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Home of Brave & Brilliant poetry and literature. UCalgary Press publishes peer-reviewed academic books that connect expert scholars and readers worldwide.
"What Colpitts brings to light is an early conservation debate and the way settlers viewed their new environment." Troubled Tributaries reviewed at @albertaviews.bsky.social buff.ly/XH45vSP
Tara at Canada Reads Inspired is joined by JoAnn McCaig to talk Beneficiary: buff.ly/JE5b9FE
Singapore and Canada twine and intertwine in Kellly Kaur's forthcoming poetry collection, an exploration of immigration and belonging. These are poems that tangle with colour and race, freedom and acceptance, memory and home. We can't wait to share this Brave & Brilliant title. This October!
The City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library have announced the longlist for the 2026 Toronto Book Awards! We are so proud that Where Histories Meet was has been honoured on this list, recognizing authors whose work captures the spirit, history, people, and places of Toronto.
This September! Canada SF&F and Edmonton Arts & Culture Hall of Famer Candas Jane Dorsey returns to the page with the kaleidoscopic and fearless new novel At the Freak Show.
Is our universe the only one there is? Join leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield on a journey through the multiverse in philosophy and physics in this new #openaccess publication.
Are we all there is? Our is our universe just one of many? Leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield presents and assesses three versions of the idea of the multiverse, one from philosophy and two from physics in this just released book, written especially for students and newcomers.
Kyle Flemmer hopes to bring the fringes of experimental poetic form to the people. He talks Oulipo, Wikipedia, and more at Prairie Books NOW: buff.ly/YIe2SFj
Is our universe just one of many? Leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield explores the multiverse in logic, quantum theory, and cosmology in this just released book. Wherever fine books are sold or click through: buff.ly/h2jkoLJ
Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig begins with an interesting premise. We meet Seren in a local shop where she declines the purchase of a lottery ticket. “Don’t you want to be a millionaire?” prompts the clerk. “I already am.” Beneficiary reviewed at the Miramichi Reader: buff.ly/nWABs3b
"The overarching structure of the book is determined by a feeling we are by now all too familiar with; that of plummeting headlong down the infinite rabbit hole of the internet." @kyleflemmer.com talks The Wiki of Babel at @49thshelf.bsky.social: buff.ly/ASi3n6k
Rag Pickers is shortlisted for the High Plains International Book Awards! Author Blaine Newton brings his experience as a playwright to these short stories with crackling dialogue and sharply drawn scene. Rag Pickers is a short story collection not to be missed!
Is our universe just one of many? Leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield presents three versions of the idea of the multiverse, one from philosophy and two from physics, in The Multiverse: A Philosophical introduction. For students, newcomers, and curious minds. Releasing July 15!
The son of Holocaust survivors, Avi Friedman disconnected, putting their stories in a box perhaps never to be opened. Until his own children grew up, grew curious, and Friedman opened the box to discover an indellible story of genesis and survival.
Tonight! Come down to Shelf Life Books (@shelflifebooks.bsky.social) in Downtown Calgary to launch The Wiki of Babel! buff.ly/BcASg0K
Just Published. The story of a Jewish family from their genesis in Poland through the suffering of the Holocaust and of the son who survived. Sole Survivor is available wherever fine books are sold.
Just Published! The Wiki of Babel is a loving and creative collection of experimental poetry that celebrates Wikipedia, collaborative expertise, and the paratactic leap. Find it wherever fine books are sold! Learn more buff.ly/7z2imy3
JoAnn McCaig talker her just-published novel Beneficiary, communal living, single motherhood, second-wave feminism, and more on CKCU LitRoom: buff.ly/3vkg1gH
Thorough and balanced, including many voices, and Freeman takes the time to clarify what it means to consult each source. Reading this book is like listening to a speaker who allows time for each word to sink in. Where Histories Meet at the Temez Review: buff.ly/1wRL3qk
Fragile distance amid a world of woundedness: a dialogue with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike and Nkateko Masinga: buff.ly/yJnFuWD
Thorough and balanced, including many voices, and Freeman takes the time to clarify what it means to consult each source. Reading this book is like listening to a speaker who allows time for each word to sink in. Where Histories Meet at the Temez Reivew: buff.ly/gpfTih0
Meet the 2026 CBC Poetry Prize Readers . . . including Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike! buff.ly/qnoKRLZ
In this NBN podcast, Hollay Ghadrey speaks with JoAnn McCaig about her new novel, Beneficiary. Check it out: buff.ly/0G9jwPC
Tonight! Join JoAnn McCaig to launch Beneficiary at Shelf Life Books in a fantastic eventing of literary conversation. We are so pleased to launch this amazing novel. Details at: buff.ly/ZcZKMsg
On May 26 - next Tuesday! - Join JoAnn McCaig to launch Beneficiary at Shelf Life Books in a fantastic eventing of literary conversation. Details at: buff.ly/ZcZKMsg
We Survived Until We Could Live author Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike joins Nkateko Masinga in a wide-ranging, fascinating discussion in Africa in Dialogue: buff.ly/yJnFuWD
Just Published! Seren was born to a country-club cage and a leash of pearls until, one day, she just walked away. But legacy can follow you anywhere. Beneficiary is a novel about what it means to face the world as a woman, on your own terms. Available now wherever books are sold!
Poems that chronicle life in the aftermath of war. Poems that archive the wound left by the start of chronic illness. Poems that call for empathy in a world that would rather turn away, and find celebration and joy. Poetry launching next Thursday, May 15!
UCalgay history professor George Colpitts joins Daybreak Alberta host Paul Karchut to talk about the early efforts of Alberta anglers to save their mountain coldwater streams, and the urgent lessons we must learn from their efforts today. Listen here: buff.ly/1vG9a9Z
What inspired the searing and compelling We Survived Until We Could Live? Six Questions with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike on MoonLit Getaway! buff.ly/1qJAGkg