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 […]
Category: Light-hearted
Last night was Gavin Bradley’s launch of Separation Anxiety, hosted by Glass Bookshop at Latitude 53 in Edmonton. This was the first launch that Press staff could attend and marked the first gathering in well over two years. We were fortunate to have fabulous weather, which meant time on the patio with craft beers and […]
Drum roll, please! Derek Truscott provided this cheeky list of project participants for his latest book, Ethics for the Practice of Psychology in Canada, Third Edition. Thank you for the shout-out, Derek, and for all of the fine work you have done with this important textbook over the years. Director and Publisher Douglas HildebrandAssociate […]
Another fabulous Literary Cocktails event wrapped! Thank you to all who attended, to Nisha Patel for hosting, and especially to Jennifer Bowering Delisle, Aidan Chafe, and Micheline Maylor for their powerful readings from Deriving, Gospel Drunk, and The Bad Wife. It wouldn’t be a party without all the great people who support our authors and […]
Last night, Carissa Halton’s book, Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood, received a 100% approval rating from all 17 members of an Edmonton book club. Her book introduces readers to a cast of diverse characters in her Alberta Avenue neighbourhood and invites them to consider the social and economic forces that shape […]
Selections from I Was There: A Century of Alumni Stories about the University of Alberta, 1906–2006 by Ellen Schoeck. “You adopt a plan, then you change the plan. There are so many opportunities here. You have to work hard to take advantage of everything that’s offered. The key thing is that there is this one […]
As the year comes to a close, we’d like to take the opportunity to thank all of our colleagues, authors, friends, and supporters. May the holidays and 2020 bring you many good reads! If you are looking for some ideas, here is a link to the best books of 2019 by Kerry Clare, which includes […]
May the holidays and 2018 bring you many good reads! If you are looking for some ideas, here is a link to the best books of 2017 in the National Post. The 49th Shelf and Kerry Clare also have some suggestions. Iceland has the neatest Christmas tradition! Did you know about Jólabókaflóð or “The book flood of […]
I’m not sure that many of you working in offices have ever received an email like this on a Friday morning. Or any morning, for that matter. But around our offices this happens from time to time. I’ve been here for more than six years now and had the pleasure of watching squirrels, jack rabbits, […]