Alberta’s Book Publishers Renew Call for an Alberta Book Publishers Fund Alberta – After receiving no increase in funding in the 2017 Alberta Budget, the book publishing industry in Alberta has renewed its call to the Government of Alberta to implement the proposed Alberta Book Publishers Fund (ABPF), which was designed by the Province in
BPAA Publisher, Durvile Publications and UpRoute Books with Bite, is moving up in the world, or rather, right out of it! As part of Canada’s 150 celebrations, the publisher is teaming with the Canadian Space program to send art into space. Check out their Facebook Group, and we have attached their press release.
The U of A Press is holding a reception for it’s departing director, Linda Cameron, on May 11 in the Saskatchewan room of the Faculty Club (Saskatchewan Drive and 116 Street) from 3-6 with a program at 4:30. Ms Cameron has been with the U of A Press since 2001, and is retiring on August
Laska Media held an event to announce two new titles in the fall. You can read the sales sheets for The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound and Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Blue Bike Books is pleased to announce a new publisher: Peter Boer. Read their news release here.
We have been featured in the media three times recently… in the Edmonton Journal and in Metro Edmonton for the Alberta Book Publishers Fund… and in Quill and Quire for our Read Alberta eBook Project. Check them out!
Do You Love Alberta Books As Much As We Do? Alberta’s book publishers share Alberta’s stories with the world, we help Albertans learn from each other, and we strengthen Alberta’s community and economy. That’s why we think it’s a great idea for the Government of Alberta to invest in books as part of their Cultural
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce the opening of the 2017 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. The Alberta Book Publishing Awards are awarded every year, with awards given out across 14 categories. Awards are open to books published by Alberta publishers. Jurors from across the country, and the publishing spectrum, adjudicate the
This week the Read Alberta eBooks project launches on library websites across the province. Alberta Municipal Affairs’ Public Library Services Branch (PLSB) has partnered with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta to make over 1,000 Alberta-published eBooks available to readers across the province. These eBooks can now be borrowed through the Cantook Station platform on
The Calgary Herald has profiled UpRoute Books and Media (an imprint of Lorene Shyba’s Durvile Publications) author and illustrator Rich Theroux in its “Our Town” series. Mr. Theroux runs an inner city art society whose costs he partially paid for with the royalties from his new adult colouring book Stop Making Art and Die. Read