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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 6d
October is #CanadianLibraryMonth, when libraries & library partners across Canada help raise awareness of the valuable role libraries play in our lives. More: librarianship.ca/event/canadi...
#LibrariesForLife #LibrarySky
Graphic promoting Canadian Library Month. Text reads: “Celebrate Canadian Library Month / Le mois des bibliothèques au Canada. October 2025 | Octobre 2025.” Includes the Ontario Library Association logo and the hashtag #LibrariesForLife. Illustration shows a stack of pastel-colored books with butterflies.
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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 3d
This week I’ve been doing my morning coffee with the CLC Kreisel Lecture Series thanks to them being available through the Edmonton Public Library! Timely and important works!
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 5d
The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
We recommend reading DEAR SIR, I INTEND TO BURN YOUR BOOK by Lawrence Hill.
https://bit.ly/2NPHs6y
##CensorshipIsSo1984 ‪@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social‬ @aupresses.bsky.social‬ @authorsabb.bsky.social‬
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 15h
Omar Ramadan’s work reminds one of the writing of BIPOC immigrant poets to Canada such as Moni Brar and Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.
THIS SWEET RUPTURE will be placed in conversations alongside Noor Naga, Omar El Akkad, and Saeed Teebi.
https://bit.ly/40u9ity

@orphdc.bsky.social‬ #poetry
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 15h
Robinson-Smith shares Papuans’s customs and observations about their country in their own words in his new book, OF CANOES AND CROCODILES.
https://bit.ly/3YUpbJg
##travel #canoes #PNG #PapuaNewGuinea #VisitPNG #pngtourism #books #reading #adventure #booksky
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 3d
Did you know that Canada Reads champion Kate Beaton was also the winner of the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature?
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See @katebeaton.bsky.social at festivals in October, and be sure to check out her CLC lecture, BODIES OF ART, BODIES OF LABOUR.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 3d
SHELTER IN TEXT is being launched on October 17 at King's Bookstore in Halifax.
Then, in November, watch for a launch as part of #TorontoLitUp.
We're celebrating its inclusion on the CBC list for fall nonfiction: https://bit.ly/4q51kSC

Congratulations to editors Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik!
45 Canadian nonfiction books to read this fall | CBC Books
Check out these Canadian nonfiction titles coming out in fall 2025.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 3d
Genosko notes that the experiential museum Parker envisioned and attempted to bring to life in some exhibits has come to the fore, so Parker was dreaming the future. THE CULTURE BOX shows why he deserves to be hailed in this field.
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##books #museums #communication
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 4d
Our author, Troy Nahumko (author of STORIES LEFT IN STONE: Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain), has written an article on book bans in Florida and, now, in Alberta. Check it out on rabble.ca:
https://bit.ly/48k6cwK

@troynahumko.bsky.social @abbookpub.bsky.social @cdnpublishers.bsky.social
The lists we keep, and the ones that keep us
Lists can chronicle our growth, or a society's regression.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 5d
"...humans are a university’s greatest asset in achieving its goals.... With flourishing, an institution uses the moment to step more fully into its purpose. We invite a flourishing mindset as we (en)counter the current, sector-wide challenges." @loleenberdahl.bsky.social
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Human-centred teaching and learning in the age of AI - University Affairs
Humans make great universities — and humans make universities great.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 5d
The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
We recommend reading DEAR SIR, I INTEND TO BURN YOUR BOOK by Lawrence Hill.
https://bit.ly/2NPHs6y
##CensorshipIsSo1984 ‪@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social‬ @aupresses.bsky.social‬ @authorsabb.bsky.social‬
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 5d
"THE POSTCOLONIAL BILDUNGSROMAN brings together multi-valent and diverse contexts to consolidate a new conceptualization of the Bildungsroman, reading its postcoloniality in innovative ways." Christopher Ouma, Duke U
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##literature #CompLit #HigherEd @arnabdr.bsky.social
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 5d
"Book banning across the country continues to concern the Canadian literary community, especially in Alberta where certain books are slated to be pulled from school shelves this Fall."
Listen to the WGA's August panel during Banned Books Week: https://apple.co/47c3usx
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August Controversy at Noon. Banned Books: What Next?
Podcast Episode · Writers' Guild of Alberta Podcast · 2025-08-26 · 58m
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 6d
THE HOMELESSNESS OF BEING challenges social scientists and philosophers to reflect on the role of the human in accounts of the social world.
https://bit.ly/3ZO0D3y
##Heidegger #SocialTheory #SocialPhilosophy #OntologicalHomelessness #Nothingness
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 6d
STORIES LEFT IN STONE explores the lives, histories, and artistic legacies of Cáceres and Extremadura. Author @troynahumko.bsky.social has lived in the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for over a decade.
https://bit.ly/40532bM
##travel #GOT #spain #spaintravel #wanderlust
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 7d
“Ramadan layers sonic patterns into sensory delights around the dinner table…. A dazzling collection...” Cristalle Smith, author of Invisible Lives
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@cristallesmith.bsky.social #poetry #CanLit #debut #diasporalit #hybrid #arab #Lebanon #immigrant
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 7d
The theme for Banned Books Week 2025, October 5-11, is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
https://bit.ly/2NPHs6y
##CensorshipIsSo1984 ‪@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social‬ @aupresses.bsky.social‬ @authorsabb.bsky.social‬
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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 9d
Edmonton’s NeWest Press seeks an enthusiastic, dynamic General Manager to provide operational leadership. Learn more about the qualifications we are looking for and how to apply by visiting our website.

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#NeWestPress #NowHiring
We're Hiring! NeWest Press is seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic General Manager to provide operational leadership. Submit your cover letter and resume to president@newestpress.com not later than Friday, October 17, 2025.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 8d
October 5 is Do Something Nice Day.
Small acts of kindness can have a big impact.

Of course, our minds go directly to books!
-Read someone a story
-Gift a book
-Say thank you to a bookseller or a librarian

Our website: https://bit.ly/46M0lM2
##DoSomethingNiceDay
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 9d
Congratulations to our friends at Shelf Life Books in Calgary. They are celebrating their 15th anniversary today! 🎈🥂🎉
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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 10d
✨ In conversation: @jidesalawu.bsky.social and Marilyn Dumont at Henderson Hall at the University of Alberta. You won't want to miss this discussion with two brilliant poets!

Where: Henderson Hall at the University of Alberta (North Campus)
When: October 29, 2025 2-4pm

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In Conversation with Jide Salawu and Marilyn Dumont. October 29, 2025 2-4pm
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 10d
Exciting news: the College of Natural and Applied Sciences is launching its Graduate Certificate in Sustainability at the University of Alberta.
https://bit.ly/48e7k50

We are proud publishers of THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AT NORTH AMERICA UNIVERISITIES, edited by Naomi Krogman.
College of Natural and Applied Sciences launches Graduate Certificate in Sustainability
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 10d
“COLLABORATIVE METHODS presents nuanced and attentive scholarship that covers a breadth of examples and approaches.” Claire Carter, University of Regina
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##Education #HigherEd #Feminist #academictwitter #teachingandlearning #socialjustice #Advocacy #research #Intersectional
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Dawn Macdonald @yukondawn.bsky.social · 15d
Jenna Butler's prose poetry collection Magnetic North -- I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this one but it turned out to be pretty good!

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Jenna Butler's Magnetic North
Sea voyage to Svalbard
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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 14d
It’s here! Hot off the Press! Almost half a decade of hard work on this project, culminating to this point! The book releases worldwide tomorrow! @ualbertapress.bsky.social
A person smiling while holding up a copy of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman. The background shows a softly lit room with light-colored curtains and plants. A view of a bookshelf with multiple books and decorative items. The book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman is prominently displayed on a stand beside a glowing orange lamp A close-up of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman displayed on a bookshelf next to a warm, glowing lamp and several other books.
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University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social · 11d
With INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX, Maxwell asks important questions that challenge practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and Indigenous peoples about the healing practices that we take up.
https://bit.ly/4l6Smk4
##healing #health #biopolitics #Indigenous
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