University of Alberta Press
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA and its compelling and original material will be of interest to scholars and leaders in the fields of Asian studies, critical race theory, gender studies, and Canadian history.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA and its compelling and original material will be of interest to scholars and leaders in the fields of Asian studies, critical race theory, gender studies, and Canadian history.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH ##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #IdentityPolitics
We are delighted to announce that Kay Rollans joins us as Acquisitions Editor as of December 1. She will work alongside Michelle Lobkowicz in supporting authors and pursuing book projects that enhance the breadth and focus of our publishing program.
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are delighted to announce that Kay Rollans joins us as Acquisitions Editor as of December 1. She will work alongside Michelle Lobkowicz in supporting authors and pursuing book projects that enhance the breadth and focus of our publishing program.
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/48cNwOL
@abbookpub.bsky.social
The AU Presses' Book, Journal, and Jacket Show is on display in Edmonton.
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The AU Presses' Book, Journal, and Jacket Show is on display in Edmonton.
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
Now 60, the show honours university publishing design and production. By recognizing achievement in design, production, and manufacture, it sparks thoughtful and creative ideas.
https://bit.ly/3XfigIZ
##ReadUP #TeamUP
“Maxwell offers a critical lens on the perils of adopting reconciliation and healing discourses that focus on historic injustices and the individual in need of treatment at the expense of ongoing systemic issues." Kim Anderson, U of Guelph
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Maxwell offers a critical lens on the perils of adopting reconciliation and healing discourses that focus on historic injustices and the individual in need of treatment at the expense of ongoing systemic issues." Kim Anderson, U of Guelph
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##health #biopolitics #Indigenous
MELTDOWN is an exploration of identity, gender power dynamics, work-life balance, competing goals and dreams, support for mental health, imposter syndrome, and the delights of writing.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##Science #Glaciers #Hydrology #Fieldwork #Memoir #WomenInSTEM
@snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##Science #Glaciers #Hydrology #Fieldwork #Memoir #WomenInSTEM
@snowhydro.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MELTDOWN is an exploration of identity, gender power dynamics, work-life balance, competing goals and dreams, support for mental health, imposter syndrome, and the delights of writing.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##Science #Glaciers #Hydrology #Fieldwork #Memoir #WomenInSTEM
@snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##Science #Glaciers #Hydrology #Fieldwork #Memoir #WomenInSTEM
@snowhydro.bsky.social
“The contributors to COLLABORATIVE METHODS offer a collaborative dialogue which functions as a form of mentorship by inviting others into their research processes, quandaries, and tensions.” Claire Carter, U of Regina
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##Education #HigherEd #Feminist #socialjustice #Advocacy
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##Education #HigherEd #Feminist #socialjustice #Advocacy
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“The contributors to COLLABORATIVE METHODS offer a collaborative dialogue which functions as a form of mentorship by inviting others into their research processes, quandaries, and tensions.” Claire Carter, U of Regina
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##Education #HigherEd #Feminist #socialjustice #Advocacy
https://bit.ly/3Ih1HIt
##Education #HigherEd #Feminist #socialjustice #Advocacy
University Press Week 2025 is about collaboration. Canadian university presses came together in this two-page ad in the Literary Review of Canada. Take a look!
More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1
##TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social
More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1
##TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
University Press Week 2025 is about collaboration. Canadian university presses came together in this two-page ad in the Literary Review of Canada. Take a look!
More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1
##TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social
More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1
##TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, @lauraksdavis.bsky.social examines the formal and conceptual function of temporality in Munro’s oeuvre, considering the relationship between the past and the present, material experiences of being, story structure, memory, and memoir.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, @lauraksdavis.bsky.social examines the formal and conceptual function of temporality in Munro’s oeuvre, considering the relationship between the past and the present, material experiences of being, story structure, memory, and memoir.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
If working-class and poor people do not write themselves into stories, others will. Drawing on examples from work published about Cape Breton, BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR sheds light on the portrayal of working-class lives.
https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
@katebeaton.bsky.social #class #Booksky
https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
@katebeaton.bsky.social #class #Booksky
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If working-class and poor people do not write themselves into stories, others will. Drawing on examples from work published about Cape Breton, BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR sheds light on the portrayal of working-class lives.
https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
@katebeaton.bsky.social #class #Booksky
https://bit.ly/4b1Vx9l
@katebeaton.bsky.social #class #Booksky
The 2025 theme for University Press Week (November 10-14) is #TeamUP, to celebrate the many hands involved in making university press publications successful. This year, we are proud to feature our CLC Kreisel Lecture Series.
https://bit.ly/497lEN1
@aupresses.bsky.social #ReadUP #UPWeek
https://bit.ly/497lEN1
@aupresses.bsky.social #ReadUP #UPWeek
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The 2025 theme for University Press Week (November 10-14) is #TeamUP, to celebrate the many hands involved in making university press publications successful. This year, we are proud to feature our CLC Kreisel Lecture Series.
https://bit.ly/497lEN1
@aupresses.bsky.social #ReadUP #UPWeek
https://bit.ly/497lEN1
@aupresses.bsky.social #ReadUP #UPWeek
Join Lisa Baird (WHEN WHALES WENT BACK TO THE WATER) for the Brockton Writers Series on November 12 at 6:30 pm at Glad Day Bookshop! The event features guest speaker @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, followed by readings.
Livestreamed on YouTube: https://bit.ly/48QxgnD
@eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
Livestreamed on YouTube: https://bit.ly/48QxgnD
@eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join Lisa Baird (WHEN WHALES WENT BACK TO THE WATER) for the Brockton Writers Series on November 12 at 6:30 pm at Glad Day Bookshop! The event features guest speaker @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, followed by readings.
Livestreamed on YouTube: https://bit.ly/48QxgnD
@eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
Livestreamed on YouTube: https://bit.ly/48QxgnD
@eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry
LIVING AND LEARNING WITH FEMINIST ETHICS, LITERATURE, AND ART approaches feminist poetics as a matter of cultural and political urgency, and offers critical and aesthetic frameworks for thinking through multifaceted problems.
https://bit.ly/3Dmnwnp
##books #reading #literature #poetics #highered
https://bit.ly/3Dmnwnp
##books #reading #literature #poetics #highered
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
LIVING AND LEARNING WITH FEMINIST ETHICS, LITERATURE, AND ART approaches feminist poetics as a matter of cultural and political urgency, and offers critical and aesthetic frameworks for thinking through multifaceted problems.
https://bit.ly/3Dmnwnp
##books #reading #literature #poetics #highered
https://bit.ly/3Dmnwnp
##books #reading #literature #poetics #highered
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA showcases the richness and diversity of South Asian feminist scholarship, shares existing knowledge of South Asian feminist practices, and centralizes marginalized voices.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #Intersectionality
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #Intersectionality
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA showcases the richness and diversity of South Asian feminist scholarship, shares existing knowledge of South Asian feminist practices, and centralizes marginalized voices.
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #Intersectionality
https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH
##Decolonization #AntiRacism #DiasporaStudies #Intersectionality
CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY is a multidisciplinary study of five maps drawn in 1801 and 1802 by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre people for the Hudson’s Bay Company. They centre Indigenous Knowledge of the land and landscape of the northern Great Plains.
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #readUP #maps
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #readUP #maps
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY is a multidisciplinary study of five maps drawn in 1801 and 1802 by Blackfoot and Gros Ventre people for the Hudson’s Bay Company. They centre Indigenous Knowledge of the land and landscape of the northern Great Plains.
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #readUP #maps
https://bit.ly/48SH9Rx
##books #history #readUP #maps
“Gary Genosko seeks to bring Harley Parker out from the shadows. In particular, Genosko sheds light on the sensory dimensions of museum exhibition design, which was central to Parker’s approach to all manner of media.” David Howes, author of The Sensory Studies Manifesto
https://bit.ly/4586xiM
https://bit.ly/4586xiM
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Gary Genosko seeks to bring Harley Parker out from the shadows. In particular, Genosko sheds light on the sensory dimensions of museum exhibition design, which was central to Parker’s approach to all manner of media.” David Howes, author of The Sensory Studies Manifesto
https://bit.ly/4586xiM
https://bit.ly/4586xiM
The stories in RUBBLE CHILDREN by Aaron Kreuter explore contemporary Jewish Canadian identity. Now available in audio as well as print and e-editions!
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #CanLit #JewishIdentity #Toronto
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #CanLit #JewishIdentity #Toronto
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The stories in RUBBLE CHILDREN by Aaron Kreuter explore contemporary Jewish Canadian identity. Now available in audio as well as print and e-editions!
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #CanLit #JewishIdentity #Toronto
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #CanLit #JewishIdentity #Toronto
Alberta Book Day is an annual celebration of our local book publishing industry.
These Alberta-owned small businesses create roughly 100 full-time jobs and contribute over $14 million annually to the provincial economy.
https://bit.ly/4qEUHGT
##ABBookDay #SupportLocal #ableg
These Alberta-owned small businesses create roughly 100 full-time jobs and contribute over $14 million annually to the provincial economy.
https://bit.ly/4qEUHGT
##ABBookDay #SupportLocal #ableg
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Alberta Book Day is an annual celebration of our local book publishing industry.
These Alberta-owned small businesses create roughly 100 full-time jobs and contribute over $14 million annually to the provincial economy.
https://bit.ly/4qEUHGT
##ABBookDay #SupportLocal #ableg
These Alberta-owned small businesses create roughly 100 full-time jobs and contribute over $14 million annually to the provincial economy.
https://bit.ly/4qEUHGT
##ABBookDay #SupportLocal #ableg
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, Laura K. Davis reveals how one of the world’s greatest writers of short stories challenged and reconfigured traditional assumptions about time.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro #Reading #Books @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro #Reading #Books @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In ALICE MUNRO AND THE ART OF TIME, Laura K. Davis reveals how one of the world’s greatest writers of short stories challenged and reconfigured traditional assumptions about time.
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro #Reading #Books @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4mV07e2
##CanLit #AliceMunro #Reading #Books @lauraksdavis.bsky.social
Nov 8, join writers Lisa Baird, Myna Wallin, and Teresa Mason Pierre in Waterloo as they discuss how poetry can help make sense of uncertain times. Moderated by @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3L5RHTF
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social @balsillieschool.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3L5RHTF
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social @balsillieschool.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nov 8, join writers Lisa Baird, Myna Wallin, and Teresa Mason Pierre in Waterloo as they discuss how poetry can help make sense of uncertain times. Moderated by @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3L5RHTF
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social @balsillieschool.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3L5RHTF
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social @balsillieschool.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social
RUBBLE CHILDREN stories are emotionally poignant tales of childhood political discovery, teenage sexual awakening, the dissolution of adult romantic relationships, and discussions about Zionism.
Now in audio!
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #JewishIdentity
Now in audio!
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #JewishIdentity
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
RUBBLE CHILDREN stories are emotionally poignant tales of childhood political discovery, teenage sexual awakening, the dissolution of adult romantic relationships, and discussions about Zionism.
Now in audio!
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #JewishIdentity
Now in audio!
https://bit.ly/4bXHSzF
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social #MiddleEast #Fiction #JewishIdentity
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"At last we have a book that gently subverts the idea of the bildungsroman as a European form." Sumana Roy, writer and poet
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit #HigherEd @arnabdr.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit #HigherEd @arnabdr.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"At last we have a book that gently subverts the idea of the bildungsroman as a European form." Sumana Roy, writer and poet
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit #HigherEd @arnabdr.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##bildungsroman #postcolonial #literature #CompLit #HigherEd @arnabdr.bsky.social
Aaron W. Hughes' post: "The Charter Protects Us from Government Overreach, Not Subjects Us to It." His new book, forthcoming in April, is OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: A BIOGRAPHY OF CANADA'S CHARTER.
His previous book with the Press is 10 DAYS THAT SHAPED MODERN CANADA.
https://bit.ly/3JB3RmY ##abpoli
His previous book with the Press is 10 DAYS THAT SHAPED MODERN CANADA.
https://bit.ly/3JB3RmY ##abpoli
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Aaron W. Hughes' post: "The Charter Protects Us from Government Overreach, Not Subjects Us to It." His new book, forthcoming in April, is OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: A BIOGRAPHY OF CANADA'S CHARTER.
His previous book with the Press is 10 DAYS THAT SHAPED MODERN CANADA.
https://bit.ly/3JB3RmY ##abpoli
His previous book with the Press is 10 DAYS THAT SHAPED MODERN CANADA.
https://bit.ly/3JB3RmY ##abpoli
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 Nov 12.
Food! Drinks! Books for purchase!
Centre for Creativity, U of T, 5 - 7 pm ET.
Info: https://bit.ly/48JlXNT
##TorontoLitUp
Food! Drinks! Books for purchase!
Centre for Creativity, U of T, 5 - 7 pm ET.
Info: https://bit.ly/48JlXNT
##TorontoLitUp
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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 Nov 12.
Food! Drinks! Books for purchase!
Centre for Creativity, U of T, 5 - 7 pm ET.
Info: https://bit.ly/48JlXNT
##TorontoLitUp
Food! Drinks! Books for purchase!
Centre for Creativity, U of T, 5 - 7 pm ET.
Info: https://bit.ly/48JlXNT
##TorontoLitUp
INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX “is attentive to the complexities of Indigenous people's responses to the insidious violence of settler colonial intrusion and governance." Alexandra Widmer, York University
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX “is attentive to the complexities of Indigenous people's responses to the insidious violence of settler colonial intrusion and governance." Alexandra Widmer, York University
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous