New books for Fall 2026! We are delighted to announce a new catalogue of forthcoming titles. This season includes a remarkable addition from Bertrand Bickersteth to our Writing in Residence series. Also on deck are books on science education online and at a distance, a beautiful novella set in Croatia, and a thoughtful exploration of a small town textile mill.
Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys
Bertrand Bickersteth
Bickersteth intertwines memoir, regional history, and literary analysis in this examination of the legacy of branding. In the process of creating a font traced from the cattle brands of 19th- and early 20th-century Black cowboys and ranchers in Alberta, Bickersteth traces his family’s complicated ties to slavery and the lines that connect West Africa to Nova Scotia, Edmonton to Freetown, the Underground Railroad to Cowboy trails. This act of artistry deconstructs marks of livelihood, ownership, and dehumanization, and reconstructs them into a language of life, freedom, and love.
Small Town Deal: The Life and Death of Renfrew Woollen Mills, 1917–1953
Peter Campbell
Historian Peter Campbell traces how the Renfrew Woollen Mills thrived through the “small town deal”—an unspoken bargain that workers would be visible but voiceless, while employers preserved order through paternalism and moral authority. Centering Catholic owners and Catholic workers, Campbell shows the Catholic Church’s influence in shaping acceptance of class inequality. He follows the rise and erosion of this moral economy through the 1937 strike, a company union, and the arrival of the Textile Workers Union of America. Ultimately, Cold War anti-Communism and postwar economic restructuring ended the deal, but not workers’ legacy.
Open Elements: Shaping the Future of Teaching Science Online and at a Distance
Edited by Dietmar Kennepohl and Lawton Shaw
Global demand for higher education exceeds what traditional campus-based models can provide, especially in science fields that rely on lab and practical work. Expanding beyond conventional teaching approaches is essential to train future scientists and support scientific literacy. This volume explores innovations in online and distance science education, including virtual labs, citizen science, and smartphone-based tools. It also highlights advances in course design, open resources, AI-driven learning, and flexible pathways like micro-credentials and work-integrated learning for broader accessibility.
Old Bridge, Black House
Tony Fabijančić
Old Bridge, Black House is a formally daring diptych that weaves together history, the workings of the psyche, and the hard immediacy of lived experience. Shifting between past and present, this powerful and emotional story explores how trauma is inherited and how its troubled memory lives on.
