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We are so proud and pleased to launch Allie McFarland's new novel DISAPPEARING IN REVERSE! Head to youtube for a special launch video, featuring a preview reading from Allie McFarland herself, along with amazing work from Emily Erin Ann Vance, Lisa Murphy-Lamb, and Naomi K. Lewis! http://ow.ly/9vZ950BMDw0

The International Joint Commission oversees and protects the shared waters of Canada and the United States. Created by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, it is one of the world’s oldest international environmental bodies. A pioneering piece of transborder water governance, the IJC has been integral to the modern Canada-United States relationship. Discover the history of the International Joint Commission in this review of THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION at the Canadian Historical Review! http://ow.ly/pmsF50BFPyv

High Plains Finalist and Arthur Ellis and Alberta Publishing Award Winner THE RED CHESTERFIELD will keep you captivated, leave you with a million questions, and prompt you to examine your own life and unique obsessions. Want more? Check out this review at the Independent Record http://ow.ly/noFQ50BFJ1J then find THE RED CHESTERFIELD wherever books are sold!

The CBC Canadian Poetry Preview has been released! We're especially pleased to see PHILLIS by Alison Clarke on the list. A poetic exploration of the life and lasting legacy of Phillis Wheatley, Phillis is an ode to freedom and a necessary voice for our time. Find it at a bookstore near you this October, or pre-order today! Check out the full list of fantastic forthcoming books here: http://ow.ly/HoFB50BAzoA

CANADA'S LEGAL PASTS is our Open Access Book of the Month! Especially for new and beginning legal scholars, this book is the fascinating, sometimes incredible, story of how Canada's legal system came to be. Using fascinating real-life examples to illustrate the legal system and providing practical approaches to legal scholarship, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Canadian legal methodologies. ... Discover the "how" of legal history, free to read today! http://ow.ly/1ld650Bona8

How should China's increasing interest in the Arctic be viewed from a Canadian perspective? What possible threats and potential benefits arise from an increased Chinese presence in the Arctic? How do we approach Sino-Canadian relationships in the Arctic today, and how will they evolve in the future? ... Check out CHINA'S ARCTIC AMBITIONS reviewed at the CDA Institute: http://ow.ly/GEcK50BoBBz

How was the Open Access vision realized at the University of Calgary Press? Thomas Hickerson, Vice Provost and University Librarian at the University of Calgary from 2006 to 2018 explores how the Press came to embrace Open Access publishing in the latest in our celebration of 10 years of open access publishing. Find the story, and much more, at https://press.ucalgary.ca/10yearsOA/

A book of poetry with voices from stoic to manic, introspective to outlandish, each vying for a clearer experience of it's own surrounding . . . a fascinating account of the performative divisions of the brain at work . . . a cosmos in the true sense of the word. . . LONG DIVISION by Gil McElroy reviewed at periodicities - discover it here: http://ow.ly/rHB350Bim99

A book that breaks the rules successfully and challenges the stories we think we're living . . . THE RED CHESTERFIELD reviewed at AlbertaViews Magazine: http://ow.ly/pKWQ50BinHj

Published by University of Calgary Press, Wayne Arthurson's The Red Chesterfield has received a lot of local attention, so we aren't surprised it made the shortlist in the Trade Fiction category! You can borrow this unusual novella using ReadAlbertaeBooks.ca. #ABbooks #ABShortlist2020

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT by Ken Hunt reviewed at the incomparable rob mclennan's blog. Check it out! http://ow.ly/9hKD50AZDpg

"Michael Rubbo's extraordinary body of work . . . is the missing link between French cinéma vérité and first-person, autobiographical, deeply personal essay film that arose in North America from the relics of the staid observational aesthetic." THE DOCUMENTARY ART OF MICHAEL RUBBO reviewed at Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media. Check it out! http://ow.ly/56yU50AGDQm

Ian Kinney's poetry is shattered . . . The work’s eccentricity invites rereading, which offers rewardnew discovery, new pleasure and connections, and unnerving empathy with the poet, his traumatic fall and the result of his attempt, touched on in the title poem, to imitate // the sky. AIR SALT by Ian Kinney reviewed at AlbertaViews! http://ow.ly/MggZ50AGDhs

Just Published! LONG DIVISION is a poetic expression of the mind in thought as it loops and twists, ruminates and leaps. Drawing on Midrash as a wellspring and working in explicit dialogue with Dada, Gil McElroy captures the intersection of the complex with the simple. LONG DIVISION is contemporary experimental poetry at its finest. Read it today! http://ow.ly/Tt4b50Az9rb

Visit the true old west with scholars who bring historical characters to life and explore the roots of ranching in Alberta - the real history of the Calgary Stampede! http://ow.ly/carE50AqRyn