AU Press is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of John (Jack) W. Brink at the end of January. As the first author published by AU Press, Jack holds…
The upcoming Spring 2023 season at AU Press showcases the wide variety of series that are housed at the Press. With additions to four series, this catalogue covers education, memoir,…
We’ve hosted book launches online, at conferences, in historic houses, at coffee shops, in office buildings, and at craft breweries. But the best launches always happen in a bookstore surrounded…
“University presses understand something that ought to be obvious in a country as sprawling and pluralistic as ours: The same book doesn’t have to matter to everybody, but everybody ought…
Every October, we celebrate Open Access Week and have the opportunity to draw attention to our unique publishing model and important publications. This year’s Open Access Week theme is “Open…
Calling all Alberta educators! There’s a new way to discover Alberta-published books that have already been matched to the Alberta curriculum! Alberta Books for Schools is a digital database and…
The 2022 Alberta Book Publishing Awards were celebrated on Friday, 16 September 2022 at the Hotel Arts in Calgary. Publishers, writers, and friends of the industry gathered to recognize the…
Last month, we celebrated Women in Translation Month and this month we’re celebrating translation more broadly with Translation Month! Over the years, we’ve published books translated from Punjabi, Odia, Polish,…
The rapid pivot to online education following the outbreak of COVID-19 has meant universities and other schools around the world were suddenly leaning heavily on educational technology to facilitate remote…
Palestinians have been advocating for decades for the return of land that was occupied by Israel in the late 1960s. Here too, in Canada, a land that has been occupied…