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To close out #OpenAccess Week, we're sharing the most read books on our reading platform! These books have all been adopted for courses in universities across the country, showcasing the importance of free digital access for student readers. #OAWeek Read them at www.aupress.ca/books/

University Press Week will be celebrated from Nov 9 to 13 and we are celebrating with a media training session for university press authors (but everyone is welcome)! Join us to learn how to navigate interviews, develop key messages, reframe misinformation, and more! www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/10...

”A portrait that is at once poignant and analytical, personal yet panoramic, capturing the hippie trail phenomenon with an authority few accounts can match.” New review of Trevor Harrison's Safarnameh! Reviewed by Agnieszka Matejko in the latest issues of @albertaviews.bsky.social!

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Do you want your research to have more impact? Tune into our webinar with @concordiapress.bsky.social tomorrow morning at 11:15 MST to hear about how open access publishing helps connect ideas, foster discovery, and extend the reach of research! #OAWeek #OpenAccess www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/10...

Happy Open Access Week! Did you know that AU Press follows a diamond OA model for all our books, including literature? Dive into these literary delights for free on our reading platform or by downloading a pdf. #OAWeek #OpenAccess www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/10...

Happy publication day to Old Bridge, Black House by Tony Fabijančić! This formally daring diptych weaves together history, the workings of the psyche, and the hard immediacy of lived experience. www.aupress.ca/books/120349...

Join us this Thursday, Oct. 22 at 1:15PM EDT for an online conversation on open access between the directors of Canada's two open-access scholarly publishers, CUP and @aupress.ca!

A treat to hear Bertrand Bickersteth read from his genre-bending memoir at LitFest! Thank you to Michael Bucknor, the Canadian Literature Centre, and LitFest for putting together this important conversation that touched on racism, identity, belonging, blackness, history, and, of course, cowboys.

It's Open Access Week! As a university press committed to contributing to the public good, we promote open access as a way to reach a wide variety of communities, enrich education, and spark new collaborations. Learn more in our webinar later this week! #OAWeek www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/10...

David Groulx's From Turtle Island to Gaza returns to Edmonton's bestselling books list! In this collection, Groulx weaves together the experiences of Indigenous peoples in settler Canada with those of the people of Palestine, revealing a shared understanding of colonial pasts and presents.

This weekend at LitFest! Uncover the history of Black cowboys on the prairies with Bertrand Bickersteth as he takes us through the process of creating a font from their cattle brands. litfestalberta.org/events/numin...

Your fall reading list is here! 🍁 CBC Books includes Bertrand Bickersteth's Numinous Animal on their list of 25 books to read this season! www.cbc.ca/books/cbc-bo...

From October 19 to 25, scholars, publishers, and readers around the globe will celebrate Open Access Week. We are joining the festivities with a discussion on what impact looks like in an open access environment! #OAWeek #OpenAccess Join us! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/39c77f...

We're in Banff! We are so pleased to be here for the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association conference. Come find us and our friends from @fernpub.bsky.social and @ubcpress.bsky.social near the registration desk for all your reading needs this weekend.

Join us and @concordiapress.bsky.social during Open Access Week for a discussion about how open access supports the broader circulation, use, and influence of scholarly work. #OAWeek #DiamondOA 🖊️ Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/39c77f...

“For me, cattle brands are a form of literature. It just made sense to go back [into history] and use those examples of Black presence, their actual imprints, their imaginative designs, and to pull that into the present.” --Bertrand Bickersteth quillandquire.com/omni/book-ma...

Lethbridge! Mark your calendars for October 14. Trevor Harrison will speak about his new book, Safarnameh, the story of his overland trip from Turkey to India in 1976. Details: www.analogbooks.net/events/62410...

“This book is a journey through my sense of self: how I connect myself to Alberta, how I connect Alberta’s history to the history of Blackness across this continent, and how I connect that history of Blackness across this continent to Canadian identity itself." quillandquire.com/omni/book-ma...

LitFest is happening next month! Thanks to Ellen Kartz for highlighting Numinous Animal by Bertrand Bickersteth! Bertrand will be in Edmonton for LitFest on October 18! thegatewayonline.ca/2026/09/litf... #yeg #yegreads

"Between the trails of our Black Prairies and our African legacies, there is history, there are cowboys, and because there is love, there is always a tomorrow." Happy pub day to Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys by Bertrand Bickersteth! www.aupress.ca/books/120348...

Theme: “Feeling/Not Feeling Canadian: A Workshop Exploring Histories of Emotion in Canada”. Deadline: November 30, 2026. #history #cdnhist

Less than a month to the 2026 International #OpenAccess Week! Go to the resources page on the #OAWeek website to access folders with theme graphics in different languages. You can also use the blank templates provided to create your own. www.openaccessweek.org

Deadline: November 1, 2026. #history #cdnhist

Well-deserved congrats to Kathy Killoh! @aupress.ca has been an open-access leader in Canada and we're grateful for all Kathy has done to support barrier-free scholarly publishing!

Bertrand Bickersteth was on CBC Edmonton AM this morning to talk about Black cowboys in Alberta and how cattle brands are poetic. 🎧Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

New review of The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213! “McDonald has given us a path to follow in how to benefit from labour history [...] and used his personal knowledge of the situation at Lenkurt to bring us close to the picket line and back-room action.” --Ron Verzuh www.thebcreview.ca/2026/09/22/3...

The WikiConference North America 2026 is happening this weekend in Edmonton! We are delighted to be launching The Wikimedia Movement in Canada edited by Jean-Michel Lapointe and Marie D. Martel at this exciting event! Check out the program here: wikimedia.eventyay.com/wcna/wikina2...

🏅 We are pleased to share that Kathy Killoh, our incredible journals and digital coordinator and former acting director, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards! Please join us in congratulating Kathy on this achievement! www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/09...

The countdown is on! We are 10 days away from the release of Numinous Animal by Bertrand Bickersteth. Bickersteth weaves memoir, history, and literature together and uncovers the eclipsed history of Black cowboys on the Canadian Prairies. 📗 Pre-order here: www.aupress.ca/books/120348...

Calgary is reading My Works, Ye Mighty by Christian Bök! Thanks for helping this book land on the bestseller list this week!

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending September 6, 2026! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @aupress.ca @ualbertapress.bsky.social

Tonight! Don't miss Christian Bök, Kyle Flemmer, and Nikki Sheppy at Shelf Life Books for the Flywheel Reading Series! www.facebook.com/events/10795...

New review! Rod Mickleburgh reviews The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213 for BC Bookworld and pays homage to the great Les McDonald. bcbooklook.com/latest-issue/

We are thrilled to share that Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online has been awarded the Ángel David Nieves Book Award for an Edited Collection by the DH Caucus of the American Studies Association! www.aupress.ca/awards-and-r...

Canada’s mobile workforce keeps the economy moving—but at what cost? This new book examines the overlooked risks faced by workers on the move and asks how Canada can better protect this labour force. 📖 Read it here: www.aupress.ca/books/120346...

New review of Jamie Dopp's Hockey on the Moon from @journsporthist.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

New review! "An excellent resource to begin critical conversations as it unveils many experiences of missed opportunities for accessibility in online education, a topic that requires continued advocacy and greater consideration in higher education." journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked/inde...

New review of Women and Leadership in Distance Education in Canada published in Brock Education Journal! Thank you to Hannah Peter for your thoughtful review! journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked/inde...

What does a journey mean fifty years later? In 1976, Trevor Harrison joined thousands of young travellers making the overland journey from Turkey to India along the famous Hippie Trail. Today, that route has largely disappeared, but its stories remain. Available now! www.aupress.ca/books/120336...

New review of Ian McDonald's recent book, The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213, from @BCStudies! bcstudies.ubc.ca/book_film_re...

The Hippie Trail helped define a generation of travellers. One such traveller was Trevor W. Harrison. In Safarnameh, he explores the physical, psychological, and emotional impact of long-distance travel and situates the journey within the broader context of the time. www.aupress.ca/books/120336...

See what Albertans were buying, reading, and loving this June. 📘 ❤️ See the full list here: buff.ly/VB7hH0f @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @aupress.ca #CanLit #Bestsellers #ReadAlberta #TBR

New review! Sreeparna Das writes in Feminist Pedagogy that "As online education expands, this book offers many actionable techniques to empower instructors and students." digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/feministpeda...

kiyâm was number one on the Edmonton bestseller list last week! This beautiful little book continues to be an important read over a decade after publication. www.aupress.ca/books/120210...

A moment of appreciation for an open book! Indigiqueerness by Joshua Whitehead Abode by Jun-long Lee The Virtues of Disillusionment by Steven Heighton Memory and Landscape edited by Kenneth L. Pratt and Scott A. Heyes

Happy 10 year anniversary to Living on the Land: Indigenous Women's Understanding of Place. This remarkable collection examines how patriarchy, gender, and colonialism have shaped the experiences of Indigenous women as both knowers and producers of knowledge. 📖 www.aupress.ca/books/120256...

A perfect summer read! Drink in the Summer by Tony Fabijančić is a beautiful reminiscence on the places of our youth and the indelible marks they leave on our souls. #Travel #Croatia 📖 www.aupress.ca/books/120319...