UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 38mLCR 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. 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Save 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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026John 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/0iWZ1jGbuff.ly2026 Lakatos Award Winner | LSE PhilosophyJohn Norton receives the 2026 Lakatos Award for his books The Material Theory of Induction (University of Calgary Press) and The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference (University of Calgary… 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tonight! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch her new novel, At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton. 7:00PM! buff.ly/bY3o4aj 022
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Kelly 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/... 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Next Tuesday! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch her new novel, At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton. www.audreys.ca/events/60144... 021
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This 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... 000
Reposted by UCalgary Pressrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the 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... 3224
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Kelly 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 011
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Save the date! Join Candas Jane Dorsey to launch At the Freak Show at Audreys Books Edmonton on September 22! www.audreys.ca/events/60144...audreys.ca"At the Freak Show" Book Launch with Candas Jane Dorsey | Audreys BooksEdmonton's Oldest Independent Bookstore selling new books for adults and children 011
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026On 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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There's something cinematic about a courtroom battle over 31 trout . . . Troubled Tributaries, reviewed at Canada's History. buff.ly/SgrZ2fCcanadashistory.caTroubled Tributaries - Canada's HistoryBook review: Troubled Tributaries explores how evolving ideas of environmental conservation shaped angling culture and fish protection in Alberta between 1900 and 1930. 012
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026What makes a good life? What allows for a life to be good? Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig reviewed at AlbertaViews Magazine! buff.ly/VOAxcujalbertaviews.caBeneficiary - Alberta Viewsan being rich ever be morally neutral? Or morally good? These questions are at the heart of JoAnn McCaig’s new novel, Beneficiary... 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What inspired Kelly Kaur to write her first poetry collection? A Power Q&A with River Street Writing: buff.ly/2Tg7LfA 011
Reposted by UCalgary PressNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"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...niche-canada.orgMount RevelstokeSecwépemc Elder Mary Thomas shared traditional knowledge on harvesting mountain plants, emphasizing sustainable practices, winter survival, and environmental respect. 085
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A 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... 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Save 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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Mark 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 020
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Survival, 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 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Kyle Flemmer talks the playful random, what counts as a poem, collective knowledge and more at the Calgary Herald! buff.ly/EARBqTjcalgaryherald.comPoet Kyle Flemmer zooms in on Wikipedia as a bastion of collective knowledge in new collectionPoems composed from text fragments copied from Wikipedia through word associations and chance operations, poet says. 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"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. 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026From 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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A sneak peek into Kelly Kaur's forthcoming book of Poetry, My Love is a Durian: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/7/... Coming this October!riverstreetwriting.comExcerpt from My Love is a Durian by Kelly Kaur — River Street WritingMummy sits in the corner of the room dupatta over her head hands in clasped obeisance murmuring verses from the Adi Granth I scream in unbearable agony expelling this errant child from my womb ... 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Announcing 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 020
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A book that rewards readers who take their time to know the true nature of a character. Meet Seren in Beneficiary. Reviewed at FreeFall magazine:buff.lyReview of Joann McCaig's "Beneficiary" | FreeFall MagazineBy Sasha Yurchenko Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig University of Calgary Press (2026) Seren lived many lives. She was born into a picture-perfect family with 001
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The 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. 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The 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/XhW1Jn7theseaboardreview.caThe Wiki of Babel by Kyle FlemmerReviewed by Dawn Macdonald 011
Reposted by UCalgary PressNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"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 #booksniche-canada.orgPigeon SpireAs the daughter of mountain guides, Ella balances school with wild adventures, including an upcoming climbing trip to the Bugaboos. 093
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026"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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 06/08/2026"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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Tara at Canada Reads Inspired is joined by JoAnn McCaig to talk Beneficiary: buff.ly/JE5b9FE 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Singapore 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! 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The 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. 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This 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. 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Is 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. 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"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.socialbuff.lyOn Writing (or Seeming to Write) The Wiki of Babel · Blog Post · 49th ShelfFrom the author of The Wiki of Babel (University of Calgary Press). 021
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Are 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. 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Kyle 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 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Is 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 020
Reposted by UCalgary PressBook Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending July 5, 2026! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social 064
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig begins with an interesting premise. We meet Seren in a local shop where she declines the purchase of a lottery ticket. “Don’t you want to be a millionaire?” prompts the clerk. “I already am.” Beneficiary reviewed at the Miramichi Reader: buff.ly/nWABs3b 010
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"The overarching structure of the book is determined by a feeling we are by now all too familiar with; that of plummeting headlong down the infinite rabbit hole of the internet." @kyleflemmer.com talks The Wiki of Babel at @49thshelf.bsky.social: buff.ly/ASi3n6k 022
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Seren’s story of a ‘poor little rich girl’ aches with its contemplative look at power, privilege, good intentions and careful choice making. The intersection of wealth, class and status is treated with respect delicacy and discernment. Beneficiary reviewed at the Miramichi Reader: buff.ly/nWABs3b 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Weather it's subconscious or intentional, people are always thinking about money. Six books to challenge your perception of wealth - including JoAnn McCaig's Beneficiary - at River Street Writing.buff.lySix Books to Challenge Your Perception of Wealth — River Street WritingWhether it’s subconscious or intentional, people are often thinking about money. It’s kind of a hard topic to avoid. Questions like how much we need to get by, how much others have, how to save up… 000
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Rag Pickers is shortlisted for the High Plains International Book Awards! Author Blaine Newton brings his experience as a playwright to these short stories with crackling dialogue and sharply drawn scene. Rag Pickers is a short story collection not to be missed! 020
Reposted by UCalgary PressNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 01/07/2026"Marvel Lake: Losing Blue" by Leanne Allison is the latest featured excerpt from Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project & a Century of Change in Western Canada (November 2025), part of our Canadian History & Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/07/01/m...niche-canada.orgMarvel Lake: Losing BlueClimate change reduces glacier silt and alters mountain lake ecosystems, rapidly causing these iconic blue waters to fade and disappear. 045
Reposted by UCalgary PressBook Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending June 25, 2026! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @renegadeartsent.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social 072
Reposted by UCalgary Pressrob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : What Is Broken Binds Us, by Lorne Daniel / @lornedaniel.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/kim-...periodicityjournal.blogspot.comKim Fahner : What Is Broken Binds Us, by Lorne DanielWhat Is Broken Binds Us , Lorne Daniel University of Calgary Press, 2025 Lorne Daniel’s new collection, What Is Broken Binds Us , ex... 064
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlist has been announced! We are so happy to be included in this celebration of Alberta publishers . . . and to start working through the reading list!buff.lyAlberta Book Publishing Awards shortlists announced - Quill and QuireThe Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) has announced the 2026 shortlists for the annual Alberta Book Publishing Awards. The awards, which encompass trade and academic publishing, and… 021
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Rag Pickers has been shortlisted for the High Plains International Book Awards in the Short Stories category! Huge congratulations to Blaine Newton and to all the finalists! 000