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Feeling the Zoom love, from Micheline Maylor’s launch of The Bad Wife
Over 100 people joined the party for the online launch of The Bad Wife. After a year of pandemic events, audience members know how to bring energy to the event. For those who couldn’t be there, you can get the flavour of the evening from the chat, reproduced below. You will have to imagine the […]
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Indexing Gwich’in Oral History: A Workshop
There is a welcomed and long overdue movement within Canadian publishing to publish more Indigenous works and to better acknowledge and collaborate with Indigenous authors, communities, and editors within the publishing process. I saw this firsthand at The Writing Stick: Sharing Indigenous Stories conference in 2017, hosted by the University of Alberta Press, and it […]
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Our Fall 2021 Catalogue is Available
Our Fall 2021 catalogue is available for download, featuring exceptional books in the areas of Indigenous Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Disability, Rural Studies, Industrial Design / Architecture, Anthropology, Religion, Travel, Memoir, and Sport. With the release of three audiobooks, UAlberta Press is pleased to announce a new audio distribution partnership with ECW Press. Our audiobooks […]
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Featured Reviews: 2020 Poetry Titles
Our 2020 poetry titles have received widespread praise. As we look ahead to Poetry Month in April and the launch of three more poetry collections, we celebrate Valerie Mason-John, Kat Cameron, E. Alex Pierce, and Angeline Schellenberg. I AM STILL YOUR NEGRO, Valerie Mason-John “I Am Still Your Negro takes no prisoners. With sheer brilliance, […]
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A Pandemic Thank You to Our Authors
We want to thank all of our authors, particularly the scholars who continue to write and teach through difficult times. We recognize your amazing dedication and hard work. We asked three scholars who we are currently working with to send us a photo of themselves in their varied work spaces. We could have done so […]
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Readers Rave about Tiny Lights for Travellers
And take a look at these spectacular reviews from readers of Naomi’s book! 5/5 stars: A moving journeyTiny Lights for Travellers is a moving, original account of one woman’s (physical and spiritual) journey to connect with her genetic roots. I found this book to be almost technically perfect, from its structure to its pacing and […]
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Carissa Halton’s Little Yellow House a Book Club Favourite
Last night, Carissa Halton’s book, Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood, received a 100% approval rating from all 17 members of an Edmonton book club. Her book introduces readers to a cast of diverse characters in her Alberta Avenue neighbourhood and invites them to consider the social and economic forces that shape […]
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Cover Photograph for “Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih”
A photograph by James Jerome appears on the cover of our newest book, Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih: Stories from the People of the Land. For this post, we invited the book’s co-author Leslie McCartney to tell us about Jerome, his work and importance, and […]
