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We always enjoy celebrating the publication of a new book. Check out our Photo Gallery for some photographs! Here is a listing of launches and readings in chronological order.

Just Getting Started
10/22/2013 - 7 pm
location: Milner Library, Main Branch, Downtown
Tickets at Tix on the Square: $10 general/$5 students
Just Getting Started
10/22/2013 - 7 pm
location: Milner Library, Main Branch, Downtown
Tickets at Tix on the Square: $10 general/$5 students
Remarkable Chester Ronning (The)
10/20/2013
Event details TBA.
Remarkable Chester Ronning (The)
10/20/2013
Event details TBA.
Metis in Canada
6/25/2013 - 6:30 pm
location: Perfect Books
Celebrate the publication of Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics. Program from 6:30 to 7:00 pm, reception to follow.
Metis in Canada
6/25/2013 - 6:30 pm
location: Perfect Books
Celebrate the publication of Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics. Program from 6:30 to 7:00 pm, reception to follow.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/20/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Pages Books on Kensington
Kimmy Beach and Peter Midgley reading. It will be an unforgettable evening! http://www.pages.ab.ca/readings.html
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/20/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Pages Books on Kensington
Kimmy Beach and Peter Midgley will be reading upstairs at Pages on Kensington . Kimmy will be launching her fifth book, The Last Temptation of Bond (The University of Alberta Press), and Peter will be reading from new collections of poetry and nonfiction. Visit Kimmy at kimmybeach.com and Peter at petermidgley.ca. For more information, visit http://pages.ab.ca/readings.html.
Metis in Canada
6/11/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Centre culturel franco-manitobain 340 Provencher Boulevard, Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
You are cordially invited to a panel discussion to mark a publication edited by: Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl & Ian Peach: Métis in Canada : History, Identity, Law and Politics. Guest panellists will be authors Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, Kelly Saunders, and Jeremy Patzer. Wine and cheese to follow.
Metis in Canada
6/11/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Centre culturel franco-manitobain 340 Provencher Boulevard, Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
You are cordially invited to a panel discussion to mark a publication edited by: Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl & Ian Peach: Métis in Canada : History, Identity, Law and Politics. Guest panellists will be authors Christopher Adams, Gregg Dahl, Kelly Saunders, and Jeremy Patzer. Wine and cheese to follow.
Metis in Canada
6/10/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: McNally Robinson
Celebrate the publication of Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics.
Metis in Canada
6/10/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: McNally Robinson
Celebrate the publication of Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/9/2013 - 3:00 pm
Poetic Justice Featuring Kimmy Beach, Gavin Hainsworth, Janet Kvammen, Gail VanKalsbeek with host, Candice James. http://poeticjustice.ca/ai1ec_event/520-2/?instance_id=49
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/9/2013 - 3:00 pm
Poetic Justice Featuring Kimmy Beach, Gavin Hainsworth, Janet Kvammen, Gail VanKalsbeek with host, Candice James. http://poeticjustice.ca/ai1ec_event/520-2/?instance_id=49
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/8/2013 - 3:00 pm
Kimmy Beach is reading with Rebecca Campbell and Heidi Greco in Victoria, BC. Invitation only.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/8/2013 - 3:00 pm
Kimmy Beach is reading with Rebecca Campbell and Heidi Greco in Victoria, BC. Invitation only.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/7/2013
Kimmy Beach is reading with Rebecca Campbell and Heidi Greco. Invitation only.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
6/7/2013
Kimmy Beach is reading with Rebecca Campbell and Heidi Greco. Invitation only.
Metis in Canada
6/6/2013 - 10:30 am
location: CLE C112, University of Victoria
Join the editors of Métis in Canada for the launch of their new book and for a roundtable discussion, Understanding the Métis: An Interdisciplinary Conversation, at the Congress of the Humanities.
Metis in Canada
6/6/2013 - 10:30 am
location: CLE C112, University of Victoria
Join the editors of Métis in Canada for the launch of their new book and for a roundtable discussion, Understanding the Métis: An Interdisciplinary Conversation, at the Congress of the Humanities.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/29/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Sunworks
Please join Astrid Blodgett and Paul Zits as they read from their collections of short stories and poems, respectively, at several locations in Alberta.
Massacre Street
5/29/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Sunworks
Please join Astrid Blodgett and Paul Zits as they read from their collections of short stories and poems, respectively, in Red Deer.
Massacre Street
5/29/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Sunworks
Please join Astrid Blodgett and Paul Zits as they read from their collections of short stories and poems, respectively, in Red Deer.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/29/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Sunworks
Please join Astrid Blodgett and Paul Zits as they read from their collections of short stories and poems, respectively, at several locations in Alberta.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/28/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: STASH Needle Art Lounge
Please join Astrid Blodgett, Ali Bryan and Dora Dueck for readings from their new books wish host Betty Jane Hegerat.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/28/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: STASH Needle Art Lounge
Please join Astrid Blodgett, Ali Bryan and Dora Dueck for readings from their new books wish host Betty Jane Hegerat.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
5/23/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: McNally Robinson
Join Kimmy Beach at McNally Robinson for the Saskatoon launch of her newest poetry collection, The Last Temptation of Bond.
We Gambled Everything
5/23/2013 - 4:40 - 7:00 pm
location: Calgary Petroleum Club
The Calgary book launch of "We Gambled Everything" will be held in the Trophy Lounge of the Calgary Petroleum Club. Please join Arne Nielsen on Thursday, May 23 @ 4:30 pm.
We Gambled Everything
5/23/2013 - 4:40 - 7:00 pm
location: Calgary Petroleum Club
The Calgary book launch of "We Gambled Everything" will be held in the Trophy Lounge of the Calgary Petroleum Club. Please join Arne Nielsen on Thursday, May 23 @ 4:30 pm.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
5/23/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: McNally Robinson
Join Kimmy Beach at McNally Robinson for the Saskatoon launch of her newest poetry collection, The Last Temptation of Bond.
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book
5/16/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Royal Ontario Museum
Please join us on Thursday, May 16, 2013 for a conversation with Lawrence Hill and Carol Duncan. Moderated by Randy Boyagoda.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/16/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Audreys Books
Come and celebrate the release of Astrid Blodgett's collection of stories, You Haven't Changed a Bit, at Audreys Books (107 St and Jasper Ave) on Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/16/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Audreys Books
Come and celebrate the release of Astrid Blodgett's collection of stories, You Haven't Changed a Bit, at Audreys Books (107 St and Jasper Ave) on Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/16/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Audreys Books
Come and celebrate the release of Astrid Blodgett's collection of stories, You Haven't Changed a Bit, at Audreys Books (107 St and Jasper Ave) on Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
5/16/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Audreys Books
Come and celebrate the release of Astrid Blodgett's collection of stories, You Haven't Changed a Bit, at Audreys Books (107 St and Jasper Ave) on Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book
5/16/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Royal Ontario Museum
Please join us on Thursday, May 16, 2013 for a conversation with Lawrence Hill and Carol Duncan. Moderated by Randy Boyagoda.
Massacre Street
5/2/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Pages Books on Kensington
Please join poet Paul Zits at the Calgary launch of his poetry collection, Massacre Street.
Massacre Street
5/2/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Pages Books on Kensington
Please join poet Paul Zits at the Calgary launch of his poetry collection, Massacre Street.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/24/2013 - 6:30 pm
location: Camrose Public Library
Celebrate Kimmy's newest book, The Last Temptation of Bond, at the Camrose Public Library. Books will be available. It will an unforgettable evening!
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/24/2013 - 6:30 pm
location: Camrose Public Library
Celebrate Kimmy's newest book, The Last Temptation of Bond, at the Camrose Public Library. Books will be available. It will an unforgettable evening!
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
Massacre Street
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
Massacre Street
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
You Haven’t Changed a Bit
4/23/2013 - 4 to 6 pm
location: Faculty Club, University of Alberta
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: The Last Temptation of Bond [Kimmy Beach], Massacre Street [Paul Zits], and You Haven't Changed a Bit [Astrid Blodgett]. Our MC for this year's Literary Cocktails is Patricia Demers, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. We recently published her latest book, Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis. Literary Cocktails is a proud part of the 2013 Edmonton Poetry Festival. All are welcome at this free event.
Massacre Street
4/22/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Pages Books on Kensington
Join the League of Canadian Poets and the RE:act Art & Community Together Collective for some RE:actionary wild words on hydrocarbons and the Evil Empire, radical mother-nature poems, extreme eco-poetic thinking, and all wondrous points of the Universe in between! Paul Zits is one of the readers.
Massacre Street
4/22/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Pages Books on Kensington
Join the League of Canadian Poets and the RE:act Art & Community Together Collective for some RE:actionary wild words on hydrocarbons and the Evil Empire, radical mother-nature poems, extreme eco-poetic thinking, and all wondrous points of the Universe in between! Paul Zits is one of the readers.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/12/2013
Shawna Lemany and Kimmy Beach are reading at the Strathcona Public Library on the 12th of April for the annual Poetry Month.
Disinherited Generations
4/12/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Provincial Archives of Alberta
Join with the University of Alberta Press, the Carlson and Steinhauer families, and Linda Goyette as we celebrate the publication of Disinherited Generations, and the donation of the Indian Rights for Indian Women Collection to the Provincial Archives in Alberta.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/12/2013
Shawna Lemany and Kimmy Beach are reading at the Strathcona Public Library on the 12th of April for the annual Poetry Month.
Disinherited Generations
4/12/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Provincial Archives of Alberta
Join with the University of Alberta Press, the Carlson and Steinhauer families, and Linda Goyette as we celebrate the publication of Disinherited Generations, and the donation of the Indian Rights for Indian Women Collection to the Provincial Archives in Alberta.
Disinherited Generations
4/12/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Provincial Archives of Alberta
Join with the University of Alberta Press, the Carlson and Steinhauer families, and Linda Goyette as we celebrate the publication of Disinherited Generations, and the donation of the Indian Rights for Indian Women Collection to the Provincial Archives in Alberta.
Disinherited Generations
4/12/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Provincial Archives of Alberta
Join with the University of Alberta Press, the Carlson and Steinhauer families, and Linda Goyette as we celebrate the publication of Disinherited Generations, and the donation of the Indian Rights for Indian Women Collection to the Provincial Archives in Alberta.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/11/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Woodcroft Library
April is the COOLEST month. Pop culture meets poetry. Join us for readings by Red Deer poet and author of The Last Temptation of Bond, Kimmy Beach, EPL's writer-in-residence and rapper, Omar Mouallem, and EPL staffer, hip-hop artist and poet, Jeremy Witten. This is an adult program.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/11/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Woodcroft Library
April is the COOLEST month. Pop culture meets poetry. Join us for readings by Red Deer poet and author of The Last Temptation of Bond, Kimmy Beach, EPL's writer-in-residence and rapper, Omar Mouallem, and EPL staffer, hip-hop artist and poet, Jeremy Witten. This is an adult program.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/4/2013 - 4:30 pm
location: Fran's House
Celebrate Kimmy's newest book, The Last Temptation of Bond, at Fran's House (27 Cameron Close, Lacome). Books will be available for $20.00. Please RSVP to Fran by March 28: fran.kimmel@shaw.ca. Phone: 403-786-0215
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
4/4/2013 - 4:30 pm
location: Fran's House
Celebrate Kimmy's newest book, The Last Temptation of Bond, at Fran's House (27 Cameron Close, Lacome). Books will be available for $20.00. Please RSVP to Fran by March 28: fran.kimmel@shaw.ca. Phone: 403-786-0215
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/27/2013
Kimmy is reading as part of the larger festival that runs for a few days in Humboldt and at St. Peter's College in Muenster. Please contact the festival for more information. http://www.cityofhumboldt.ca/default.aspx?page=77&a=r&e=3767
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/27/2013
Kimmy is reading as part of the larger festival that runs for a few days in Humboldt and at St. Peter's College in Muenster. Please contact the festival for more information. http://www.cityofhumboldt.ca/default.aspx?page=77&a=r&e=3767
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/25/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar
Kimmy Beach is participating in the Vertigo Reader Series on March 25 at the Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar (1925 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK). Please come out to enjoy a fabulous and eventful night.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/25/2013 - 7:30 pm
location: Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar
Kimmy Beach is participating in the Vertigo Reader Series on March 25 at the Crave Kitchen and Wine Bar (1925 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK). Please come out to enjoy a fabulous and eventful night.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/22/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Sunworks
Kimmy Beach is launching her new book, The Last Temptation of Bond, in Red Deer, Alberta.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/22/2013 - 7:00 pm
location: Sunworks
Kimmy Beach is launching her new book, The Last Temptation of Bond, in Red Deer, Alberta.
Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis
3/14/2013 - 4:30 pm
location: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library
Come join with Patricia Demers, the Library and the Press as we launch multiple properties - an exhibition, exhibition catalogue, book and web exhibit - celebrating the university's Miriam Green Ellis Collection.
Travels and Tales of Miriam Green Ellis
3/14/2013 - 4:30 pm
location: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library
Come join with Patricia Demers, the Library and the Press as we launch multiple properties - an exhibition, exhibition catalogue, book and web exhibit - celebrating the university's Miriam Green Ellis Collection.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/8/2013
location: The Artesian
Join Kimmy Beach, Noah Richler, Joel Thomas Hynes, Chrystene Ellis at the Talking Fresh Writers' festival in Regina. For more information, please visit: http://www.skwriter.com/home/437.
Last Temptation of Bond (The)
3/8/2013
location: The Artesian
Join Kimmy Beach, Noah Richler, Joel Thomas Hynes, Chrystene Ellis at the Talking Fresh Writers' festival in Regina. For more information, please visit: http://www.skwriter.com/home/437.
Canada's Constitutional Revolution
1/23/2013 - Noon
location: Rideau Club
The Hon. Mr. Justice Barry Strayer will be sharing thoughts and experiences from his new book, Canada's Constitutional Revolution during a luncheon lecture.
Canada's Constitutional Revolution
1/23/2013 - Noon
location: Rideau Club
The Hon. Mr. Justice Barry Strayer will be sharing thoughts and experiences from his new book, Canada's Constitutional Revolution during a luncheon lecture.

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