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UCalgary Press Celebrates Pride with Curated Reads

Calgary’s first pride festival was held in June 1988, organized by a grassroots collective of Calgary’s LGBTQ2S+ organizations. The city’s first Pride Para …

Environmental History Week 2023

Celebrating Environmental History Week with CHE Environmental History Week is an international celebration of environmental history, organized by environme …

Holodomor Stories – Five Stalks of Grain featured at HREC Education Webinar

HREC Education presents Holodomor Stories: Recent Reads for Schools Five Stalks of Grain author Adrian Lysenko and illustrator Ivanka Theodosia Galadza are …

Announcing The John W. Holmes Book Series in Canadian Foreign Policy

This open-access book series honours and celebrates the intellectual legacy of John Wendell Holmes, one of Canada’s foremost diplomats and foreign policy e …

Others of My Kind – 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Each year, Choice presents a selection of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during t …

Collaboration paves a new road towards free scholarly books

A prestigious Society and University Press partner to challenge traditional book publishing Open Access monographs are revolutionizing the scholarly publis …

UCalgary Press Joins the Open Access eBook Usage Data Trust Program

Exploring improvements to global OA monograph data analytics through a collective usage data trust The University of Calgary Press, a leading Canadian publ …

The Manhattan Project Reviewed by rob mclennan

The Manhattan Project by Ken Hunt has been reviewed at rob mclennan’s venerable poetry blog. Visit rob’s blog for a toothy exploration of this necropastora …

Celebrating the Life of Greg Donaghy

We are deeply saddened to share the obituary of Greg Donaghy. A scholar with a passion for social justice, Greg was the co-editor of three books with UCalg …

Celebrate Stampede with Research-Driven Reads!

“Before corndogs, fireworks and packed grandstands, there were frontier families working together to settle new land, innovate the cattle business and buil …

Six UCalgary Press Books on BPAA Award Shortlist

The Book Publisher’s Association of Alberta has released the 2020 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Shortlist, including six UCalgary Press Books! The Red Che …

Celebrating the Life of Earl Wiseman

Earl Wiseman, co-author of Fishing for a Solution: Canada’s Fisheries Relations with the European Union, 1977-2013, published by University of Calgary Pres …

Open UP! Resources to Support Research & Study

Open UP: The University Pres Community Opens Resources to Support Learning and Research The University Press community is opening a wide variety of …

10 Years of Open Access at UCalgary Press

The University of Calgary Press is celebrating 10 years of Open Access! The University of Calgary Press published its first Open Access book in 2010. From …

Red Chesterfield Now Available in Braille

The Red Chesterfield is now available in braille transcription. The University of Calgary Press is honoured to partner with the National Network for Equita …

Celebrating the Life of Dr. John Packer

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 Pro …

Exhibit Reviewed at AlbertaViews

Exhibit by Paul Zits reviewed at AlbertaViews Magazine! Check it out here: http://ow.ly/mGIp50x1IEp

Buzzworthy Books on 49th Shelf

Wayne Arthurson’s The Red Chesterfield is one of 49th Shelf’s Buzzed About New Books!

Protest & Democracy Book Launch

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 Ric …

The Comedian Reviewed at AlbertaViews

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 …

Flowers in the Wall Reviewed at Pacific Affairs

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 Wins the 2019 ARLIS Melvia J. Dwyer Award!

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. Dw …

The Comedian Shortlisted for Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

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 Plaut …

Celebrating the Life of Bob Applebaum

The University of Calgary Press Celebrates the Life of Bob Applebaum. Bob Applebaum, a leading authority on international fisheries issues and co-author of …