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UAlberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach.


 

  • Another International Award for Designer Alan Brownoff
    Alan Brownoff has won another international award, this one from the AUPresses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show for the cover design of You Might Be Sorry You Read This by Michelle Poirier Brown. Alan thinks of cover design as being a matchmaker, putting words and images together in unexpected ways. Both the designer and the […]
  • Author Tony Cashman Turns 100
    Tony Cashman has done so much to tell the stories of Edmonton, our province, and our institutions. He has won many awards and accolades and is “widely considered to be one of Edmonton’s most passionate, popular, and impactful local historians.” You can learn more about Tony Cashman’s life at Alberta.ca or read about his 100th […]
  • Literary Editions 2023
    Another spring poetry event has come and gone. The Press’s first hybrid event saw about 80 people in attendance, evenly split between the listening party in Henderson Hall (adjacent to our office) and online. It was a pleasure to hear the three poets read from their new collections: Joe Bishop, Sonya Ruth Greckol, and Uchechukwu […]
  • Praise for Joe Bishop and Indie Rock
    Joe Bishop’s debut poetry collection, Indie Rock, shows a writer at the start of a strong literary career. Indie Rock candidly focuses on a queer poet/musician’s life in Newfoundland, and his personal struggles with addiction, OCD, and trauma. The collection is steeped in musicality and the geographies and cadences of Newfoundland. Joe Bishop tells an […]
  • UAlberta Press publishes Gavin Bradley, winner of the 2023 Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award
    – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / March 21, 2023 Edmonton, AB – Gavin Bradley, author of Separation Anxiety, is the winner of the 2023 Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award. This prestigious award is for a debut book of poetry by a young writer.  The announcement will be made at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on […]
  • March 8, 2018: Excerpt from 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada
    “Viola Desmond was the catalyst for jumpstarting the modern civil rights movement in Canada.” Aaron W. Hughes, author “Eighteen years before the razing of Africville, and nine years before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, one of Canada’s most notorious and publicized incidents of racial discrimination […]
  • Praise for Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike and there’s more
    Read on to find out why we are so excited about publishing Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike’s volume of poetry, there’s more. And be sure to watch the video for Seagulls, which contains the stunning line about home being “anywhere we find something to love.” Praise for there’s more by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike “In these memory-infused poems, […]
  • Poetry blurbs: Strong meaningful words beget more in a beautiful cycle
    We love publishing poetry. The collections themselves are stunning and show the work of months and years. The poets are brilliant and fascinating to work with. And then we get to read blurbs about their work, which is thrilling in yet another way. We will be sharing the blurbs for our three new poetry collections […]

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  • An interview with Esmeralda Cabral airs on CHMB 1320 am in Vancouver, between 6 and 7 pm
    Sunday, June 4, 2023, 6pm
  • Uche Umezurike reads at the online launch of Matthew Tétreault's Launch of Hold Your Tongue. Details TBC.
    Thursday, June 8, 2023, 7pm
  • Astrid Blodgett launches This Is How You Start to Disappear at Audreys Books. Details TBC.
    Thursday, September 14, 2023, 7pm
  • Details TBD: Astrid Blodgett and Lori Hahnel read at Idywylde Library in Edmonton
    Edmonton Public Library - Idylwylde (Bonnie Doon), 8310 88 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6C 1L1, Canada
    Thursday, November 9, 2023, 7pm

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