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To close out #OpenAccessWeek, we're sharing the most read books on our reading platform! These books have all been adopted for courses in universities across the country, showcasing the importance of free digital access for student readers.
Read them at aupress.ca/books/
ALT The Practice of Human Resource Management in Canada by Bob Barnetson and Jason Foster
ALT Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces by Jason Foster and Bob Barnetson (second edition out now!)
ALT Teaching Health Professionals Online: Frameworks and Strategies by Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry
ALT The Theory and Practice of Online Learning edited by Terry Anderson
University Press Week will be celebrated from Nov 9 to 13 and we are celebrating with a media training session for university press authors (but everyone is welcome)! Join us to learn how to navigate interviews, develop key messages, and more!
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”A portrait that is at once poignant and analytical, personal yet panoramic, capturing the hippie trail phenomenon with an authority few accounts can match.”
New review of Trevor Harrison's Safarnameh! Reviewed by Agnieszka Matejko in the latest issues of @albertaviews!
Do you want your research to have more impact? Tune into our webinar tomorrow morning at 11:15 MST to hear about how open access publishing helps connect ideas, foster discovery, and extend the reach of research! #OAWeek #OpenAccess
aupress.ca/blog/2026/10/15/p…
Happy Open Access Week! Did you know that AU Press follows a diamond OA model for all our books, including literature? Dive into these literary delights for free on our reading platform or by downloading a pdf. #OAWeek #OpenAccess aupress.ca/blog/2026/10/19/f…
Happy publication day to Old Bridge, Black House by Tony Fabijančić! This formally daring diptych weaves together history, the workings of the psyche, and the hard immediacy of lived experience. aupress.ca/books/120349-old-…
A treat to hear Bertrand Bickersteth read from his genre-bending memoir at LitFest! Thanks to Michael Bucknor, the Canadian Literature Centre, and LitFest for this important conversation that touched on racism, identity, belonging, blackness, history, and, of course, cowboys.
It's Open Access Week! As a university press committed to contributing to the public good, we promote open access as a way to reach a wide variety of communities, enrich education, and spark new collaborations. Learn more in our webinar later this week! aupress.ca/blog/2026/10/15/p…
David Groulx's From Turtle Island to Gaza returns to Edmonton's bestselling books list! Groulx weaves together the experiences of Indigenous peoples in settler Canada with those of the people of Palestine, revealing a shared understanding of colonial pasts and presents.
This weekend at LitFest! Uncover the history of Black cowboys on the prairies with Bertrand Bickersteth as he takes us through the process of creating a font from their cattle brands. litfestalberta.org/events/nu…
Your fall reading list is here! 🍁 CBC Books includes Bertrand Bickersteth's Numinous Animal on their list of 25 books to read this season! cbc.ca/books/cbc-books-fall-…
From October 19 to 25, scholars, publishers, and readers around the globe will celebrate Open Access Week. We are joining the festivities with a discussion on what impact looks like in an open access environment! #OAWeek #OpenAccess
Join us! events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
We're in Banff! We are so pleased to be here for the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association conference. Come find us and our friends from Fernwood and UBC Press near the registration desk for all your reading needs.
Join us and @ConcordiaPress during Open Access Week for a discussion about how open access supports the broader circulation, use, and influence of scholarly work. #OAWeek #DiamondOA
🖊️ Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
Lethbridge! Mark your calendars for October 14. Trevor Harrison will speak about his new book, Safarnameh, the story of his overland trip from Turkey to India in 1976.
Details: analogbooks.net/events/62410…
ALT A poster for a book launch that reads: Join us Wed Oct 14th for the launch of Safarnameh by Trevor Harrison. RSVP appreciated. Doors 6:30, presentation 7:00, refreshments provided. Analog Books, 322-6 St S
“For me, cattle brands are a form of literature. It just made sense to go back [into history] and use those examples of Black presence, their actual imprints, their imaginative designs, and to pull that into the present.” --Bertrand Bickersteth
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Thanks to Ellen Kartz for highlighting Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys by Bertrand Bickersteth! Bertrand will be in Edmonton for LitFest on October 18! litfestalberta.org/events/nu…
#yeg #yegreads
LitFest celebrates 20 years of promoting non-fiction
Ellen Kartz speaks on the festival and the wide-reaching scope of the non-fiction genre.
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"Between the trails of our Black Prairies and our African legacies, there is history, there are cowboys, and because there is love, there is always a tomorrow."
Happy pub day to Numinous Animal by Bertrand Bickersteth!
Read it or order it here: aupress.ca/books/120348-numi…
Bertrand Bickersteth was on CBC Edmonton AM this morning to talk about Black cowboys in Alberta and how cattle brands are poetic.
🎧Listen here: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
ALT A photograph of Bertrand Bickersteth beside his book Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys
New review of The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213! “McDonald has given us a path to follow in how to benefit from labour history [...] and used his personal knowledge of the situation at Lenkurt to bring us close to the picket line.” --Ron Verzuh,
@booksinbc
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