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 […]
Category: Thank yous
A Guest Post by Richard Costa When I first visited the Press in late 2019, it was located in Ring House 2. Our Associate Director and Manager of Planning and Operations Cathie Crooks soon told me they were about to move to a new office and this included a lot of packing with another intern. […]
We want to celebrate Read Alberta, a website launched in 2021. The brainchild of Annie Boyar, Heather Lohnes, and Karyn Wisselink, it is a welcome and much-needed initiative, beautifully executed by a brilliant team. In their words: “Read Alberta celebrates our book community and the people who tell Alberta’s story. Spearheaded by the Book Publishers […]
It has been an amazing year for our authors. We wanted to celebrate a number of achievements before blasting into another new year. But first, we give a very sincere “thank you” to everyone who supports our work: from editors and indexers, printers and distributors, booksellers and readers, granting bodies and the University of Alberta. […]
A Guest Post by Keely Shirt I began my internship near the beginning of my final year of university and it is now ending at the beginning of my final semester. I am finally here: finally writing my finals and finally saying goodbye, in the final hours of one chapter of my life. During this […]
Ken Haigh launched his new book, On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage, at the end of September. The book is a finalist for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Collingwood Public Library hosted Ken as part of its Simcoe Authors Talks. There was a fine online turnout and lively discussion after […]
This has been a wonderful week of award announcements, and we are proud to celebrate recent critical recognition for our authors and their books. Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage, by Ken Haigh, has been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Jury members […]
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 […]
A Guest Post by Tanvi Mohile In 2020, UAlberta Press began the exciting project of distributing our first audiobooks in collaboration with ECW Press. Three of our previously published books are now available as audiobooks: Crow Never Dies; Magnetic North; and Grant Notley, 2nd Edition. This month, our latest audiobook became available for download: Tiny […]
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 […]