University of Alberta Press celebrated both poetry and our 50 years in publishing on April 25 with three remarkable readers: Apostrophes VIII: Nothing Is But You and I by E.D. Blodgett (read by Astrid Blodgett) There Are Not Enough Sad Songs by Marita Dachsel Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard by Jenna Butler Our Chief […]
Canmore is home to the headquarters of the Alpine Club of Canada and many a mountain story. On a warm spring evening, Bow Valley readers turned out to learn more mountain stories at the Canmore Public Library. Speaking to an avid mountain community, Dr. PearlAnn Reichwein explored the Alpine Club’s role in adventure and advocacy […]
The launch of The Creation of iGiselle at Audreys Books provided audience members a quick look into the unusual marriage of Romantic ballet and artificial intelligence. Nora Stovel, editor of the volume, talked about this intriguing idea. Mark Morris, Laura Sydora, Wayne DeFehr, and Sergio Poo Hernandez were present to share their part in the […]
Sandra Semchuk’s first presentation in a series across Canada took place on January 31. Despite wintry conditions, more than 40 people came out to St. John’s Institute in Edmonton to hear about Sandra Semchuk’s work of 15 years, travelling to the locations of all the internment camps in Canada and talking to descendants of internees. […]
What a stellar evening! I was delighted to see such a large audience; more than 100 people in attendance. I believe there were over 100 people there, which is a rare thing for a book launch. Rod’s work on Sam Steele drew people from many different communities. Some of the highlights for me included greeting […]
University of Alberta Press has published an important new book by Sandra Semchuk, a photographic, text, and video artist, and the winner of a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2018). Semchuk will be touring Canada in the coming months to create a discussion around The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World […]
Book publishers from all over Alberta came together in the Federal Building on the ides of May to celebrate and promote our industry to Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and legislature staff. The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ricardo Miranda, joined us to make proclaim May 15 Alberta Book Day. Our newest Intern, […]
April 26 was a great day as Spring finally arrived and we saw readers of poetry and short fiction filling the Winspear Room of the Faculty Club. The University of Alberta Press’s 14th Literary Cocktails saw more than 100 people in attendance—with standing room only at one point—to the delight of our readers, staff, MC, […]
Nicholas Bradley [Rain Shadow] was invited to participate in IFOA’s 10th Annual Battle of the Bards in Toronto. Here is his account of this quick yet rewarding trip: Hi, Monika, After the long Easter weekend and the rush of the new week, my trip to Toronto at the end of March already seems like ancient […]
On March 1st we launched Welcome to the Anthropocene at the University of Alberta Conservatory with great success. More than 70 eager readers gathered to celebrate Alice Major’s 11th poetry collection; they were welcomed by Sharon Morsink, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science – Physics. Peter Midgley, Senior Editor at UAP said a few words about Alice […]