We are saddened to learn of the death Dr. John George Packer, professor, scholar, and unparalleled author of Vascular Plants of Alberta. Dr. Packer was Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. For thirty years, he pursued his interests in the taxonomy of Arctic and Alpine plants. His […]
Exhibit by Paul Zits reviewed at AlbertaViews Magazine! Check it out here: http://ow.ly/mGIp50x1IEp
Wayne Arthurson’s The Red Chesterfield is one of 49th Shelf’s Buzzed About New Books!
Join us in the beautiful TFDL Gallery Hall on Thursday, September 5th to celebrate the launch of Protest and Democracy. Editors Moises Arce and Roberta Rice present their new collection and explore the intended—and unintended—ways the 2011 protest cycle influenced, and continues to influence, political dynamics throughout the world. Free and open to all, this […]
The Romans get bad press when it comes to literature . . . but Clem Martini brings expert knowledge of Roman Theatre and a keen eye for a good story to his fascinating historical novel The Comedian. Check out a review in AlbertaViews!
Flowers in the Wall, edited by David Webster, has been reviewed at Pacific Affairs. Check out the full review at the Pacific Affairs Website.
The Writing on the Wall: The Work of Joane Cardinal-Schubert, edited by Lindsey Sharman has won the 2019 Art Libraries Society of North America Melva J. Dwyer Award!
The Comedian by Clem Martini has been shortlisted for the Writer’s Guild of Alberta 2019 Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction! The story of Titus Maccius Plautus, the principal comic playwright of his time, The Comedian is a rollicking journey through Ancient Rome and the world of theatre in its infancy. Check out the full list of 2019 […]
The University of Calgary Press Celebrates the Life of Bob Applebaum. Bob Applebaum, a leading authority on international fisheries issues and co-author of Fishing for a Solution: Canada’s Fisheries Relations with the European Union, 1977-2013, published by the University of Calgary Press, passed away in Ottawa on March 14 after a brief illness. Director General […]