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Congratulations to Anna Veprinska and Bonememory on the longlist of the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in poetry!

Kelly Kaur talks poetry, life, and Durian at On Creative Writing: buff.ly/gNWuMOh

"A powerful, stylistically diverse exploration of what it means to be a daughter, a rebel, and an activist." My Love is a Durian, reviewed at The Woodlot: buff.ly/y5FKHSZ

Candas Jane Dorsey introduces At the Freak Show at CBC Edmonton AM! buff.ly/4IbqS1j

the book of sentences has won the 2026 Lampman Award! A huge congratulations to @robmclennan.bsky.social for this well-deserved honour.

Save the date! Join Kelly Kaur to launch her book My Love is a Duran with Special guest Aritha van Herk on November 6th at cSPACE Marda loop!

Tonight! The Chinook Country Historical Society and the Calgary Public Library welcome Paul Chastko, author of The Boom for a talk on how the 1914 "Wonder Well" shaped the future of Alberta's economy and culture. See you there!

Read @bonnycd.bsky.social's review of @kyleflemmer.com's The Wiki of Babel (pub. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social)! ​...Flemmer’s particularly pointed filching of a commons resource by and large is not circular, does not stray down dark, dead-ended net-alleys... www.thetemzreview.com/bonnycd-flem...

Read Salma Hussain's review of JoAnn McCaig's Beneficiary (pub. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social)! Beneficiary...is an ambitious, introspective work that draws readers in with its complicated main character, its social commentary and its creative structure... www.thetemzreview.com/hussain-mcca...

How can a book change a life? 12 or 20 questions with Kelly Kaur at rob's blog: buff.ly/Vucg87m

Catch Paul Chastko at the Calgary Central Library this Thursday and discover the ways that the 1914 Wonder Well shaped the future of Alberta.

LCR Publishing is proud to make The Story of ii' taa'poh'to'p available in a free-to-read open access edition. The grandparents of ii' taa'poh'to'p welcome readers to learn from their experience and share insightful lessons from the journey towards the creation of an Indigenous strategy.

Save the Date! On October 8th join Paul Chastko at the Calgary Central Library to discover how the 1914 Dingman "Wonder Well" transformed Alberta's future. Presented in partnership with the Chinook Country Historical Society. Details: buff.ly/5C4cN4m

John D. Norton has won the 2026 Lakatos Award for his books The Material Theory of Induction and the Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference. A huge congratulations to Dr. Norton for this honour. We can't wait for the LSE prize lecture! buff.ly/0iWZ1jG

Tonight! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch her new novel, At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton. 7:00PM! buff.ly/bY3o4aj

Kelly Kaur never imagined publishing a poetry collection, despite a love for poetry stemming back to childhood. Now her first collection is forthcoming this October. A Power Q&A with River Street Writing: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/7/...

Next Tuesday! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch her new novel, At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton. www.audreys.ca/events/60144...

This Wednesday ! Join Jeremy Butterfield, Al Wilson, and Richard Dawid for a lively and fascinating discussion of The Multiverse, chaired by Helen Beebee and David Tiera. RSVP for this online event at philevents.org/event/show/1...

the book of sentences is up for the Archibald Lampman! , a shortlist, a shortlist, my kingdom for a shortlist! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...

Kelly Kaur's My Love is a Durian is one of CBC Books 25 Canadian poetry titles we're excited to read this fall: buff.ly/9UuyDTa

Save the date! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton on September 22! www.audreys.ca/events/60144...

On September 16, join Jeremy Butterfield, Al Wilson, and Richard Dawid for a lively and fascinating discussion of The Multiverse, chaired by Helen Beebee and David Tiera. RSVP for this online event at buff.ly/Zmix5vk

There's something cinematic about a courtroom battle over 31 trout . . . Troubled Tributaries, reviewed at Canada's History. buff.ly/SgrZ2fC

What makes a good life? What allows for a life to be good? Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig reviewed at AlbertaViews Magazine! buff.ly/VOAxcuj

What inspired Kelly Kaur to write her first poetry collection? A Power Q&A with River Street Writing: buff.ly/2Tg7LfA

"Mount Revelstoke" by Nancy J. Turner is the latest featured excerpt from Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada. This is the latest book in our Canadian History and Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/09/01/m...

A book that begs to be used, not just consumed. Dawn Macdonald follows Kyle Flemmer into play and poetry with The Wiki of Babel at @theseaboardreview.ca Check it out: www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-wiki-o...

Save the Date! Join Jeremy Butterfield, Al Wilson, and Richard Dawid for a lively and fascinating discussion of The Multiverse, chaired by Helen Beebee and David Tiera. RSVP for this online event at buff.ly/awdwHq4

Mark your calendars for the Edmonton launch of At the Freak Show! Hosted by the amazing @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social Click through for details: buff.ly/ekSv6nU

Survival, IISS bi-monthly journal and one of the world's leading forums for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs, reviews Timothy Sayles The Next War. "Deterrence, Arms Control and Nuclear History," available here: buff.ly/YiJpNU4

Kyle Flemmer talks the playful random, what counts as a poem, collective knowledge and more at the Calgary Herald! buff.ly/EARBqTj

"A complex and fascinating variation on the Platonic myth—the androgyne severed from its Other/Self—yet nothing as simple as the male/female alternated division experienced by Tiresias, the blind seer of old." At the Freak Show. September 15. Wherever you get your books.

From the Margins to the Center: Peasant Struggles and State Power in Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. Check out this fascinating and detailed review essay from The Americas, published Open Access (Just like Peasant Wars in Bolivia): buff.ly/yj0LuLQ

A sneak peek into Kelly Kaur's forthcoming book of Poetry, My Love is a Durian: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/7/... Coming this October!

Announcing the online book launch of Jeremy Butterfield's The Multiverse! Join Jeremy in conversation with Al Wlison and Richard Dawid to explore the idea that our universe is just one of many possible universes and learn about the new book, The Multiverse! RSVP AT buff.ly/awdwHq4

A book that rewards readers who take their time to know the true nature of a character. Meet Seren in Beneficiary. Reviewed at FreeFall magazine:

The Next War uses newly declassified documents to illuminate an important and largely unappreciated topic: how Ottawa, Washington, and London tried to mitigate the danger of a surprise attack. The Next War, reviewed at Survival Journal. Read it #OpenAccess.

The Wiki of Babel is a provocation . . . both a gift and a challenge. Dawn Macdonald engages with Kyle Flemmer's The Wiki of Babel as poetry and play at @theseaboardreview.ca Check it out! buff.ly/XhW1Jn7

"Pigeon Spire" by Ella Molnar-Piché is the latest featured excerpt from Mountain Voices, which is part of our Canadian History and Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/08/01/p... #envhist #cdnhist #mountains #books

"The author manages to create a palpable presence of a woman who is perceived so differently by every person in her life that a reader cannot help but wonder who she really is." A huge thanks to @freefallmagazine.bsky.social for the review! Read it here: buff.ly/kRXyfme

"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.

"These poems are not really “written” until you read them. The book is not defined by the rules of its composition. It is not even the text that is printed on the page." Kyle Flemmer (@kyleflemmer.com) talks The Wiki of Babel at @49thshelf.bsky.social

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