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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.


 

  • Press author Kasia Van Schaik is longlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize
    Kasia Van Schaik is one of twelve authors longlisted for the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize for her debut collection of short stories, We Have Never Lived On Earth. “This is the first time that one of our authors has been longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. We knew that Kasia’s book was spectacular, and we are proud […]
  • UAlberta Press Poetry Reading Season: September 2023
    University of Alberta Press is accepting poetry manuscripts between September 1 and 30. At the end of the submission period, the Press will select up to three manuscripts for publication in 2025 in the Robert Kroetsch Series of Canadian creative writing. We welcome submissions by poets from diverse and marginalized backgrounds, and are interested in […]
  • Publishers and Seasonal Catalogues
    Seasonal catalogues! Many publishers, for many years, organized their “lists” of books into seasons, usually Spring and Fall. Sales reps, including our wonderful Ampersand Inc. folk, would take the printed catalogues to bookstore buyers and they would sit together and mark them up to make their orders. The catalogues included frontlist titles (new books, coming […]
  • University Press Week 2023: #SpeakUP about Palestine
    University presses have the capacity to bring new voices to a conversation or raise up voices that are not widely heard. University of Alberta Press has been privileged to publish several authors who share their experiences and research about Palestine. Here are some of the recent publications. Canada as a Settler Colony on the Question […]
  • Human Rights and the City in the Pre-Charter Era
    A guest post by Dr Sandeep Agrawal, Professor and Inaugural Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta, excerpted from Chapter 3 of his edited collection, Rights and the City: Problems, Progress, and Practice. This chapter presents a broad inquiry into the changes that occurred on the rights front […]
  • Cover Design: This Is How You Start to Disappear
    Our in-house designer, Alan Brownoff, does almost all of our covers, but every now and again we ask one of our terrific freelance book designers to create a cover. We thought it would be fun to share some of the behind-the-scenes conversations that led to our selecting this cover, produced by Natalie Olsen of Kisscut […]
  • Congress 2023
    Congress 2023 took place at York University in Toronto from May 27 to June 2. Over 10,000 scholars, graduate students, and practitioners in the humanities and social sciences gathered together and shared their research. University of Alberta Press was part of the Expo and had a major staff presence. Acquiring editors Mat Buntin and Michelle […]
  • 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 […]

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  • AU Presses / Book, Journal & Jacket Show
    Rutherford Library South, foyer, and Henderson Hall
    Monday, September 18, 2023
  • Press staff attend BPAA Conference & AGM
    Matrix Hotel, 10640 100 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 3N8, Canada
    Wednesday, September 20, 2023
  • Astrid Blodgett, Lori Hahnel, and Ruth DyckFehderau read at Red Deer Library
    Red Deer Public Library, 4818 - 49th Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1T9
    Sunday, September 24, 2023, 1pm
  • Astrid Blodgett, Lori Hahnel, and Steve Passey read at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary
    Owl's Nest Books, 815a 49 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 1G8, Canada
    Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 7pm
  • Writing on Climate / LitFest 2023 / Online panel
    Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 6pm
  • Astrid Blodgett and Lori Hahnel read at Tuppenny Coffee and Books
    1433 Hamilton St, Regina, SK S4R 7V4, Canada
    Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7pm
  • UAlberta Press attends MESA conference
    Thursday, November 2, 2023
  • Join Astrid Blodgett and Lori Hahnel as they read from their new books
    Friday, November 3, 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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