Welcome to the February edition of The Newsletter!

News

Marvin Harder’s cover design for Without Apology was selected for the Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show. You can view all the selections on their website.

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta launched their Read Alberta eBooks initiative on February 16. This partnership between Alberta Municipal Affairs’ Public Library Services Branch and the BPAA has made over 1,000 Alberta-published eBooks available to readers across the province. Access all the titles through your local library.

It’s Freedom to Read Week! If you missed our post on reading in unexpected places, you can check it out here. Follow the hashtag #FTRWeek for more!

Upcoming Events

Kahente Horn-Miller and Zoe S. Todd, contributors to Living on the Land, will be reading and discussing their chapters at Octopus Books in Ottawa on March 23. You can find all the details here.

We’re only a month away from the launch of Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton – RISE’s citywide book club! You can find the launch event details on the RISE Facebook page. Keep an eye out for posters at your local library!

Throwback

Last February, we released Scaling Up and wrote a blog post about Edmonton’s social economy. Click through to read about how Edmonton is creating a vibrant and engaged community by using social economy principles.

View past newsletters here.