In Calgary for Congress 2016? Please attend these events featuring UCalgary Press books and authors. • Sunday, May 29th CHA Roundtable: Is Oil a Dirty Word? – Petra Dolata, Press Board member and series editor, Dominique Perron, author of l’Alberta autophage. Congress community event hosted by the Canadian Historical Association. Theatre Grand Junction, downtown Calgary.
Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings and refreshments as we launch our newest literary titles: Standard candles [Alice Major], Sleeping in Tall Grass [Richard Therrien], and 100 Days [Juliane Okot Bitek]. Our MC for this year’s Literary Cocktails is Dennis Cooley [The Home Place] Literary Cocktails Wednesday, April 20,
Aviva Bel’Harold, author of Blood Matters, a horror novel for young adults, was recently profiled in a Calgary Herald story that describes her influences, personality as a writer and her paradoxical aversion to all things scary. Aviva’s book was published by our own Edge Publishing. Take a look at the story by following this link.
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Book Publishing Awards. See the media release announcing the winners here. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
Frontenac is pleased to announce that their author Laurie MacFayden won a Golden Crown Literary Award for her poetry collection kissing keeps us afloat. Golden Crown is dedicated to education, promotion and recognition of lesbian literature. MacFayden is an Edmonton poet and artist who previously won a Golden Crown in 2011. Congratulations to MacFayden and
Tickets for this year’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards Conference and Gala are on sale now. Links to the two registration forms are below. Please return your form by mail or email to Les Bush (lbush@bookpublishers.ab.ca) before August 25 to get your tickets. We look forward to seeing you there! Registration Form Gala Ticket Form Follow
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is excited to announce the shortlists for the 2015 Alberta Book Publishing Awards! The awards will be presented during the Annual Book Publishing Awards Gala on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Fort Edmonton Park. Click here for the details of the event, and to see the shortlists. Tickets go on sale July
Award submissions for the 2015 Alberta Book Awards is now open. The Alberta Book Awards will be held September 18, 2015, at Fort Edmonton Park. Please see our Awards Submissions page for submission forms and more information. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2015. All questions may be directed to krollans@bookpublishers.ab.ca
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) is proud to present Your Guide to Western Canadian History with Alberta Books. As a collective, the catalogue titles provide an invaluable service to the Alberta community, and also chronicle and provide critical historical analyses of people and places throughout Canada and the world. The catalogues have been