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Home of Brave & Brilliant poetry and literature.
UCalgary Press publishes peer-reviewed academic books that connect expert scholars and readers worldwide.
UCalgary Press publishes peer-reviewed academic books that connect expert scholars and readers worldwide.
We are so excited for We Survived Until We Could Live . . . .part of Quill & Quire's 2026 Spring Preview!
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https://ow.ly/27Jk50Y0XyR
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
We are so excited for We Survived Until We Could Live . . . .part of Quill & Quire's 2026 Spring Preview!
https://ow.ly/27Jk50Y0XyR
https://ow.ly/27Jk50Y0XyR
This is coming up!
Join Uchechukwu Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, with Rosemary Griebel and Tracy Dawson for a lively discussion during Freedom to Read Week 2026
Join Uchechukwu Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, with Rosemary Griebel and Tracy Dawson for a lively discussion during Freedom to Read Week 2026
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This is coming up!
Join Uchechukwu Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, with Rosemary Griebel and Tracy Dawson for a lively discussion during Freedom to Read Week 2026
Join Uchechukwu Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, with Rosemary Griebel and Tracy Dawson for a lively discussion during Freedom to Read Week 2026
On the Quill & Quire 2026 Spring Preview: We Survived Until We Could Live.
Coming April 15! https://ow.ly/k3kB50Y0Xxy
Coming April 15! https://ow.ly/k3kB50Y0Xxy
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
On the Quill & Quire 2026 Spring Preview: We Survived Until We Could Live.
Coming April 15! https://ow.ly/k3kB50Y0Xxy
Coming April 15! https://ow.ly/k3kB50Y0Xxy
The Alberta Writer's Guild presents Uche Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, as part of Freedom to Read Week 2026.
February 26 at the Kensington Legion!
February 26 at the Kensington Legion!
January 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The Alberta Writer's Guild presents Uche Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, as part of Freedom to Read Week 2026.
February 26 at the Kensington Legion!
February 26 at the Kensington Legion!
Subtle encounters, small gestures, often funny, and filled with empathy - Blaine Newton's Rag Pickers makes the reader feel.
Reviewed at Alberta Views Magazine: https://ow.ly/ItE150Y0WtV
Reviewed at Alberta Views Magazine: https://ow.ly/ItE150Y0WtV
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Subtle encounters, small gestures, often funny, and filled with empathy - Blaine Newton's Rag Pickers makes the reader feel.
Reviewed at Alberta Views Magazine: https://ow.ly/ItE150Y0WtV
Reviewed at Alberta Views Magazine: https://ow.ly/ItE150Y0WtV
Join Uchechukwu Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, with Rosemary Griebel and Tracy Dawson for a lively discussion during Freedom to Read Week 2026!
Followed by an audience open mic where you will be invited to read from your favoured banned books!
Followed by an audience open mic where you will be invited to read from your favoured banned books!
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Join Uchechukwu Umezurike, author of the forthcoming We Survived Until We Could Live, with Rosemary Griebel and Tracy Dawson for a lively discussion during Freedom to Read Week 2026!
Followed by an audience open mic where you will be invited to read from your favoured banned books!
Followed by an audience open mic where you will be invited to read from your favoured banned books!
rob mclennan's book of sentences brings together citation and observation with equal degrees of attentiveness.
Reviewed at the Winnipeg Free Press: https://ow.ly/RLQQ50XScls
Reviewed at the Winnipeg Free Press: https://ow.ly/RLQQ50XScls
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM
rob mclennan's book of sentences brings together citation and observation with equal degrees of attentiveness.
Reviewed at the Winnipeg Free Press: https://ow.ly/RLQQ50XScls
Reviewed at the Winnipeg Free Press: https://ow.ly/RLQQ50XScls
Tonight!
Join the WGA and special guests Uche Umezurike & Tracy Dawson for a fascinating panel discussion moderated by Rosemary Griebel - followed by an audience open mic!
Join the WGA and special guests Uche Umezurike & Tracy Dawson for a fascinating panel discussion moderated by Rosemary Griebel - followed by an audience open mic!
January 21, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Tonight!
Join the WGA and special guests Uche Umezurike & Tracy Dawson for a fascinating panel discussion moderated by Rosemary Griebel - followed by an audience open mic!
Join the WGA and special guests Uche Umezurike & Tracy Dawson for a fascinating panel discussion moderated by Rosemary Griebel - followed by an audience open mic!
Join Dr. Paul Chastko as he recounts how ambition, hype, and deceit shaped Alberta's oil politics, economy, and culture in the fascinating story of the 1914 Turner Valley oil frenzy and George Edward Buck.
January 18 at the Central Library - register today! https://ow.ly/ALj250XNt6A
January 18 at the Central Library - register today! https://ow.ly/ALj250XNt6A
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Join Dr. Paul Chastko as he recounts how ambition, hype, and deceit shaped Alberta's oil politics, economy, and culture in the fascinating story of the 1914 Turner Valley oil frenzy and George Edward Buck.
January 18 at the Central Library - register today! https://ow.ly/ALj250XNt6A
January 18 at the Central Library - register today! https://ow.ly/ALj250XNt6A
A 'best of' list of 2025 Canadian Poetry from Dusie - including Recombinant Theory and Bonememory!
https://ow.ly/T1jB50XSc7T
https://ow.ly/T1jB50XSc7T
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
A 'best of' list of 2025 Canadian Poetry from Dusie - including Recombinant Theory and Bonememory!
https://ow.ly/T1jB50XSc7T
https://ow.ly/T1jB50XSc7T
Calgary! On January 18, join Paul Chastko at the Central Public Library for History Matters: Alberta's Fist Oil Boom. Hear how ambition, hype, and deceit shaped the birth of Alberta's oil culture: https://ow.ly/JHi150XNt0Z
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Calgary! On January 18, join Paul Chastko at the Central Public Library for History Matters: Alberta's Fist Oil Boom. Hear how ambition, hype, and deceit shaped the birth of Alberta's oil culture: https://ow.ly/JHi150XNt0Z
Our literary series forwards bold and lively voices that entertain and engage. Discover Brave & Brilliant poetry. https://ow.ly/fOzG50XNrhE
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Our literary series forwards bold and lively voices that entertain and engage. Discover Brave & Brilliant poetry. https://ow.ly/fOzG50XNrhE
rob mclennan's the book of sentences is rooted in close attention to the matter that makes quotidian life and to the semantic components of language. Reviewed at the Winnipeg Free Press: https://ow.ly/M9uZ50XSckb
January 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
rob mclennan's the book of sentences is rooted in close attention to the matter that makes quotidian life and to the semantic components of language. Reviewed at the Winnipeg Free Press: https://ow.ly/M9uZ50XSckb
George Edward Buck was a revival preacher who came to Alberta to found Zion in the Rockies. How did he end up the face of fraud in an international inquiry?
The Boom is an oil history that returns the wildcatters and charlatans to the record and traces the oil culture of Alberta to this day.
The Boom is an oil history that returns the wildcatters and charlatans to the record and traces the oil culture of Alberta to this day.
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
George Edward Buck was a revival preacher who came to Alberta to found Zion in the Rockies. How did he end up the face of fraud in an international inquiry?
The Boom is an oil history that returns the wildcatters and charlatans to the record and traces the oil culture of Alberta to this day.
The Boom is an oil history that returns the wildcatters and charlatans to the record and traces the oil culture of Alberta to this day.
Join Dr. Paul Chastko as he recounts the frenzy of Alberta’s 1914 Turner Valley oil rush. Hundreds of companies, thousands of brokers, and George Edward Buck’s fraudulent “salted” well sparked a manhunt and new regulations around Alberta’s oil.
Register Free: https://ow.ly/ub1F50XNt5O
Register Free: https://ow.ly/ub1F50XNt5O
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Join Dr. Paul Chastko as he recounts the frenzy of Alberta’s 1914 Turner Valley oil rush. Hundreds of companies, thousands of brokers, and George Edward Buck’s fraudulent “salted” well sparked a manhunt and new regulations around Alberta’s oil.
Register Free: https://ow.ly/ub1F50XNt5O
Register Free: https://ow.ly/ub1F50XNt5O
The Mohawk Institute was Canada's first residential school. It operated from 1828 to 1970 in Brantford, Ontario. This book looks behind the bricks to uncover and recover the lives of the students and teachers irrevocably shaped by the model for the residential school system.
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Mohawk Institute was Canada's first residential school. It operated from 1828 to 1970 in Brantford, Ontario. This book looks behind the bricks to uncover and recover the lives of the students and teachers irrevocably shaped by the model for the residential school system.
Start the new year off well with Open Access titles from Bighorn Books. Read for free online, with no cutoffs and no limits.
Featuring Where Histories Meet, an essential history of Indgienous-settler relations in the Toronto region: https://ow.ly/lfpO50XAo81
Featuring Where Histories Meet, an essential history of Indgienous-settler relations in the Toronto region: https://ow.ly/lfpO50XAo81
January 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Start the new year off well with Open Access titles from Bighorn Books. Read for free online, with no cutoffs and no limits.
Featuring Where Histories Meet, an essential history of Indgienous-settler relations in the Toronto region: https://ow.ly/lfpO50XAo81
Featuring Where Histories Meet, an essential history of Indgienous-settler relations in the Toronto region: https://ow.ly/lfpO50XAo81
Happy Holidays from the University of Calgary Press! We wish you a wonderful new year and are looking forward to so many great books in 2026!
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Holidays from the University of Calgary Press! We wish you a wonderful new year and are looking forward to so many great books in 2026!
Everyone's heard of the multiverse. But where does the idea come from? And could it be real?
Jeremy Butterfield introduces the multiverse in philosophy and physics for newcomers, providing a clear explanation of leading theories that does not require prerequisites to understand.
Jeremy Butterfield introduces the multiverse in philosophy and physics for newcomers, providing a clear explanation of leading theories that does not require prerequisites to understand.
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Everyone's heard of the multiverse. But where does the idea come from? And could it be real?
Jeremy Butterfield introduces the multiverse in philosophy and physics for newcomers, providing a clear explanation of leading theories that does not require prerequisites to understand.
Jeremy Butterfield introduces the multiverse in philosophy and physics for newcomers, providing a clear explanation of leading theories that does not require prerequisites to understand.
Kyle Flemmer subjects Wikipedia to chance operations and poetic constraints, random number generators, arbitrary limits, and hyperlink jumps and creates a core sample of an ever shifting network, a poetic bricolage of the paratactic leap. A bold step forward in digital poetics. Coming June 2026.
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Kyle Flemmer subjects Wikipedia to chance operations and poetic constraints, random number generators, arbitrary limits, and hyperlink jumps and creates a core sample of an ever shifting network, a poetic bricolage of the paratactic leap. A bold step forward in digital poetics. Coming June 2026.
CKCU's The Lit Room welcomes book of smaller author rob mclennan to talk poetry, family, and so much more. https://ow.ly/Hlwf50XGzb1
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
CKCU's The Lit Room welcomes book of smaller author rob mclennan to talk poetry, family, and so much more. https://ow.ly/Hlwf50XGzb1
Chiam Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only member of his family who did. In Sole Survivor his son Avi traces the Frydmans to their roots in Poland and follows their footsteps to homes and synagogs, to ghettos and camps, on death marches, in a memoir that will resonate for years to come.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Chiam Frydman survived the Holocaust. He was the only member of his family who did. In Sole Survivor his son Avi traces the Frydmans to their roots in Poland and follows their footsteps to homes and synagogs, to ghettos and camps, on death marches, in a memoir that will resonate for years to come.
rob mclennan's book of sentences hits the CBC Books Best Poetry of 2025 list!
https://ow.ly/c9p650XIzif
https://ow.ly/c9p650XIzif
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
rob mclennan's book of sentences hits the CBC Books Best Poetry of 2025 list!
https://ow.ly/c9p650XIzif
https://ow.ly/c9p650XIzif
December 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When the Dingman Well began operation in Turner Valley it unleashed a frenzy of greed and excess. This just-published book tells the story of larger-than-life promoters, wildcatters and oil evangelists, and a fever of free-market capitalism that built the foundation of Alberta s we know it today.
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When the Dingman Well began operation in Turner Valley it unleashed a frenzy of greed and excess. This just-published book tells the story of larger-than-life promoters, wildcatters and oil evangelists, and a fever of free-market capitalism that built the foundation of Alberta s we know it today.