We are accepting #poetry manuscripts between September 1 and 30. Poets must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Mark your calendars! https://bit.ly/4fM5Kt6 Our recent collections are found here: https://bit.ly/3TJ8BJA @mlobkowicz.bsky.social @writersguildab.bsky.social

August 9 is National Book Lovers Day. We hope you are reading a book. 😁 https://bit.ly/4yVm5Eu Remember, our travel books are Buy One Get One 50% off all month long! Use the code BOGO when you check out online: https://bit.ly/4572kwg #books #reading #sale

In SUBLUNARY, @lisarichter.bsky.social draws together the sudden death of a father, the climate emergency, urban pastoralism, Jewish folk traditions, love, desire, and societal breakdown with Richter's characteristic mix of dreamlike fabulism, humour, and pathos. https://bit.ly/4wSWlI3 #Poetry

The Critical Femininities Conference runs virtually from August 7 to 9. The program is here: https://bit.ly/4yT2qW1 Here is a new title for attendees' consideration: SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DISAPORA, edited by Amina Jamal, Jane Ku, and Maryam Khan. https://bit.ly/4hnuhVH

For author Alexa DeGagné, the journey to writing RESISTING POLICE IN QUEER SPACES is deeply intertwined with both personal history and systemic critique. See our blog: https://bit.ly/4gOtLlC #2SLGBTQ, #QueerActivism, #TransActivism, #DecolonizePride, #PrideParades, #QueerSpaces, #NoPoliceAtPride

EVERY STORY IS A CALL TO ACTION by @davidarobertson.bsky.social is "about the role of Indigenous stories to create a new understanding of Canada in the ongoing journey of reconciliation. He emphasizes the need for solidarity and community..." https://bit.ly/4pQvoSi

July 24 is International Self-Care Day. It's well worth checking out our anthologies: there is so much good material in these wonderful books! https://bit.ly/4vxwCCY @ronaaltrows.bsky.social @juliesedivy.bsky.social #books #reading #concussion #aging #identity #anxiety #TBI

July 18 is the centenary of Margaret Laurence's birth (one of Canada's National Historic Persons). Here are two titles from our list. You may also find out-of-print editions of Heart of a Stranger and Long Drums and Cannons in bookstores (edited by Nora Stovel). https://bit.ly/3RAVtId

Our latest blog post is a wrap up of the spring conference season: a busy and productive time of learning and connection. https://bit.ly/4ytptWU #HigherEd #Scholarly #Conference #Events #Books

How exciting to hear that OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS was featured in a section “Historians You Should Be Reading” at Indigo on Bloor/Bay. It's a fascinating history of Canada’s Charter, revealing how it has forever changed the political, legal, and social lives of Canadians. https://bit.ly/47z1EBh

Lisa Richter reads with Anna Veprinska and Tolu Oloruntoba at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary on Monday, July 20. Hosted by @michelinemaylor.bsky.social. All are welcome! https://bit.ly/4froYFi @lisarichter.bsky.social @tolu.ca @annaveprinska.bsky.social #books #poetry #YYC #readings

July is Disability Pride Month. The 2026 theme is “The World Works Better With Us.” https://bit.ly/3zcC7zC We bring attention to three of our titles that honour those with disabilities while deconstructing ableism: MELTDOWN UNMASKING ACADEMIA CONTEMPORARY VULNERABILITIES @snowhydro.bsky.social

Guess what? CARTOGRAPHIC POETRY: Examining Historic Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Maps by Ted Binnema, François Lanoë, Heinz W. Pyszczyk is one of this spring's most borrowed titles. https://bit.ly/4vPZEPe @wereadab.bsky.social #history #GreatPlains

Poet Lisa Martin imbues NIGHTHAWKS with both consciousness and conscience, upping the emotional stakes of living in a 'storm coming, wind / alter[ed]' world." Jim Johnstone, author of The King of Terrors https://bit.ly/4sGCol6 #Poetry #Poets #Books #Literature #CanLit

For National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism, we encourage people to read REMEMBERING AIR INDIA: THE ART OF PUBLIC MOURNING, edited by Chandrima Chakraborty, Amber Dean, and Angela Failler. https://bit.ly/42Yywkh #AirIndia #memory @chandrima-c.bsky.social

It's National Indigenous Peoples Day: time to learn about and celebrate the languages and cultures of Indigenous groups worldwide. https://bit.ly/3X0JcgH #NIHM2026 #NIPD2026

For June 20, #WorldRefugeeDay, we note THE ELEPHANT HAS TWO SETS OF TEETH: Bhutanese Refugees and Humanitarian Governance by Alice Neikirk, who shows how responses to refugee crises have shifted from helping the movement of people to enforcing their containment. https://bit.ly/41r0Lq1

NIGHTHAWKS, Lisa Martin’s new poetry collection, engages in exquisite emotional truth-telling, asking how we can hold and tend the world with more attunement and care. https://bit.ly/4sGCol6 #Poetry #Poets #Books #Literature #CanLit #ALECC2026

“In SUBLUNARY, a collection as elegant as it is insightful…a hard-won wisdom resounds through these bespoke lyric poems that glitter like crystal trees, nourished by roots of blood.’’ Kayla Czaga, author of Midway https://bit.ly/4wSWlI3 #Poetry #CanLit #Queer #Jewish @lisarichter.bsky.social

We are enjoying the CLC / ALECC conference, held in Edmonton this week. What a provocative gathering of scholars and writers! https://bit.ly/4ex1ptg #EcoCriticism #Literature #CanLit #books #envhum #UAlberta #EFS

Hamilton friends! Check out Living Room Lit on June 25 featuring Lisa Richter with @lizworth.bsky.social, @jaclyndesforges.bsky.social, and @margolapierre.bsky.social at The Wallflower. It's going to be great fun. https://bit.ly/4vbkwjr @lisarichter.bsky.social

Thursday, join us in Edmonton for Prairie Pollinations, where prairie publishers U of Alberta Press, AU Press, U Calgary Press, and U Regina Press authors celebrate their new literary titles. Part of the Cross Pollinations conference (CLC/ALECC). https://bit.ly/3QH1BOF @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

"...stories shelter us, and the homes we build in text can be just as real and just as contested as the ones made of brick and drywall. Even a partial read of this collection makes the book’s vast ambitions hard to miss." The Gateway https://bit.ly/4wWTj5G #ALECC2026

MELTDOWN is shortlisted for the general category for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards! Congratulations to our author, Sarah Boon, and the other shortlisted authors. Winners will be announced in September. About the book: https://bit.ly/41lawaq @snowhydro.bsky.social @swc-can.bsky.social

"Crossing Into Canada is a lively collection...sometimes haunting, sometimes funny... Crossing Into Canada is raw and honest." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter Review: https://bit.ly/4xH8bp8 About the book: https://bit.ly/4agkxLf #resisters #borders #migration #OralHistory #PoliSci

John Acorn is receiving an honorary doctorate June 17 from #UAlberta. He is a renowned entomologist, author, and broadcaster who has had a lasting impact on public science literacy. We had the pleasure of publishing four of his books. Info: https://bit.ly/4ut63yg Books: https://bit.ly/4e4zv8V

Lisa Richter is part of a Poetry Party, reading with Anna Veprinska, Jaime Forsythe, and Leesa Dean on June 23 at 5 pm MT. Join four brilliant women poets across four time zones as they read from new collections! Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/4ojr7Wt @lisarichter.bsky.social

Tomorrow at noon: Jeremy Wildeman speaks about the collection he co-edited with M. Muhannad Ayyash, CANADA AS A SETTLER COLONY ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, at the CSA conference in Halifax. More information: https://bit.ly/3RzPzXo #CSA2026

Members of the Canadian Sociological Association are meeting in Halifax this year. https://bit.ly/3PCP4LH We note our sociology titles for your consideration: https://bit.ly/4oaNzRT Be sure to hear Jeremy Wildeman speak about CANADA AS A SETTLER COLONY ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE. #CSA2026

The Federation for the Social Sciences and Humanities is holding its Big Thinking Summit in Edmonton and Canadian publishers are showing off their books! https://bit.ly/4uXdyP1 #ACUP-APUC #HigherEd @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca @cdnpublishers.bsky.social @abbookpub.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social