We're so pleased to share our fall catalogue, featuring titles in memoir and disability studies, art, social justice and activism, racial justice, Indigenous engagement online #nativetwitter and titles now in paperback, incl a study of Leonard Cohen's work. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalogues/D...

When seizures scatter the cognitive abilities of her child, a mother adapts to live a life she no longer recognizes. Pre-order Silence and Seizure now from your favourite bookseller! Launching September 16 in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson www.mcnallyrobinson....

When seizures scatter the cognitive abilities of her child, a mother adapts to live a life she no longer recognizes. Pre-order Silence and Seizure now from your favourite bookseller! Launching September 16 in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson www.mcnallyrobinson....

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On Wednesday Sept 16, Christine Stewart-Nuñez will launch Silence & Seizure: Parenting Through Complexity, a memoir about raising a son with a rare epilepsy syndrome, fear of seizures & the fear of unknown futures. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18963/... @wlupress.bsky.social

It's official publication day for Decolonizing Wilderness Adventure Narratives, by Gyllian Phillips. Purchase on our website or wherever you shop for books. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day! Until June 30 you can save 30% on a selection of Indigenous Studies books, including the Canada Prize–winning Deyohahá:ge:, by using the code ILSA2026 in the shopping cart. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Congratulations to Candida Rifkind and Dom Davies on winning the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from The Comics Studies Society for Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics. The jury praised its "modeling of a reflexive and ethically engaged approach for the field."

“In a time of increasing incuriosity, cruelty and hostility toward transformative scholarship, Deyohahá:ge: is a profound and generous work that deeply considers how we can live, think and dream together better.” — Daniel Heath Justice wlu.ca/news/spotlig...

We're thrilled to announce that Deyohahá:ge:: Sharing the River of Life has been awarded a 2026 Canada Prize for from the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences! Congratulations to editors Daniel Coleman, Bonnie M. Freeman, and Ki'en Debicki, and all the contributors. www.federationhss.ca...

Marking 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride as a protest, a celebration, and a time to renew our year-round commitment to social justice. Happy Pride from WLU Press!

We're at ACCUTE in Montreal! Please stop by and browse the titles and meet Senior Editor Siobhan McMenemy. Save 30% on selected titles on our website with the code ACCUTE2026 www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Wherein Amie Souza Reilly reads from HUMAN/ANIMAL (Wilfrid Laurier University Press), a Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Award for Nonfiction! youtu.be/0ciTEVicHJ8

Amie Souza Reilly Reads from HUMAN/ANIMAL, Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Award for Nonfiction

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Reconnected with this little gem last week. What a great thing Brenna did here! Happy just to have had a mention.

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Brenna reconnects with Dave to consider the DIY spirit of podcasting, the labour of audio scholarship, and what the future of scholarly podcasting might hold. David N. Wright

Featured authors include Myra Bloom, Lindsay Diehl, Sandra Djwa, Carole Gerson, Jody Mason, and Kim Trainor, with books from @wlupress.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, University of Regina Press, and us!

thrilled HUMAN/ANIMAL is a finalist for the @bigothermag.bsky.social Award for CNF! Here's a short reading from chapter 1, part of a collection of readings from all finalists All the 💛 to @wlupress.bsky.social @johnmadera.bsky.social @pinestatepublicity.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ciT...

The Association of University Presses announced their selections for the 2026 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show, and we're thrilled that the design for Soundin' Canaan, by Paul db Watkins, was included in the Scholarly Typographic category. Design by Lara Minja of Lime Design. design.up.hcommons.o...

Can't be in person at the Canadian Historical Association annual meeting? We've curated a list of books for you. Use the code CHA2026 in the shopping cart to save 30% on Canadian orders

Be sure to mark your calendars for next Thursday, May 21! Dustin Garnet will be at Central Technical School in Toronto to launch Drawing from History: Central Technical School and the Roots of Canadian Art Education. Details at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Congratulations to @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social Human/Animal is a finalist for the BIG OTHER Book Award for Nonfiction.

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Announced today: the Finalists for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Award for Nonfiction! bigother.com/2026/05/07/a...

New in paperback! The Weather and the Words: The Selected Letters of John Newlove, 1963-2003. Writing in the Literary Review of Canada, Allan Hepburn calls this collection "highly readable" and "expertly edited." Pick up a copy today wherever you buy books, or on our website www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

"Garnet skillfully curates fascinating stories interpreting histories of the oldest technical art program in Canada" – Mary Ann Stankiewicz Read more about Drawing from History at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

In this concluding episode of Community of Praxis Brenna reflects on the long and winding process of producing a peer-reviewed scholarly podcast. Listen on your favourite streaming platform or on our website at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/... Brenna Clarke Gray

Read an excerpt from the fascinating nonfiction title, READING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER (@wlupress.bsky.social). Check it out right here on Open Book! #AmReading #Nonfiction #LitCrit #Language open-book.ca/News/Read-an...

Read an Excerpt from Some Fascinating New Nonfiction in READING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER

Personal archive and literary study dovetail in Reading with My Grandmother (Wilfrid Laurier University Press), a new nonfiction title from author and ...

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Tonight in Victoria! Don't miss the launch of Unequivocal Magic: Sarah Bernhardt and the Journey of a Portrait, by Alex Bertram. Catch her in conversation with Diana Weymar at Munro's Books at 7pm.

Brilliantly bridging the critical and the creative, this book grapples with and challenges what we think we know about Asian Canadian writing and about Canada as a colonial contact zone. Above all, Reading with My Grandmother is a book infused with deep love. – Guy Beauregard www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

New Publication Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, and Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898–1919 By Cheryl Thompson csn-rec.ca/news/84667-n... @wlupress.bsky.social

It's release day for Drawing from History: Central Technical School and the Roots of Canadian Art Education, by Dustin Garnet. Purchase from your favourite bookseller or on our website. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

It's release day for Unequivocal Magic: Sarah Bernhardt and the Journey of a Portrait, by Alex Bertram! Available from your favourite bookseller or on our website. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

It's release day for Reading With My Grandmother: Chinese Canadian Literature, History, and Family, by Lindsay Diehl. Available where you buy books or on our website www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Canadian Independent Bookstore day is on Saturday, April 25. Did you know you can check for stock at your local indie on our website? Look for the shop local button on every book page and support local business!