CMU Press
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Publisher since 1974 of literary, scholarly, reference & general interest books at Canadian Mennonite University. Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg. In Winnipeg shop at CommonWord. Website: http://www.cmupress.ca Industry orders: http://www.litdistco.ca
The Tyee @thetyee.ca is a much-needed independent journalism outlet in Canada and we're so happy that Patrick Friesen's poetry collection SIGHTINGS is one of the books from independent Canadian presses that were highlighted in a recent TYEE PRESENTS feature. Read on 📚🩵! thetyee.ca/Presents/202...
Eight New Canadian Poetry Collections to Celebrate National Poetry Month | The Tyee
New and seasoned poets explore identity, memory, disability and more.
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It's not actually indie press month -- that's not until March -- but why wait until then to support the work of our independent, not-for-profit book publishing program? Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.cmu.ca/give (and be sure to click on "other" and enter "CMU Press" in the box). Thanks!
New Review in @prairiefiremag.bsky.social #booksky "A deliberate and deeply humane collection that reflects on mortality without surrendering to despair." Alexander Sallas reviews Patrick Friesen's 2026 poetry collection SIGHTINGS. www.prairiefire.ca/sightings-by...
Boston bookstore addressing the desperate need for actual BOOK REVIEWS: excellent news from @portersqbooks.bsky.social!
Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston@portersqbooks.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy Saturday #BookSky! Go read the very first review to appear in The Porter Square Review of Books! (And then sign up for the PSRB monthly newsletter)
Lovely piece about Patrick Friesen's poetry book SIGHTINGS, written by the extra fine @ariel-gordon.bsky.social in @prairiebooksnow.bsky.social. Nice shoutouts to @suesorensen.bsky.social & @nathandueck.bsky.social for their work shaping the collection. #booksky prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/vie...
50 years after his first book, Patrick Friesen is still seeing the world poetically
In 1976, Patrick Friesen’s first book of poetry, the lands i am, was published. Five decades and 19 books later, his latest collection, Sightings, is now available.
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GALLOP into @mcnallyrobinson before they change their minds and keep all the cool Literary Press Group @lpgcanada.bsky.social tote bags for themselves! Buy a book from this fine display of Canadian publishers (maybe you should get Elina Penner's NIGHTBERRIES, up there at the top) & claim your tote.
Tomorrow! Meet poet Patrick Friesen in Squamish BC at Gather Bookshop as he reads from his CMU Press book SIGHTINGS, alongside fellow authors Eve Joseph and Terence Young. Friday June 19, 7:00 p.m.
Here's a great conversation between John Longhurst @jdl56.bsky.social & Amisah Bakuri of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, discussing John's CMU Press book "Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? A Journalist Reports on Faith." Enjoy! newbooksnetwork.com/can-robots-l...
We're grateful to our @cdnpublishers.bsky.social colleagues who have taken our books to the Big Thinking Summit in Edmonton. Organized by @federationhss.ca, the summit aims to bring ideas to life through a week of public lectures, conversations & cultural events. More info at www.federationhss.ca.
New review of @jdl56.bsky.social John Longhurst's CAN ROBOTS LOVE GOD AND BE SAVED in READING RELIGION: "serves as an effective starting point for conversations about faith. . . encourages readers to seek their own answers." readingreligion.org/9781987986198/can-robots-love-god-and-be-saved/
Can Robots Love God and Be Saved? - Reading Religion
A collection of two decades of columns from the Winnipeg Free Press about all kinds of religious faith. John Longhurst's journalistic reflections provoke tho...
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Did you miss the launch of Elina Penner's novel NIGHTBERRIES in Winnipeg at @mcnallyrobinson.com? You can still buy copies at both Winnipeg McNally Robinson locations & in the Saskatoon store, too! Also, watch the entire event on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/FpbWqOe5hfI
Elina Penner Book Event (Nightberries)
YouTube video by McNally Robinson Online Events
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Book news from UK. Very eye-opening. #booksky
Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2mo agoUK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.
Gratitude to River Street Writes & Flying Books in Toronto for a fun & successful event to celebrate Elina Penner's novel NIGHTBERRIES last evening. Thank you to all who attended & supported Elina's brief but wonderful Canadian book tour, especially German Canadian Congress - Manitoba! [📷IG repost]
Did you miss Elina Penner's Toronto event in support of her newly translated novel NIGHTBERRIES [ Nachtbeeren ] ? You can still listen to @hollay.bsky.social Hollay Ghadery's interview with Elina on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️
River Street@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 2mo agoGerman author Elina Penner will be appearing at Flying Books on College Street in Toronto this evening to launch her newly released translated novel, Nightberries! In anticipation of the event, we’re sharing this NBN episode with Elina, hosted Hollay Ghadery. newbooksnetwork.com/nightberries
What a fun evening chatting with German author Elina Penner about her magnificent novel Nightberries.
Author visit from Germany! A quick visit by Elina Penner to @umanitoba.bsky.social today and some quick Winnipeg touring before tonight's book launch of Nightberries at @mcnallyrobinson.com at 7 pm, hosted by @realandrewunger.bsky.social.
Tomorrow! Please come out to @mcnallyrobinson in Grant Park in Winnipeg June 3, 7:00 pm to hear German author Elina Penner @elinapenner reading from her newly translated novel Nightberries and in conversation with Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social #booksky
On HOWL radio tomorrow (June 2) at 10 pm, hear Elina Penner talk about her novel Nightberries, the new translation of her 2022 German novel Nachtbeeren. ciut.fm/howl/
Toronto: have you booked a seat at Flying Books (College Street location) for June 4? Go here: www.flyingbooks.ca/events/5167220260604 Meet German author Elina Penner, whose NIGHTBERRIES, a darkly entertaining psychological novel of contemporary German life, is now translated into English. #booksky
JOIN US FOR THE LAUNCH OF NIGHTBERRIES | Flying Books
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One week from tonight! On Wednesday June 3, 7:00 pm, join us and genial host Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social at Winnipeg's @mcnallyrobinson.com for a celebration of German author Elina Penner’s novel "Nightberries," translated by Bradley Schmidt.
Ahead of NIGHTBERRIES' Winnipeg launch (June 3) and Toronto launch (June 4) enjoy this interview with Elina Penner on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/nightberries
We're pleased to announce that our massive 2025 project "In Search of a Mennonite Imagination: Key Texts in Mennonite Literary Criticism," edited by Robert Zacharias, has been nominated for a Manitoba Day Award from the Association for Manitoba Archives. #booksky
"A tense and unusual situation boils over in this darkly entertaining psychological novel of contemporary German life." Enter to win a copy of Elina Penner's "Nightberries" from @cmupress-ca.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Winnipeg! All are welcome at the launch of German novelist Elina Penner's NIGHTBERRIES, June 3, at @mcnallyrobinson.com, hosted by @realandrewunger.bsky.social. "Brilliant and compelling." —David Bergen In person & livestream Info here: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18940/Elina-Penner-Book-Launch
