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 @fernpub.bsky.social and @ubcpress.bsky.social near the registration desk for all your reading needs this weekend.

Join us and @concordiapress.bsky.social 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/event/39c77f...

“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 quillandquire.com/omni/book-ma...

Book Making: Bertrand Bickersteth on his journey through Black history and memoir - Quill and Quire

Part memoir, part regional history of Alberta and the Black cowboys and ranchers who lived and worked there, Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys also describes the visual work…

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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: www.analogbooks.net/events/62410...

“This book is a journey through my sense of self: how I connect myself to Alberta, how I connect Alberta’s history to the history of Blackness across this continent, and how I connect that history of Blackness across this continent to Canadian identity itself." quillandquire.com/omni/book-ma...

Book Making: Bertrand Bickersteth on his journey through Black history and memoir - Quill and Quire

Part memoir, part regional history of Alberta and the Black cowboys and ranchers who lived and worked there, Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys also describes the visual work…

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LitFest is happening next month! Thanks to Ellen Kartz for highlighting Numinous Animal by Bertrand Bickersteth! Bertrand will be in Edmonton for LitFest on October 18! thegatewayonline.ca/2026/09/litf... #yeg #yegreads

LitFest celebrates 20 years of promoting non-fiction - The Gateway

Ellen Kartz speaks on the Edmonton-based literature 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: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys by Bertrand Bickersteth! www.aupress.ca/books/120348...

Theme: “Feeling/Not Feeling Canadian: A Workshop Exploring Histories of Emotion in Canada”. Deadline: November 30, 2026. #history #cdnhist

CFP: Exploring Histories of Emotion in Canada Workshop | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

An event entitled "Feeling/Not Feeling Canadian: A Workshop Exploring Histories of Emotion in Canada" will take place from June 16-17, 2027 at the University of Winnipeg. The deadline to submit a prop...

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Less than a month to the 2026 International #OpenAccess Week! Go to the resources page on the #OAWeek website to access folders with theme graphics in different languages. You can also use the blank templates provided to create your own. www.openaccessweek.org

Deadline: November 1, 2026. #history #cdnhist

CFP: Labour and Empires (19th–20th Centuries) | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada

An international conference entitled “Labour and Empires (19th–20th Centuries)” will take place October 28-29, 2027 at the Université de Sherbrooke. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 20...

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Well-deserved congrats to Kathy Killoh! @aupress.ca has been an open-access leader in Canada and we're grateful for all Kathy has done to support barrier-free scholarly publishing!

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🏅 We are pleased to share that Kathy Killoh, our incredible journals and digital coordinator and former acting director, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards! Please join us in congratulating Kathy on this achievement! www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/09...

Bertrand Bickersteth was on CBC Edmonton AM this morning to talk about Black cowboys in Alberta and how cattle brands are poetic. 🎧Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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 and back-room action.” --Ron Verzuh www.thebcreview.ca/2026/09/22/3...

Electrical imbroglio | The British Columbia Review

September 22, 2026

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The WikiConference North America 2026 is happening this weekend in Edmonton! We are delighted to be launching The Wikimedia Movement in Canada edited by Jean-Michel Lapointe and Marie D. Martel at this exciting event! Check out the program here: wikimedia.eventyay.com/wcna/wikina2...

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Wikimedians from across North America will gather in Edmonton for the WCNA 2026. The Culture Crawl is a great opportunity for participants to explore Edmonton’s iconic landmarks. Thank you to our local organizing committee and local partners for putting together an exceptional program this year!

🏅 We are pleased to share that Kathy Killoh, our incredible journals and digital coordinator and former acting director, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards! Please join us in congratulating Kathy on this achievement! www.aupress.ca/blog/2026/09...

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The countdown is on! We are 10 days away from the release of Numinous Animal by Bertrand Bickersteth. Bickersteth weaves memoir, history, and literature together and uncovers the eclipsed history of Black cowboys on the Canadian Prairies. 📗 Pre-order here: www.aupress.ca/books/120348...

Calgary is reading My Works, Ye Mighty by Christian Bök! Thanks for helping this book land on the bestseller list this week!

Delightful to see E.D. Blodgett's Poems for a Small Park on last week's bestseller list! This 2012 collection muses on the quiet of the outdoors and the mysterious relationship that exists between spaces of silence within a city’s limits.

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending September 6, 2026! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @aupress.ca @ualbertapress.bsky.social

Tonight! Don't miss Christian Bök, Kyle Flemmer, and Nikki Sheppy at Shelf Life Books for the Flywheel Reading Series! www.facebook.com/events/10795...

New review! Rod Mickleburgh reviews The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213 for BC Bookworld and pays homage to the great Les McDonald. bcbooklook.com/latest-issue/

We are thrilled to share that Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online has been awarded the Ángel David Nieves Book Award for an Edited Collection by the DH Caucus of the American Studies Association! www.aupress.ca/awards-and-r...

Canada’s mobile workforce keeps the economy moving—but at what cost? This new book examines the overlooked risks faced by workers on the move and asks how Canada can better protect this labour force. 📖 Read it here: www.aupress.ca/books/120346...

New review of Jamie Dopp's Hockey on the Moon from @journsporthist.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

New review! "An excellent resource to begin critical conversations as it unveils many experiences of missed opportunities for accessibility in online education, a topic that requires continued advocacy and greater consideration in higher education." journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked/inde...

New review of Women and Leadership in Distance Education in Canada published in Brock Education Journal! Thank you to Hannah Peter for your thoughtful review! journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked/inde...

What does a journey mean fifty years later? In 1976, Trevor Harrison joined thousands of young travellers making the overland journey from Turkey to India along the famous Hippie Trail. Today, that route has largely disappeared, but its stories remain. Available now! www.aupress.ca/books/120336...

New review of Ian McDonald's recent book, The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213, from @BCStudies! bcstudies.ubc.ca/book_film_re...

The Hippie Trail helped define a generation of travellers. One such traveller was Trevor W. Harrison. In Safarnameh, he explores the physical, psychological, and emotional impact of long-distance travel and situates the journey within the broader context of the time. www.aupress.ca/books/120336...

See what Albertans were buying, reading, and loving this June. 📘 ❤️ See the full list here: buff.ly/VB7hH0f @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @aupress.ca #CanLit #Bestsellers #ReadAlberta #TBR