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WLU Press publishes books in the humanities and social sciences in Waterloo, Ontario. Member of the Association of University Presses. www.wlupress.wlu.ca
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We're wrapping up University Press Week for another year. For a closer look at the gallery of featured titles and this year's blog tour see upweek.up.hcommons.o...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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In a new episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews Maha Bali about her edited collection Open at the Margins and the ways open education is not always already equitable. @brennacgray.bsky.social @mahabali.bsky.social On your favourite platform or at
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Alt Text: A woman with glasses wearing a hijab within the Community of Praxis multicoloured abstract image. The text reads New Episode! Open at the margins with guest Maha Bali, co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org and co-faciliator of Equity Unbound.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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New Episode of Community of Practice! Brenna and Dave unpack “trickle-down clamping down,” making space for curiosity, and the importance of being surprised in the classroom, and Dave confesses that he’s tired of learning. @brennacgray.bsky.social @davidnwright.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
The Community of Praxis cover image features a multi-coloured outline of two people facing each other with speech bubbles above. The text reads New Episode! Community of Praxis in Conversation: Who Am I in the Classroom?
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Congratulations to Elysia French and Amanda White, editors of Ecologies in Practice: Environmentally Engaged Arts in Canada, winner of a UAAC-AAUC Book Award from the Universities Art Association of Canada! www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/E/Ecol...
Decorative book cover of Ecologies in Practice, with the text: We need the contributions of artists of all stripes to help us imagine anew in the uneasy times to come, and this volume helps guide the way.” - Jenny Kerber, Wilfrid Laurier University
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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In this episode of Community of Praxis Brenna interviews Sherri Spelic about her book Care at the Core and what reciprocal learning can happen between post-secondary and K-12 educators. @brennacgray.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social
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An image of a Black woman with short hair holding a microphone within the Community of Praxis multicoloured abstract image. The text reads New Episode! Care at the Core with guest Sherri Spelic, found and publishing editor of Identity, Education, and Power
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and many of the TRC Calls to Action reference the importance of learning about and honouring the Treaties made with Indigenous people. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Coming Soon! The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, explores the life and works of a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs. Preorder now at
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The book cover features a truck convoy of celebrating soldiers, and an endorsement from historian Jonathan F. Vance: “The Taking of Vimy Ridge is essential reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of First World War photography.
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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In episode 1b of Community of Praxis, Brenna and collaborator David N. Wright unpack authentic assessment, how care can be exploited, and contract grading as a practice, in response to episode 1a with Cate Denial @brennacgray.bsky.social @amplifypodnetwork.bsky.social www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
Multicolored silhouettes of people facing each other with speech bubbles above their heads. The text reads New Podcast! Community of Praxis with Brenna Clarke Gray. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
September 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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In this episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna Clarke Gray interviews Cate Denial about her essay-turned-book, A Pedagogy of Kindness. Listen on our website or your favourite podcast provider. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
A photograph of Cate Denial, a white woman with short red hair and glasses. The text reads New Episode! Community of Praxis by Brenna Clarke Gray with guest Cate Denial, author of Pedagogy of Kindness.
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Listen to the introductory minisode on our website or your favourite podcast platform. Community of Praxis is a peer-reviewed podcast in the Resonate Stream of the Amplify Podcasting Network, and is presented by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
Multicolored silhouettes of people facing each other with speech bubbles above their heads. The text reads New Podcast! Community of Praxis with Brenna Clarke Gray. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Today we launch Community of Praxis, a new podcast with Brenna Clarke Gray. Twice monthly Brenna sits down for critical chats about teaching and learning to invite a more care-centred, student-focused approach into classrooms, while still minding structural limitations like time and precarity.
Multicolored silhouettes of people facing each other with speech bubbles above their heads. The text reads New Podcast! Community of Praxis with Brenna Clarke Gray. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
August 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Today is the official publication day for Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave, selected with an introduction by Micheline Maylor! We're thrilled to add this title to the Laurier Poetry Series. For a limited time save 20% on our website with the code NEW20 www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
The cover of Hunger features a murky photograph of a bear in a natural setting, taken by Susan Musgrave at dusk.
August 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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J.A. Weingarten, editor of The Weather and the Words, talked to Craig Norris of CBC Kitchener-Waterloo about John Newlove's letters. Listen at the link below. For a limited time, save 20% on your purchase of this book on our website with the code NEWLOVE20
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The cover of The Weather and the Words features mirror images of poet John Newlove. The blurb reads: The Weather and the Words is a significant contribution to the story of modern poetry in Canada. What a gift to have John Newlove’s correspondence so thoughtfully edited by J.A. Weingarten, and what a pleasure to meet Newlove all over again. Nicholas Bradley, University of Victoria
August 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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A review of The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003 (ed. J.A. Weingarten) is up at the British Columbia Review, reviewed by Sheldon Goldfarb thebcreview.ca/2025/08/05/2...
The cover of the book The Weather and the Words features mirror images of the poet John Newlove.
August 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press joins prestigious international Humanities Ebook Collection, an endorsement of the press’s strong and innovative publishing program, with outstanding titles across a range of areas.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Beach Reads don't have to be light and fluffy. This summer, dig into these books in our Life Writing series that blend research and cultural analysis with personal stories. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
a selection of book covers in beachy pastels with the title Beach Reads.
July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Our Indigenous Imaginings Series editor, Daniel Heath Justice, is at NAISA, representing us in the exhibit hall! Please stop by and say hello and check out our beautiful books in Indigenous studies.
June 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Deyohahá:ge:, written by members of Six Nations of the Grand River and their neighbours, introduces readers to the 17th-century history of how the Dutch and British joined the Two-row wampum agreement, and how it might restore good relations today. #IndigenousHistory www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
The cover of DAY-O-HA-HA-GEY features a detail from the Tag mural project of the Two Row/Covenant Chaim Wampum and the River of Life created by Alapinta muralists with Six Nations youth. The blurb reads “Deyohahá:ge: brilliantly reminds us of our obligations and responsibilities to one another, and the more-than-human world. It shows that pathways can only be forged by respecting the waters, earth, fires, and skies through which all creation travels.” - John Borrows, Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law, University of Toronto
June 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Our new Indigenous Imaginings series challenges us to think in deeper and more complex ways about Indigenous peoples’ intellectual, artistic, and cultural productions, histories, politics, and lived relations. Learn more here: www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
A selection of book covers with the words National Indigenous History Month
June 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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In recognition of National Indigenous History Month we have curated a list of recent titles in Indigenous Studies. WLU Press is exhibiting at NAISA next week. Please stop by the booth and talk with series editor Daniel Heath Justice. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
A selection of book covers with the words National Indigenous History Month
June 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Nicholas Bradley calls The Weather and the Words "a significant contribution to the story of modern poetry in Canada." Available at your favourite bookseller on on our website www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
The cover of The Weather and the Words features mirror images of poet John Newlove. The blurb reads: The Weather and the Words is a significant contribution to the story of modern poetry in Canada. What a gift to have John Newlove’s correspondence so thoughtfully edited by J.A. Weingarten, and what a pleasure to meet Newlove all over again. Nicholas Bradley, University of Victoria
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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"Weingarten puts the spotlight on an important Canadian poet and the context in which he existed, across a wide-ranging literature," says rob mclennan. Available now: The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003, ed. J. A. Weingarten. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
The cover of The Weather and the Words features mirror images of poet John Newlove. The blurb reads: Weingarten puts the spotlight on an important Canadian poet and the context in which he existed, across a wide-ranging literature. rob mclennan
June 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Today is official publication day for The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003. Congratulations to editor J.A. Weingarten! You can purchase the book from your favourite bookseller on online on our website. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...
The cover of The Weather and the Words depicts a mirror image of picture of poet John Newlove
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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New Release! Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics, by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind is available now at your favourite bookseller.

UK readers can purchase Graphic Refuge at
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The cover of Graphic Refuge features a detail from An Empty Promise (PosNeg), which tells the story of one woman’s journey from Nigeria to Sicily, particularly highlighting the dangers she faced while crossing Libya. The blurb reads Graphic Refuge is a thorough interrogation of graphic-narrative responses to the massive human migration that now challenges a Western world heavily implicated in the wars and climate change that drive it. (Joe Sacco)
June 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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"Graphic Refuge is a thorough interrogation of graphic-narrative responses to the massive human migration that now challenges a Western world heavily implicated in the wars and climate change that drive it." – Joe Sacco
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The cover of Graphic Refuge features a detail from An Empty Promise (PosNeg), which tells the story of one woman’s journey from Nigeria to Sicily, particularly highlighting the dangers she faced while crossing Libya. The blurb reads "Graphic Refuge is a thorough interrogation of graphic-narrative responses to the massive human migration that now challenges a Western world heavily implicated in the wars and climate change that drive it." – Joe Sacco
June 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM