Tara at Canada Reads Inspired is joined by JoAnn McCaig to talk Beneficiary: buff.ly/JE5b9FE

Singapore and Canada twine and intertwine in Kellly Kaur's forthcoming poetry collection, an exploration of immigration and belonging. These are poems that tangle with colour and race, freedom and acceptance, memory and home. We can't wait to share this Brave & Brilliant title. This October!

The City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library have announced the longlist for the 2026 Toronto Book Awards! We are so proud that Where Histories Meet was has been honoured on this list, recognizing authors whose work captures the spirit, history, people, and places of Toronto.

This September! Canada SF&F and Edmonton Arts & Culture Hall of Famer Candas Jane Dorsey returns to the page with the kaleidoscopic and fearless new novel At the Freak Show.

Is our universe the only one there is? Join leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield on a journey through the multiverse in philosophy and physics in this new #openaccess publication.

"These poems are not really “written” until you read them. The book is not defined by the rules of its composition. It is not even the text that is printed on the page." Kyle Flemmer (@kyleflemmer.com) talks The Wiki of Babel at @49thshelf.bsky.social

On Writing (or Seeming to Write) The Wiki of Babel · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

From the author of The Wiki of Babel (University of Calgary Press).

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Are we all there is? Our is our universe just one of many? Leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield presents and assesses three versions of the idea of the multiverse, one from philosophy and two from physics in this just released book, written especially for students and newcomers.

Kyle Flemmer hopes to bring the fringes of experimental poetic form to the people. He talks Oulipo, Wikipedia, and more at Prairie Books NOW: buff.ly/YIe2SFj

Is our universe just one of many? Leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield explores the multiverse in logic, quantum theory, and cosmology in this just released book. Wherever fine books are sold or click through: buff.ly/h2jkoLJ

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending July 5, 2026! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

Beneficiary by JoAnn McCaig begins with an interesting premise. We meet Seren in a local shop where she declines the purchase of a lottery ticket. “Don’t you want to be a millionaire?” prompts the clerk. “I already am.” Beneficiary reviewed at the Miramichi Reader: buff.ly/nWABs3b

"The overarching structure of the book is determined by a feeling we are by now all too familiar with; that of plummeting headlong down the infinite rabbit hole of the internet." @kyleflemmer.com talks The Wiki of Babel at @49thshelf.bsky.social: buff.ly/ASi3n6k

Seren’s story of a ‘poor little rich girl’ aches with its contemplative look at power, privilege, good intentions and careful choice making. The intersection of wealth, class and status is treated with respect delicacy and discernment. Beneficiary reviewed at the Miramichi Reader: buff.ly/nWABs3b

Weather it's subconscious or intentional, people are always thinking about money. Six books to challenge your perception of wealth - including JoAnn McCaig's Beneficiary - at River Street Writing.

Six Books to Challenge Your Perception of Wealth — River Street Writing

Whether it’s subconscious or intentional, people are often  thinking about money. It’s kind of a hard topic to avoid. Questions like how much we need to get by, how much others have, how to save up…

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Rag Pickers is shortlisted for the High Plains International Book Awards! Author Blaine Newton brings his experience as a playwright to these short stories with crackling dialogue and sharply drawn scene. Rag Pickers is a short story collection not to be missed!

"Marvel Lake: Losing Blue" by Leanne Allison is the latest featured excerpt from Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project & a Century of Change in Western Canada (November 2025), part of our Canadian History & Environment series with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/07/01/m...

Marvel Lake: Losing Blue

Climate change reduces glacier silt and alters mountain lake ecosystems, rapidly causing these iconic blue waters to fade and disappear.

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Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending June 25, 2026! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social @renegadeartsent.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : What Is Broken Binds Us, by Lorne Daniel / @lornedaniel.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/kim-...

Kim Fahner : What Is Broken Binds Us, by Lorne Daniel

What Is Broken Binds Us , Lorne Daniel University of Calgary Press, 2025       Lorne Daniel’s new collection, What Is Broken Binds Us , ex...

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The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlist has been announced! We are so happy to be included in this celebration of Alberta publishers . . . and to start working through the reading list!

Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlists announced - Quill and Quire

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) has announced the 2026 shortlists for the annual Alberta Book Publishing Awards. The awards, which encompass trade and academic publishing, and…

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Rag Pickers has been shortlisted for the High Plains International Book Awards in the Short Stories category! Huge congratulations to Blaine Newton and to all the finalists!

Why JoAnn McCaig wrote Beneficiary . . . at the Miramichi Reader!

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #61 | The Miramichi Reader

Featuring Maria Giesbrech, Jane Doucet. Adriana Oniță, and JoAnn McCaig.

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Is our universe just one of many? Leading philosopher Jeremy Butterfield presents three versions of the idea of the multiverse, one from philosophy and two from physics, in The Multiverse: A Philosophical introduction. For students, newcomers, and curious minds. Releasing July 15!

The son of Holocaust survivors, Avi Friedman disconnected, putting their stories in a box perhaps never to be opened. Until his own children grew up, grew curious, and Friedman opened the box to discover an indellible story of genesis and survival.

Kyle Flemmer, The Wiki of Babel / @kyleflemmer.com @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @writersguildab.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/06/kyle...

Kyle Flemmer, The Wiki of Babel

I was built by Skanska at a cost of £333 million I was provided with two machine gun companies I am near resonance I later ran a joiner’...

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First up is a book of poetry by our very own Kyle Flemmer, OER coordinator here at AU Press, who uses Oulipian wordplay and digital poetics to build poems out of Wikipedia. press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... Published by our friends at @ucalgarypress.bsky.social.

Wiki of Babel

Rising poetic talent Kyle Flemmer presents beguiling conceptual poetry created by constraint techniques from the world’s largest online encyclopedia—the ultimate Wikipedia rabbit hole.

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Tonight! Come down to Shelf Life Books (@shelflifebooks.bsky.social) in Downtown Calgary to launch The Wiki of Babel! buff.ly/BcASg0K

Join Kyle Flemmer, Patrick Horner, and Rayanne Kap TOMORROW at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social to launch the fantastic new collection The Wiki of Babel! buff.ly/BcASg0K

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 6/9 from Roof Books, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, Fire Ant Books, @kayapress.bsky.social, @thedialpress.bsky.social, @holycowpubs.bsky.social & @pauldrybooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

New Poetry Titles (6/9/26)

Check out new poetry books for the week of 6/9 from Roof Books, University of Calgary Press, Fire Ant Books, Kaya Press, Dial Press, Holy Cow! Press & Paul Dry Books.

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Check out what Alberta was buying, reading, and loving this May! See the full list here: buff.ly/9r5tzs7 @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.ca #ReadAlberta #CanLit

This Thursday! Launch the fascinating, playful new book The Wiki of Babel at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social with author Kyle Flemmer and special guests Patrick Horner and Rayanne Kap.