“Cooley makes important use of the evolution of some of the major poems by reference to the manuscripts and typescripts of drafts and makes an especially fruitful case for Seed Catalogue.” Anne Burke, Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature “…[The Home Place] builds a magnificent bridge across the coulee between writer and reader… Comprehensive and intense, The Home […]
Month: May 2017
Some time ago, University of Alberta Press Director Linda Cameron announced her plans to retire at the end of August 2017, and despite her objections to a big celebratory party, her colleagues organized a reception on May 11. Co-workers, authors, friends and family members arrived in large numbers, and the Saskatchewan Room in the Faculty Club filled up […]
Rudy Wiebe called us with terrible news this morning: Robert Kroetsch was killed in a car accident on his way home from a literary festival. ***************** Robert has had an amazing year, replete with readings and awards, including the Lieutenant Governor’s Alberta Distinguished Artist award and the WGA Golden Pen Award (just two weeks ago). […]
By Tanya Ball With less than a month before the Writing Stick Conference, we are excited to announce that our programming is in place and over 100 people have registered already. As mentioned on our website, we have three days of programming lined up including keynote speakers, film shorts, panel sessions, food, and much more! […]
The following news release appeared in the Queen’s News Centre, the official online Queen’s University publication. Library users will benefit from increased access to Canadian scholarship Queen’s University is among the early adopters of a new ebook collection that will see books from Canada’s university presses made available online. The new collection of ebooks has been […]
“The habit of reading is most frequently acquired in childhood: it is as children that we first acquire our love of losing ourselves in other worlds and other lives, and our imaginative capacity to respond emotionally to the abstract symbols that make up a text-based narrative. .. [In Margaret Mackey’s] new volume, she turns inward to recall […]