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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, dedicated to honouring Residential School Survivors, their families, and communities, and to recognize the lasting impacts of Canada’s Residential School system.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Congratulations to Cheryl Thompson, nominated in the Book category of the Heritage Toronto Awards for Canada and the Blackface Atlantic. Visit www.heritagetoronto.... for a special discount in the Spacing store Dr. Cheryl Thompson

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2026 Book Award Nominees

The Book Award recognizes written works that engage with all aspects of heritage in Toronto.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's publication day for Silence and Seizure: Parenting Through Complexity, by Christine Stewart-Nuñez! When seizures scatter the cognitive abilities of her child, a mother adapts to live a life she no longer recognizes. Purchase anywhere you buy books. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The cover of Silence and Seizure features a multi-coloured silhouette of a young child running, against a neutral background.
The blurb reads Fresh, original, and necessary, Silence and Seizure is poetic, gorgeously rendered, and deeply moving. Adelle Purdham, author of I Don’t Do Disability And Other Lies I’ve Told Myself

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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 15/09/2026

Tomorrow! Christine Stewart-Nuñez launches Silence and Seizure: Parenting Through Complexity, a memoir about raising a son with a rare epilepsy syndrome, about the fear of seizures and of unknown futures. Hosted by Jocelyn Thorpe. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18963/... @wlupress.bsky.social

The cover of Silence and Seizure: Parenting Through Complexity appears on the left. On the right is an image of the book's author, Christine Stewart-Nuñez.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Christine Stewart-Nuñez talks about the hard work of transforming essays into a memoir, the emotional toll, and the importance of support during the process. youtube.com/shorts/f... Silence and Seizure is available everywhere you buy books!

The author, a white woman with chin-length light brown hair, looks into the camera, smiling.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is writing therapeutic? Christine Stewart-Nuñez addresses this question in this short video about writing Silence and Seizure, a memoir about raising a son with a rare epilepsy disorder. youtube.com/shorts/f...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How does a poet and lyric essayist learn to write a memoir? Christine Stewart-Nunez talks about the importance of the input of other writers, friends and mentors during the writing of Silence and Seizure (out everywhere September 15!) youtube.com/shorts/A...

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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What the Oceans Remember is my journey into my maternal family histories, and a reflection on the responsibilities of inheriting and living with and through those histories. @wlupress.bsky.social

A stack of books featuring a watercolour of a plantation house with plam trees and a river on the side. There is a Dutch flag. Across the painting there are latitude and longitude markings. The text reads What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home. Sonja Boon.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One Week to Publication Date! Silence and Seizure: Parenting Through Complexity is a memoir from Christine Stewart-Nuñez about learning to adapt when her son is diagnosed with a rare epilepsy syndrome. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We're so pleased to share our fall catalogue, featuring titles in memoir and disability studies, art, social justice and activism, racial justice, Indigenous engagement online #nativetwitter and titles now in paperback, incl a study of Leonard Cohen's work. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalogues/D...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When seizures scatter the cognitive abilities of her child, a mother adapts to live a life she no longer recognizes. Pre-order Silence and Seizure now from your favourite bookseller! Launching September 16 in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson www.mcnallyrobinson....

Fresh, original, and necessary, Silence and Seizure is poetic, gorgeously rendered, and deeply moving. A must-read. - Adelle Purdham, author of I Don’t Do Disability And Other Lies I’ve Told Myself

The cover features a silhouette of a child running against a cream background

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 13/08/2026

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On Wednesday Sept 16, Christine Stewart-Nuñez will launch Silence & Seizure: Parenting Through Complexity, a memoir about raising a son with a rare epilepsy syndrome, fear of seizures & the fear of unknown futures. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18963/... @wlupress.bsky.social

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's official publication day for Decolonizing Wilderness Adventure Narratives, by Gyllian Phillips. Purchase on our website or wherever you shop for books. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The book cover features a forest image by Emily Carr. The blurb by Warren Cariou reads “Decolonizing Wilderness Adventure Narratives is a nuanced and deeply generous act of attention, focusing on our relationships to land and the ways they are mediated and perpetuated through story.”

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day! Until June 30 you can save 30% on a selection of Indigenous Studies books, including the Canada Prize–winning Deyohahá:ge:, by using the code ILSA2026 in the shopping cart. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Congratulations to Candida Rifkind and Dom Davies on winning the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from The Comics Studies Society for Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics. The jury praised its "modeling of a reflexive and ethically engaged approach for the field."

The cover image of Graphic Refuge book with prize information.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“In a time of increasing incuriosity, cruelty and hostility toward transformative scholarship, Deyohahá:ge: is a profound and generous work that deeply considers how we can live, think and dream together better.” — Daniel Heath Justice wlu.ca/news/spotlig...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

We're thrilled to announce that Deyohahá:ge:: Sharing the River of Life has been awarded a 2026 Canada Prize for from the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences! Congratulations to editors Daniel Coleman, Bonnie M. Freeman, and Ki'en Debicki, and all the contributors. www.federationhss.ca...

book cover for Deyohahá:ge: along with the prize announcement and sticker.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Marking 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride as a protest, a celebration, and a time to renew our year-round commitment to social justice. Happy Pride from WLU Press!

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We're at ACCUTE in Montreal! Please stop by and browse the titles and meet Senior Editor Siobhan McMenemy. Save 30% on selected titles on our website with the code ACCUTE2026 www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Big Other @bigothermag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wherein Amie Souza Reilly reads from HUMAN/ANIMAL (Wilfrid Laurier University Press), a Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Award for Nonfiction! youtu.be/0ciTEVicHJ8

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Amie Souza Reilly Reads from HUMAN/ANIMAL, Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Award for Nonfiction

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David N. Wright @davidnwright.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Reconnected with this little gem last week. What a great thing Brenna did here! Happy just to have had a mention.

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Concordia University Press @concordiapress.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Featured authors include Myra Bloom, Lindsay Diehl, Sandra Djwa, Carole Gerson, Jody Mason, and Kim Trainor, with books from @wlupress.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, University of Regina Press, and us!

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Amie Souza Reilly @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

thrilled HUMAN/ANIMAL is a finalist for the @bigothermag.bsky.social Award for CNF! Here's a short reading from chapter 1, part of a collection of readings from all finalists All the 💛 to @wlupress.bsky.social @johnmadera.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ciT...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Association of University Presses announced their selections for the 2026 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, and we're thrilled that the design for Soundin' Canaan, by Paul db Watkins, was included in the Scholarly Typographic category. Design by Lara Minja of Lime Design. design.up.hcommons.o...

The book cover of Soundin' Canaan, by Paul db Watkins

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Can't be in person at the Canadian Historical Association annual meeting? We've curated a list of books for you. Use the code CHA2026 in the shopping cart to save 30% on Canadian orders

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Be sure to mark your calendars for next Thursday, May 21! Dustin Garnet will be at Central Technical School in Toronto to launch Drawing from History: Central Technical School and the Roots of Canadian Art Education. Details at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Congratulations to @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social Human/Animal is a finalist for the BIG OTHER Book Award for Nonfiction.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New in paperback! The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003. Writing in the Literary Review of Canada, Allan Hepburn calls this collection "highly readable" and "expertly edited." Pick up a copy today wherever you buy books, or on our website www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The cover of The Weather and the Words features mirror images of poet John Newlove.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"Garnet skillfully curates fascinating stories interpreting histories of the oldest technical art program in Canada" – Mary Ann Stankiewicz Read more about Drawing from History at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The cover of Drawing From History: Central Technical School and the Roots of Canadian Art Education, by Dustin Garnet, features a black and white photograph of an art class with slanted ceilings with an instructor gesturing on a platform at the front of the class. Garnet skillfully curates fascinating stories interpreting histories of the oldest technical art program in Canada – Mary Ann Stankiewicz

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this concluding episode of Community of Praxis Brenna reflects on the long and winding process of producing a peer-reviewed scholarly podcast. Listen on your favourite streaming platform or on our website at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/... Brenna Clarke Gray

The image features a row of bunting over the usual Community of Praxis graphic of coloured silhouettes with speech bubbles. The text reads New Episode! Concluding Community of Praxis: Reflections and Review.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Tonight in Victoria! Don't miss the launch of Unequivocal Magic: Sarah Bernhardt and the Journey of a Portrait, by Alex Bertram. Catch her in conversation with Diana Weymar at Munro's Books at 7pm.

The poster features the book cover, a portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, and the images of two white women. Details include 7pm, free event, April 29, Munro's Books Government Street, Victoria, BC.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Brilliantly bridging the critical and the creative, this book grapples with and challenges what we think we know about Asian Canadian writing and about Canada as a colonial contact zone. Above all, Reading with My Grandmother is a book infused with deep love. – Guy Beauregard www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The cover for Reading with My Grandmother: Chinese Canadian Literature, History, and Family, by Lindsay Diehl features a portrait of the author’s Chinese grandmother at a young age. The blurb reads:
Brilliantly bridging the critical and the creative, this book grapples with and often challenges what we think we know about Asian Canadian writing and about Canada as a colonial contact zone. Above all, Reading with My Grandmother is a book infused with deep love. – Guy Beauregard Professor at National Taiwan University

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CSN-RÉC @csnrec.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

New Publication Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, and Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898–1919 By Cheryl Thompson csn-rec.ca/news/84667-n... @wlupress.bsky.social

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's release day for Drawing from History: Central Technical School and the Roots of Canadian Art Education, by Dustin Garnet. Purchase from your favourite bookseller or on our website. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's release day for Unequivocal Magic: Sarah Bernhardt and the Journey of a Portrait, by Alex Bertram! Available from your favourite bookseller or on our website. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The book cover of Unequivocal Magic, by Alex Bertram, features a famous portrait of actress Sarah Bernhardt. The blurb reads: Bertram uses her archival hunt to dissect the meaning of Bernhardt’s portrait, and the actor’s relationship with her photographer and her public, while considering the phenomenal potential of a single image to generate a universe of responses. A must-read for scholars of photography, French theatre culture in the nineteenth century, and those who appreciate the thrill of historical detective work. == Julie Wheelwright

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It's release day for Reading With My Grandmother: Chinese Canadian Literature, History, and Family, by Lindsay Diehl. Available where you buy books or on our website www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Canadian Independent Bookstore day is on Saturday, April 25. Did you know you can check for stock at your local indie on our website? Look for the shop local button on every book page and support local business!

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Brenna and Dave discuss why we find the institution intimidating, how to dismantle the folklore students have about our classes, and how to assess skills development. Brenna confesses that she doesn’t know how budgets work. Brenna Clarke Gray David N. Wright www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

A multicoloured image of silhouetted people with speech bubbles above their heads. The Text reads New Episode! Community of Praxis. CoP in Conversation: Practices in Folklore. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

It's release day for Staging Blackface in Canada! Now available wherever you shop for books! Congratulations to author Cheryl Thompson on this important study of how the early 20th century Canadian stage became a playground for ethnic jokes, racial caricature, and women’s emancipation.

The cover of Staging Blackface in Canada features a row of performers doing a dance kick, wearing blackface from the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

In this episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews John Warner about his book Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities. Brenna Clarke Gray John Warner Listen on our website or on your favourite streaming site. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

An image of a white man with short brown hair and glasses against and abstract multicoloured background . The text reads New Episode! CoP Interview: Why They Can’t Write with guest John Warner, fellow in the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom and author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today is Vimy Ridge Day, a day to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. In her book The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Carla-Jean Stokes explores the life and works of William Ivor Castle, a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs.

The book cover features a truck convoy of celebrating soldiers, and an endorsement from historian Jonathan F. Vance: “The Taking of Vimy Ridge is essential reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of First World War photography.

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

It's National Poetry Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Canadian shoppers take 20% off selected titles on our website with the code POETRY2026 until the end of April. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Amie Souza Reilly @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

grateful to be in @literaryhub.bsky.social today, responding to another essay while also thinking more broadly about reviews, art, honesty, and motherhood. 💛

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We're so pleased to have two books on the Canada Book Prizes shortlist! Congratulations to Daniel Coleman, Ki'en Debicki, and Bonnie M. Freeman, editors of Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life and to Paul db Watkins, author of Soundin' Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship.

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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

If you want the full explainer for this grand projet, you should of course head over to @wlupress.bsky.social's page for The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition, so you can listen along and nod at the edition's full critical apparatus... www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/T/The-...

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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

With big thanks to the shadowy Blauer Schrank Books, Brent Sedo, @millicentweber.bsky.social @claireparnell.bsky.social Rachel Noorda and @wlupress.bsky.social all of whom have enabled/contributed/made this possible...

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Claire Squires @clairesquires.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's no joke! 📣Audio edition of @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social's The Frankfurt Kabuff is now available for your listening pleasure Head over here to find out more: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/t... @bethdriscoll.bsky.social

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The Frankfurt Kabuff – Audio Edition!

Blaire Squiscoll is delighted to announce that there is now an audio edition of The Frankfurt Kabuff available for your listening pleasure. The title is available via Audible’s Australian, UK…

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Wilfrid Laurier University Press @wlupress.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

New in Paperback! Emily Raine, in The Montreal Review of Books, says "For archive rats, librarians, and deep-dive historical lit nerds, Unpacking the Personal Library offers a prismatic lens on how libraries speak." www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The front cover of Unpacking the Personal Library features an altered book sculpture called Two Cities by Brian Dettmer.

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