University of Alberta Press

Douglas Hildebrand writes a retrospective post of the last seven years as director and publisher. He concludes in this lovely way:

"It has been a pleasure to work with and learn from such a brilliant group of professionals. I have been so very lucky to have you as my colleagues and friends. I look forward to seeing how UAlberta Press continues to grow and evolve."

We thank Doug for his remarkable contributions and wish him well in his new role as incoming Director of UBC Press.

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A great gift book!

“Tony Robinson-Smith and his wife, Nadya, paddle down the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, traveling through a jungle environment inhabited by villagers and Raskols (threatening criminals). The resulting story, filled with anecdotes, entertains and educates. OF CANOES AND CROCODILES is a captivating read for armchair adventurers and explorers alike.”
—Ken McGoogan, author of Shadows of Tyranny
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Join writer and translator Anindita Mukherjee on Friday, November 1, for the Edmonton book launch of How Silkworms Break Their Eggs: Selected Poems of Mridul Dasgupta.

This is the first time the poetry of the Bengali poet Mridul Dasgupta is being brought to Anglophone audiences. With panelists Michael O'Driscoll, ryan fitzpatrick, and Odile Cisneros.

The event is from 2 to 4 pm in Henderson Hall, Rutherford Library South, University of Alberta campus. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be provided.

University of Alberta Press's Cathie Crooks is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair. A first-timer, Cathie notes that she took in several PD opportunities, met with distributors and suppliers, and spent time with university press colleagues from various continents.

CANADA AS A SETTLER COLONY ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE examines the politics of settler colonialism in Canada and historic Palestine; Canadian foreign policy in relation to Israel; the experiences of Palestinian-Canadians and Indigenous peoples in Canada; and the anti-colonial resistance of Palestinians and Indigenous peoples.

The editors and authors attend to the specific alliances between the Canadian and Israeli states; compare strategies of media representation deployed in these nation-states; and assess the impact of major policies and political practices of the two settler states at the national and international level.
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FEMINISTING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE offers a compelling analysis of Canadian political science's endeavors to integrate feminist and BIPOC scholars and explore gender and intersectionality in research.
Despite these efforts, the discipline has resisted adopting intersectional and feminist perspectives.
The editors and contributors extend their critique to encompass the neoliberal academic environment and university institutions.
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Amy Kaler is part of a travel writing panel at LitFest, Edmonton's nonfiction festival on Saturday, October 19 at 4 pm.

Panelists Amy Kaler, Kathryn Lennon, and Meaghan Marie Hackinen will discuss the genre and read from their new books. The event is hosted by Wendy McGrath. Amy Kaler will be reading from her new book, HALF-LIGHT: Westbound on a Hot Planet.

Join them at the Rice Theatre (Citadel Theatre), 9828 - 101A Avenue, Edmonton for "Travel Writing – Where We’re Going."
These days travel writing is increasingly layered and multi-dimensional. This panel will feature some of the most exciting new works in the travel genre, which go beyond the expected and offer meaningful insights into our time.

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Meaghan Hackinen

Panel: Travel Writing - Where We're Going - LitFest Alberta These days travel writing is increasingly layered and multi-dimensional. This panel will feature some of the most exciting new works in the travel genre, which go beyond the expected and offer meaningful insights into our time. Tickets: $15 in advance / $20 at the door

Staff changes are afoot! University of Alberta Press is seeing some staff changes this fall. On November 1, Douglas Hildebrand, Director and Publisher, departs to become the Director of UBC Press. Earlier this month, Mat Buntin, Acquisitions Editor, departed to become the Director and Publisher at Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Congratulations to our friends and colleagues and these terrific presses.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4h3mXxZ

Cathie Crooks, currently Associate Director, will serve as UAlberta Press’s Interim Director and Publisher.

Here is a taste of the writing in HALF-LIGHT: Westbound on a Hot Planet by Amy Kaler. Buy it at your favourite bookstore.

“I’m thinking how odd it is to be of an age when most of the important things that happen to people, according to the culturally emplotted normative life course, have already happened to me, and there’s not a lot remaining. I’ve been the child in a parent-child relationship and received all the parental attention and interest that I will ever receive. I’ve gotten married (once) and had a child (once), and neither of those things will happen again (definitely not the child; the marriage is not impossible). I know who my first love was and who my best friend is. I’ve fallen in love a couple of times and probably won’t fall in love again, although I could be wrong about that. I know what my career is, was, will be. I’m pretty sure I know where I’m going to live for the rest of my life, which is here in Alberta. I take these certainties out and turn them around, feel their weight and think—all right, that’s what that is. So this is how my life has turned out.

This knowing, this awareness that most of the important things in my life have already happened, doesn’t mean I despair of the possibility of change. I am not the person I was five or ten years ago, and certainly not the person I will be five or ten years from now. I haven’t extinguished the possibility of discovery, of transformation, and I’m optimistic, even as the years remaining to me tick down.”

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Radio Active's Jessica Ng and Sandeep Agrawal talk about MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY BATTLES. In the interview, they explore the motivations, land use effects, and financial implications of municipal boundary adjustments across Canada.
And yes! These decisions can affect your taxes.

Battles over municipal boundaries | Radio Active with Jessica Ng, Min Dhariwal | Live Radio | CBC Listen Some communities in Alberta are acquiring more land, but it doesn't always lead to economic growth.

Florian Hardwig's article in Fonts in Use highlights HOW TO CLEAN A FISH by Esmeralda Cabral.
He notes that designer Alan Brownoff's typeface choice for the cover draws on the topic of reporting from a journey. The typeface is Olympe, designed by Émilie Rigaud, released in 2022 through her foundry A is for fonts.
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Amy Kaler is part of a travel writing panel at LitFest, Edmonton's nonfiction festival on Saturday, October 19 at 4 pm.

Panelists Amy Kaler, Kathryn Lennon, and Meaghan Marie Hackinen will discuss the genre and read from their new books. The event is hosted by Wendy McGrath. Amy Kaler will be reading from her new book, HALF-LIGHT: Westbound on a Hot Planet.

Join them at the Rice Theatre (Citadel Theatre), 9828 - 101A Avenue, Edmonton for "Travel Writing – Where We’re Going."
These days travel writing is increasingly layered and multi-dimensional. This panel will feature some of the most exciting new works in the travel genre, which go beyond the expected and offer meaningful insights into our time.

https://bit.ly/4dwa8Jz

Meaghan Hackinen

Toronto friends, author Tony Robinson-Smith is in town October 15 to 19 to sign copies of his book at numerous Chapters / Indigo locations. You can get a sneak peak from chapter 1 of OF CANOES AND CROCODILES on our blog. It's an amazing and thoughtful account of Tony and his wife Nadya's travels in Papua New Guinea.
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Sunday Shorts on Read Alberta features "Orphans," an essay excerpted from HALF-LIGHT: Westbound on a Hot Planet by Amy Kaler.

"These are the outlines of the bones left behind when an economic nervous system dies."

Sunday Shorts: Half-Light - Read Alberta This month’s Sunday Short is excerpted with permission from Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet by Amy Kaler (University of Alberta Press).

CANADA AS A SETTLER COLONY ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, edited by Jeremy Wildeman and M. Muhannad Ayyash, is the winner of the 2024 Canadian Studies Network prize for Best Edited Collection in Canadian Studies.

Congratulations to the editors and all of the contributors for their fine work in advancing our knowledge and understanding of Canada and Canadian Studies.

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Closing soon!
Poets: We are seeking submissions this fall.

University of Alberta Press accepts poetry manuscripts between September 1 and 30. The Press will select up to three manuscripts for publication in 2026. We welcome submissions by poets from diverse and marginalized backgrounds, and are interested in seeing work from a broad range of experiences and aesthetics.

Note: All submissions must be from poets who are Canadians or landed immigrants.

Apply online, September 1 to 30: https://bit.ly/3PG4yw5

Publish With Us - University of Alberta Press University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional

We are delighted to announce that AN ANTHOLOGY OF MONSTERS by Cherie Dimaline is the winner of the 2024 Alberta Book Publishing Award for Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Congratulations!

Read more on our blog:
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10 BC Poetry Collections to Read on the Bus - Read Local BC Every year, ten new poems by ten BC poets are selected to join the Poetry in Transit program and ride in the ad space on buses around the province. Each poem is part of a poetry collection published by a Canadian Go to full post ...read more

Contributors to FEMINISTING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE write about their efforts to pursue reforms within their departments and within the national disciplinary association; others write about feministing in the classroom; still others write about their experience with engaged research motivated by feminism.

The book is organized around five key themes: temporality and the case for transformation; relationality, community, and care; feministing and the “real world” of politics; gatekeeping, pedagogy, and mentoring; and (re)building political science.

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Poets: We are seeking submissions this fall.

University of Alberta Press accepts poetry manuscripts between September 1 and 30. The Press will select up to three manuscripts for publication in 2026. We welcome submissions by poets from diverse and marginalized backgrounds, and are interested in seeing work from a broad range of experiences and aesthetics.

Note: All submissions must be from poets who are Canadians or landed immigrants.

Apply online, September 1 to 30: https://bit.ly/4cpQT4s

Our new PhD intern started this month:
"Hello everyone! I am Sosthenes Nnamdi Ekeh from Nigeria."

Sosthenes is another remarkable individual who we are grateful to mentor during a two-year internship.

Learn more about him and his academic journey on our blog: https://bit.ly/4ev8etz

“Redrawing municipal boundaries is a scarcely studied topic that is of substantial significance, and most studies only deal with large scale reforms. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY BATTLES provides valuable insights for debates and assessments when redrawing the municipal map via annexation and amalgamation.” Eran Razin, Director of the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Look at all of these upcoming events for ON BEAUTY: Stories. Author rob mclennan is going to be very busy!

This is the last day to purchase tickets to the Awards Gala presented by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, being held at the Varscona Theatre on September 24.

Winners of the Alberta Book Publishing Awards will be announced live! Tickets are $50 and all are welcome.

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We have posted the remarkable preface from CONTEMPORARY VULNERABILITIES on our blog. The co-editors share their own vulnerabilities and ground the book's research/stories for readers.
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Learn more about the book on our website: https://bit.ly/4bTv8tS