Welcome to our newest blog series, “The Newsletter.” Every month is a busy month in publishing so we thought we would condense all that’s happened into a short blog post at the end of every month so you can see where we’ve been and where we’re going.
January
Our spring 2017 catalogue was released a few weeks ago and you can find a sneak peek on our blog.
We had some notable media coverage for the recently released My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell by Arthur Bear Chief. Arthur spoke to CBC Books about why he decided to write about his time at residential school and how he dealt with writer’s block.
The Hill Times published their Best Books of the Year list and Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada made it on the list! Congratulations to editors Lorna Stefanick and Meenal Shrivastava and all the contributors.
Bob Barnetson, one of the contributors to Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy, recently spoke to Rank and File about how last two years of NDP leadership in Alberta has affected workers.
In new releases, Interrogating Motherhood by Lynda Ross has arrived. Ross takes a critical look at mothering in modern Western society. She examines popular culture, employment, public policy, poverty, “other” mothers, and mental health. You can download your free copy here.
Upcoming Events
2017 is our tenth anniversary! We were founded in 2007 as the first open access scholarly press in Canada. Stay tuned for additional celebration information.
In March and April, we will be partnering with Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton to host a book club for My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. Everyone will be welcome to participate. The book club will launch on March 30 and you can find details here. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates!
And finally, we will be returning to Congress in May 2017. We are looking forward to our third year of collaboration with the University of Calgary Press and the University of Alberta Press. This year’s theme is “The Next 150: On Indigenous Lands.”
