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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 1h

#OpenAccessWeek is happening next week! To celebrate, we're turning to our community (you!) to find out what you think and know about open access. Take our survey here:

AU Press - Open Access Survey

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 1d

We are looking forward to joining our @concordiapress.bsky.social friends for this event! If you've ever been curious about open access, here's your chance to learn more!

Concordia University Press @concordiapress.bsky.social · 1d

Join us on Friday, Oct. 24 at Concordia's 4TH Space for this fun #OAweek2025 event!
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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 2d

Next week, join us and our colleagues from across Canada to learn about the challenges, processes, and joys of working in open scholarship. Register now for Behind the Scenes: A Collegial Workshop on Open Scholarship and Education Practices!

📆 October 24, 11 AM MST
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Behind the Scenes | Events - Concordia University

October 7: SGW Campus – all in-person classes and activities are cancelled.

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 8d

New review of Kyle Conway's HOW TO READ LIKE YOU MEAN IT. This candid and concise volume introduces readers to the idea that it is through ambiguity that we can gain access to new, profound worlds—those of texts and other people. www.aupress.ca/books/120316...

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 9d

This #OpenAccessWeek, join us and our colleagues from across Canada to learn about the challenges, processes, and joys of working in open scholarship. Register now for Behind the Scenes: A Collegial Workshop on Open Scholarship and Education Practices!

www.concordia.ca/cuevents/off...

Behind the Scenes | Events - Concordia University

October 7: SGW Campus – all in-person classes and activities are cancelled.

www.concordia.ca

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 9d

New review of NOT HOCKEY: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON CANADA'S OTHER SPORT LITERATURE. In this carefully curated collection of essays, contributors engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadian sport literature. www.aupress.ca/books/120318...

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 10d

We already know you read Canadian authors—now, you can support Canadian-owned publishers, too! Look for the brand new Certified Canadian Publisher seal on the 49th Shelf website, and double your 🇨🇦support. #BuyCanadian #ReadCanadian🇨🇦 #CanLit

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 10d

Lovely to see ABODE by Jun-Long Lee on last week's bestseller list! 💙

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 12d

Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 2! #ABbooks @aupress.ca @shelflifebooks.bsky.social

Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 13d

New review of Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online from @jofdl.bsky.social!

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · 14d

We are proud to be a Certified Canadian Publisher. Look for the seal on our forthcoming books!

Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social · 14d

ACP is excited to launch the Certified Canadian Publisher program! 🍁📚

Look for the seal when you buy books and you'll:

📖Support Canadian jobs
🏆Champion Canadian talent
🏘 Strengthen communities
💰Boost our economy
🍁 Preserve Canadian stories

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wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · 16d

This book list is just a small selection of books available, and we encourage you to continue to read books by and about these communities beyond today. See the book list here: buff.ly/kdX1ArY @aupress.ca @ucalgarypress.bsky.social #AlbertaBooks #ReadAlberta (3/3)

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with Alberta Books - Read Alberta

Book recommendations for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and beyond. These titles feature Indigenous voices, histories, and hope.

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Sep 16

Happy publication day to ABODE! Jun-long Lee's debut collection of interconnected poems delves with vertiginous momentum into homes—both material and interior—lost and rediscovered from the inside looking in. www.aupress.ca/books/120340...

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The Scholarly Kitchen @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social · Sep 15

Ask the Chefs: What’s a Bold Experiment with AI in Peer Review You’d Like to See Tested? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/15/a...

Ask the Chefs: What’s a Bold Experiment with AI in Peer Review You’d Like to See Tested? - The Scholarly Kitchen

To kick off Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs, What’s a bold experiment with AI in peer review you’d like to see tested?

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wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · Sep 9

Check out what Alberta readers were picking up in August 2025! The latest Alberta Bestsellers list features titles from @durvile-shyba.bsky.social, @aupress.bsky.social, @newestpress.bsky.social, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, and more! See the full list here: buff.ly/9ae8BSL #ABBooks #ReadAlberta

Title "Bestsellers: August 2025". Featuring ten book covers from Alberta Publishers.

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Aug 20

Place your pre-order over on the AU Press website at www.aupress.ca/books/120340...

Abode - Athabasca University Press

Abode is a debut collection of interconnected poems that delve with vertiginous momentum into homes—both material and interior—lost and rediscovered from the inside looking in: they are excavations of...

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Aug 20

Next month we release Abode, an extraordinary debut collection of poems by Jun-long Lee. Pre-order Abode today to be among the first to receive this exciting new book and stay tuned for details about the launch event coming up in October!

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Aug 12

Margaret Boyce reviews Challenging Borders in Bookworm for the Literary Review of Canada
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Bookworm, no. 108

Tim Ryan reviews Dennis E. Bolen’s “Amaranthine Chevrolet.” Margaret Boyce on “Challenging Borders.” Poetry by Sneha Madhavan-Reese. Inside the September issue.

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Aug 12

"The essay collection expands on a concept [...] that borders perpetually change through contestation and negotiation while shaping the selfhood of those nearby. The most piercing insights come from contributors who focus on the resulting friction.”

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wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Alberta is home to a thriving literary community! Here are just some of our favourite Alberta-authored and Alberta-published books. #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge #ReadAlberta @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @edgesf.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Aug 11

From the great plains to Ukraine and back again, Myrna Kostash's Writing Ukraine explores Ukrainian Canadian identity through the life's work of one of Alberta's most notable authors.

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · Jul 30

Timely and thoughtful, WRITING UKRAINE offers an Albertan author’s self-critical and nuanced reflection upon their own work. This title from @aupress.bsky.social is the first title of the Regional Book of the Year shortlist. #ABPubShortlist #ABbooks

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wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · Aug 4

Summer is all about road trips and travel destinations. Let the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge inspire your next trip. #ReadAlberta #ABbooks
@aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

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Athabasca University Press @aupress.ca · Aug 11

We are so delighted to have this book by Lachlan MacKinnon and Andrew Parnaby shortlisted. Looking forward to the awards gala next month!

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · Aug 4

The first title on the Scholarly & Academic shortlist is CAPE BRETON IN THE LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY. Published by @aupress.bsky.social, this work is a compelling reflection on the lasting and varied effects deindustrialization has on shaping the human experience. #ABbooks #ABPubShortlist

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wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · Aug 6

We thought we’d share some books with our favourite colours 😉 teal and orange. @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge #ReadAlberta #ABbooks

HEADER: "Read an Alberta Book with a teal and orange cover". TAGLINE: "Discover books published in your own backyard". Features four book covers from Athabasca university Press, Freehand Books, University of Calgary Press, and NeWest Press.

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Enilda Romero-Hall @eromerohall.bsky.social · Aug 7

As part of the Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online book (@aupress.bsky.social), @nadiajaramillo.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter titled "Care, Identity, and Empowerment in Emergency Remote Teaching". You can read it online or download the PDF:

#EduSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #TLSky

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