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.
Strathcona Place is hosting the Dr. John W. Bilsland Awards again this year at Maharaja Banquet Hall on Saturday June 4th at 4pm. This is the only 55+ literary awards in Northern Alberta Inaugurated last year to celebrate and foster the creativity of older writers, the award was received with enthusiasm. Award judges included local
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
Congratulations to Karyn Freedman (Freehand Books), winner of the 2015 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction! Her memoir One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery was presented the $40,000 award at a ceremony in Vancouver.
Congratulations to Kevin Timoney, University of Alberta Press author for winning the 2013 Lane Anderson Award for The Peace-Athabasca Delta: Portrait of a Dynamic Ecosystem. The award honours the very best science writing in Canada today, in both adult and young reader categories.