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Publisher since 1974 of literary, scholarly, reference & general interest books at Canadian Mennonite University. Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg. In Winnipeg shop at CommonWord. Website: Industry orders:
Lovely to see Elina Penner's NIGHTBERRIES (translated by Bradley Schmidt) celebrated by @mcnallyrobinson.com during #womenintranslation month! #booksky
Our author Patrick Friesen (on the poster just below the indomitable bill bissett and above the glasses) is part of the revamped Winnipeg Book Fest October 1-4, with all events at The Forks. More details soon!
We are celebrating Women In Translation month! This is an extraordinary collection of poetry -- powerful sonnets that speak across centuries. Please ask your local library or independent bookstore for WONDER-WORK: Selected Sonnets of Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg. #booksky
It's not actually indie press month -- that's not until March -- but why wait until then to support the work of our independent, not-for-profit book publishing program? Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.cmu.ca/give (and be sure to click on "other" and enter "CMU Press" in the box). Thanks!
New Review in @prairiefiremag.bsky.social #booksky "A deliberate and deeply humane collection that reflects on mortality without surrendering to despair." Alexander Sallas reviews Patrick Friesen's 2026 poetry collection SIGHTINGS. www.prairiefire.ca/sightings-by...
GALLOP into @mcnallyrobinson before they change their minds and keep all the cool Literary Press Group @lpgcanada.bsky.social tote bags for themselves! Buy a book from this fine display of Canadian publishers (maybe you should get Elina Penner's NIGHTBERRIES, up there at the top) & claim your tote.
Tomorrow! Meet poet Patrick Friesen in Squamish BC at Gather Bookshop as he reads from his CMU Press book SIGHTINGS, alongside fellow authors Eve Joseph and Terence Young. Friday June 19, 7:00 p.m.
Here's a great conversation between John Longhurst @jdl56.bsky.social & Amisah Bakuri of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, discussing John's CMU Press book "Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Faith." Enjoy! newbooksnetwork.com/can-robots-l...
Drop by the ACP table and check out our books, "Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission" by @revviec.bsky.social and this fine MennoLitCrit anthology edited by Robert Zacharias. #booksky
We're grateful to our @cdnpublishers.bsky.social colleagues who have taken our books to the Big Thinking Summit in Edmonton. Organized by @federationhss.ca, the summit aims to bring ideas to life through a week of public lectures, conversations & cultural events. More info at www.federationhss.ca.
Gratitude to River Street Writes & Flying Books in Toronto for a fun & successful event to celebrate Elina Penner's novel NIGHTBERRIES last evening. Thank you to all who attended & supported Elina's brief but wonderful Canadian book tour, especially German Canadian Congress - Manitoba! [📷IG repost]
Author visit from Germany! A quick visit by Elina Penner to @umanitoba.bsky.social today and some quick Winnipeg touring before tonight's book launch of Nightberries at @mcnallyrobinson.com at 7 pm, hosted by @realandrewunger.bsky.social.
Tomorrow! Please come out to @mcnallyrobinson in Grant Park in Winnipeg June 3, 7:00 pm to hear German author Elina Penner @elinapenner reading from her newly translated novel Nightberries and in conversation with Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social #booksky
On HOWL radio tomorrow (June 2) at 10 pm, hear Elina Penner talk about her novel Nightberries, the new translation of her 2022 German novel Nachtbeeren. ciut.fm/howl/
One week from tonight! On Wednesday June 3, 7:00 pm, join us and genial host Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social at Winnipeg's @mcnallyrobinson.com for a celebration of German author Elina Penner’s novel "Nightberries," translated by Bradley Schmidt.
Ahead of NIGHTBERRIES' Winnipeg launch (June 3) and Toronto launch (June 4) enjoy this interview with Elina Penner on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/nightberries
Winnipeg! All are welcome at the launch of German novelist Elina Penner's NIGHTBERRIES, June 3, at @mcnallyrobinson.com, hosted by @realandrewunger.bsky.social. "Brilliant and compelling." —David Bergen In person & livestream Info here: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18940/Elina-Penner-Book-Launch
As Dr. Bakuri says in her thoughtful introduction on the New Books Network website: "Carmen’s language of a 'broken heart' names the cost of remaining Christian while being Indigenous within institutions that continue to benefit from colonial structures." Thank you, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.
A great conversation between Amisah Bakuri (l) of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Carmen Lansdowne (r) @revviec.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, discussing Carmen's CMU Press book WEARING A BROKEN HEART ON THE SLEEVE OF CHRISTIAN MISSION. megaphone.link/NBNK5120200013
It's #reddressday of awareness and remembrance for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & 2SLGBTQI+ People. Support Indigenous publishing & bookselling on Turtle Island: such as Highwater Press (publisher of this book ed. by Jaime Black-Morsette) or goodmindsbooks.bsky.social. Mourn. Resist.
The last day of National Poetry Month: we're so glad to have witnessed this country's Big Love ❤️ for poetry! Thanks to @alllitupcanada.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @cdnpublishers.bsky.social and of course THE POETS for all the beauty. #booksky #NPM2026
