AU Press on the 2023 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Shortlist

We are so pleased to share that three of our books have been shortlisted across four categories at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards. These awards consider everything from editing and content to marketing and design and it is a great achievement to be shortlisted. Congratulations to our staff and authors and to our fellow nominees! The winners will be announced at a gala reception in Edmonton on September 21, 2023. 

Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year

Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North edited by Kenneth L. Pratt and Scott A. Heyes

Trade Fiction Book of the Year

Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore by Zubair Ahmad, translated by Anne Murphy

[book cover] Grieving for Pigeons
Book cover: Little Wet-Paint Girl

Book Cover Design

Cover design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design

Little Wet-Paint Girl by Ouanessa Younsi, translated by Rebecca L. Thompson

Book Cover Design

Cover design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design

Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore by Zubair Ahmad, translated by Anne Murphy

[book cover] Grieving for Pigeons

Book Design

Interior design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design

Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North edited by Kenneth L. Pratt and Scott A. Heyes

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