We received notice from Samuel LeBaron’s family that he had died in late December: “Our beloved Sam has left his earthly body and is in free flight now.” The note continued, “We really appreciate that you worked so hard to make Sam’s dream come true while he was still alive.” The dream was to publish […]
Author: Cathie Crooks
After reviewing an earlier blog post, where we corrected his spelling of color to colour, Alex agreed to the change but left behind a comment in the Google Doc: “I refuse to believe that Canadian spelling is even a thing.” And thus, the gauntlet was thrown down. Doug: Apparently our friend, Alex, who spent a […]
Guest post by Elisia Snyder University presses rely on strong independent booksellers, and Edmonton is fortunate to have two hugely supportive and collegial bookstores: Audreys Books, the staunch matriarch, and Glass Bookshop, a relative newcomer. The strong book culture in our city is fostered by a remarkable writing community, locally-based publishers, excellent bookstores, and book […]
Guest post by Aaron W. Hughes Six years ago this week Canadians came together in a way that they had not since Paul Henderson’s last-minute goal in the final game of 1972’s Summit Series. During the summer of 2016, we looked on, in sorrow and in celebration, as The Hip played their final concert in […]