Jean Robert and cancer researcher Anne-Marie Mes-Masson are among the new appointments.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We are thrilled to see MQUP author Martha Langford on this list for helping to "establish photography as a discipline in Canada." buff.ly/AD9IAiw Her work continues with the monumental three-volume collection, A History of Photography in Canada. The first volume is available here: buff.ly/SJWP5Mo
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A Word from UNP's Director: The 2025 Annual Report
A Word from UNP’s Director: The 2025 Annual Report
The following is a letter from Jane Ferreyra, director of the University of Nebraska Press. To our UNP community of authors, readers, and supporters, As the year draws to a close, we’re looking back with gratitude—and forward with excitement. Because of your support, the University of Nebraska Press continues to do what few publishers can: bring rigorous scholarship, distinctive voices, and regional stories to readers everywhere.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A Word from UNP's Director: The 2025 Annual Report
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We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost, UCL LCCOS and CEO of UCL Press. Paul will be hugely missed at UCL and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Read our tribute: uclpress.co.uk/in-memoriam-...
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In memoriam: Dr Paul Ayris, BA, PhD, FRHist
With great sadness, we announce the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science) and CEO of UCL Press.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost, UCL LCCOS and CEO of UCL Press. Paul will be hugely missed at UCL and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
Read our tribute: uclpress.co.uk/in-memoriam-...
Read our tribute: uclpress.co.uk/in-memoriam-...
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The plenary videos from the CNI meeting are now available:
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting - YouTube
CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting videos at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill Washington, DC. Learn more at: https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025
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December 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The plenary videos from the CNI meeting are now available:
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
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This is how you start your Friday.
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is how you start your Friday.
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
With the incredible news that @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social’s BEYOND LIMITS has been longlisted for @penamerica.bsky.social’s 2026 E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award!
Congrats to you, Shelley! 🎉
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We're delighted to share that #Shakespeare on the Radio by @audioandrea.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice! @choicereviews.bsky.social
🎉Congratulations Andrea!
Explore audio production in Shakespearean performance:
🎉Congratulations Andrea!
Explore audio production in Shakespearean performance:
Shakespeare on the Radio
Shakespeare on the Radio
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December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We're delighted to share that #Shakespeare on the Radio by @audioandrea.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice! @choicereviews.bsky.social
🎉Congratulations Andrea!
Explore audio production in Shakespearean performance:
🎉Congratulations Andrea!
Explore audio production in Shakespearean performance:
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It’s a wrap! 🎉
📚 Our users downloaded over 175 million articles, book chapters and Elements
🏆 Our authors won 230+ awards
💻 Over 73% of research articles published open access
Discover more in our 2025 edit 🔗 https://cup.org/49b0EDE
📚 Our users downloaded over 175 million articles, book chapters and Elements
🏆 Our authors won 230+ awards
💻 Over 73% of research articles published open access
Discover more in our 2025 edit 🔗 https://cup.org/49b0EDE
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s a wrap! 🎉
📚 Our users downloaded over 175 million articles, book chapters and Elements
🏆 Our authors won 230+ awards
💻 Over 73% of research articles published open access
Discover more in our 2025 edit 🔗 https://cup.org/49b0EDE
📚 Our users downloaded over 175 million articles, book chapters and Elements
🏆 Our authors won 230+ awards
💻 Over 73% of research articles published open access
Discover more in our 2025 edit 🔗 https://cup.org/49b0EDE
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The 2025 AU Presses' Book, Journal, and Jacket Show was on display in Edmonton in November and December in the foyer of Rutherford Library, #UAlberta. It was a delight to share these outstanding and creative books with the campus community.
https://bit.ly/4snUrgr ##ReadUP @aupresses.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4snUrgr ##ReadUP @aupresses.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The 2025 AU Presses' Book, Journal, and Jacket Show was on display in Edmonton in November and December in the foyer of Rutherford Library, #UAlberta. It was a delight to share these outstanding and creative books with the campus community.
https://bit.ly/4snUrgr ##ReadUP @aupresses.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4snUrgr ##ReadUP @aupresses.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations to Rosalind Morris & Roberto Tejada! 👏
We are thrilled to announce that two of our authors have been longlisted for the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards!
🔗Read the full announcement: https://ow.ly/vJbX50XMEG7
#ReadUP #Poetry #LiteraryAwards
We are thrilled to announce that two of our authors have been longlisted for the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards!
🔗Read the full announcement: https://ow.ly/vJbX50XMEG7
#ReadUP #Poetry #LiteraryAwards
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Huge congratulations to Rosalind Morris & Roberto Tejada! 👏
We are thrilled to announce that two of our authors have been longlisted for the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards!
🔗Read the full announcement: https://ow.ly/vJbX50XMEG7
#ReadUP #Poetry #LiteraryAwards
We are thrilled to announce that two of our authors have been longlisted for the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards!
🔗Read the full announcement: https://ow.ly/vJbX50XMEG7
#ReadUP #Poetry #LiteraryAwards
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In "P Fkn R," Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau offer a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices: Bad Bunny. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/hbSewLN
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In "P Fkn R," Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau offer a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices: Bad Bunny. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/hbSewLN
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As the year comes to a close, we're excited to share our Staff Reading Wrapped, which compiles stats from every Staff Reading List this past year.
#readingwrapped #booklist #booksky #2025reads
#readingwrapped #booklist #booksky #2025reads
Staff Reading Wrapped
Sarah Kee is the Publicity Assistant at UNP and compiles the Staff Reading List every month. Rebecca Jefferson is the Marketing Associate at UNP, editor of the Behind the Book blog, and has never taken a statistics class. As the year comes to a close, we're excited to share our staff reading wrapped containing fun highlights pulled from our monthly staff reading list, spanning December 2024 to November 2025.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As the year comes to a close, we're excited to share our Staff Reading Wrapped, which compiles stats from every Staff Reading List this past year.
#readingwrapped #booklist #booksky #2025reads
#readingwrapped #booklist #booksky #2025reads
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A recap of 2025 at Bristol University Press and Policy Press.
Milestones, events, achievements, celebrations and, most of all, a thank you to everyone involved in our publishing.
We wish you the best for 2026! 🎉🌟
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Milestones, events, achievements, celebrations and, most of all, a thank you to everyone involved in our publishing.
We wish you the best for 2026! 🎉🌟
https://ow.ly/6EmG50XMt8q
2025: Our year in review
A recap of 2025 at Bristol University Press and Policy Press. Milestones, events, achievements, celebrations and, most of all, a thank you to everyone involv...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A recap of 2025 at Bristol University Press and Policy Press.
Milestones, events, achievements, celebrations and, most of all, a thank you to everyone involved in our publishing.
We wish you the best for 2026! 🎉🌟
https://ow.ly/6EmG50XMt8q
Milestones, events, achievements, celebrations and, most of all, a thank you to everyone involved in our publishing.
We wish you the best for 2026! 🎉🌟
https://ow.ly/6EmG50XMt8q
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Following more than a decade at University of Manitoba Press as Editorial Assistant and Acting Managing Editor, Barbara Romanik has entered a new role in the UM Faculty of Arts.
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Following more than a decade at University of Manitoba Press as Editorial Assistant and Acting Managing Editor, Barbara Romanik has entered a new role in the UM Faculty of Arts.
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Congrats to Samyak Shertok! His debut poetry collection, No Rhododendron, has been longlisted for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award!
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Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Congrats to Samyak Shertok! His debut poetry collection, No Rhododendron, has been longlisted for the 2026 PEN Open Book Award!
pen.org/announcing-t...
pen.org/announcing-t...
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Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay 💙📚
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen is an exquisite essay collection about freedom, far-fetched notions, and traveling through the Southwest.
www.unmpress.com/978082636764...
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen is an exquisite essay collection about freedom, far-fetched notions, and traveling through the Southwest.
www.unmpress.com/978082636764...
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Diamondstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay 💙📚
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen is an exquisite essay collection about freedom, far-fetched notions, and traveling through the Southwest.
www.unmpress.com/978082636764...
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen is an exquisite essay collection about freedom, far-fetched notions, and traveling through the Southwest.
www.unmpress.com/978082636764...
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Longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection!
a chronology of blood by @teoshannon.bsky.social is a bold, queer poetry collection that deals with trauma and healing.
www.unmpress.com/978082636868...
#poetrysky #poetryaward
a chronology of blood by @teoshannon.bsky.social is a bold, queer poetry collection that deals with trauma and healing.
www.unmpress.com/978082636868...
#poetrysky #poetryaward
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection!
a chronology of blood by @teoshannon.bsky.social is a bold, queer poetry collection that deals with trauma and healing.
www.unmpress.com/978082636868...
#poetrysky #poetryaward
a chronology of blood by @teoshannon.bsky.social is a bold, queer poetry collection that deals with trauma and healing.
www.unmpress.com/978082636868...
#poetrysky #poetryaward
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We are thrilled to see two UNM Press books on the PEN longlists! 💙📚 🥳
a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon
and
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen
a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon
and
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen
Congratulations to all of the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards nominees! With a list that includes biography, poetry, translation, science writing, and more, this year’s longlist has something for every reader. Join us in celebrating this year’s nominees, see here: pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We are thrilled to see two UNM Press books on the PEN longlists! 💙📚 🥳
a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon
and
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen
a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon
and
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen
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#ForcedMigration due to conflict, disaster, and other factors has increased dramatically in recent years.
A National Academies study aims to advance research on #ForcedMigration in the U.S. to improve policies and programs for #migrants.
Learn more for #MigrantsDay: https://ow.ly/ZGxr50XLKHy
A National Academies study aims to advance research on #ForcedMigration in the U.S. to improve policies and programs for #migrants.
Learn more for #MigrantsDay: https://ow.ly/ZGxr50XLKHy
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ForcedMigration due to conflict, disaster, and other factors has increased dramatically in recent years.
A National Academies study aims to advance research on #ForcedMigration in the U.S. to improve policies and programs for #migrants.
Learn more for #MigrantsDay: https://ow.ly/ZGxr50XLKHy
A National Academies study aims to advance research on #ForcedMigration in the U.S. to improve policies and programs for #migrants.
Learn more for #MigrantsDay: https://ow.ly/ZGxr50XLKHy
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To celebrate wrapping up the year we are taking today and tomorrow to spotlight some notable highpoints with an awards roundup
Visit our website for the full list:
Visit our website for the full list:
Award Winners | Stanford University Press
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December 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
To celebrate wrapping up the year we are taking today and tomorrow to spotlight some notable highpoints with an awards roundup
Visit our website for the full list:
Visit our website for the full list:
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Congratulations to John Counts for the longlisting of his short story collection BEAR COUNTY, MICHIGAN!
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December 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Congratulations to John Counts for the longlisting of his short story collection BEAR COUNTY, MICHIGAN!
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014801...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014801...
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It is worth acknowledging that the people keeping Britain running are often the ones facing the most insecurity, and that their contributions deserve both recognition and protection.
#Migrants #Migration #UKEconomy
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#Migrants #Migration #UKEconomy
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Beyond the myths: The truth about migrants’ impact on Britain’s public services - Transforming Society
International Migrants Day underscores that migrants are essential to the UK’s economy and public services, yet are scapegoated for hardships actually caused by financialisation, corporate exploitation and elite-driven populism.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It is worth acknowledging that the people keeping Britain running are often the ones facing the most insecurity, and that their contributions deserve both recognition and protection.
#Migrants #Migration #UKEconomy
https://ow.ly/wAKg50XKP6P
#Migrants #Migration #UKEconomy
https://ow.ly/wAKg50XKP6P