…a flurry of new activity over the past few months about her book, This Wild Spirit: Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, published by the University of Alberta Press ten years ago. The book is about to be printed for a third time; an invitation to speak about This Wild Spirit led to an […]

…how to write, publish, and market a national bestseller. The book in question, James Daschuk’s Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life, has sold more than 15,000 copies since publication by the University of Regina Press (URP) in 2013. Read more…

…blogging about our new PhD Internship in Publishing and Editing. As Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Alberta Press (UAP), one of my goals has been to develop a deeper and more substantive academic relationship between the Press and students. That goal has come to fruition: the University of Alberta Press(UAP) has partnered with the Department of English […]

… reading words on screen. Naomi S. Baron – a linguistics professor at American University in Washington, DC – challenges the conjecture, anecdote, and ageism that typically short-circuit the debate on the comparative advantages and effects of print versus digital reading. More…  

…the concept of Open Access (OA) and the challenges university presses face as they attempt to apply OA to humanities and social sciences monographs. Professors, post docs, grad students, and academic administrators alike have roles to play in making OA work. Read more…