“April is cruellest month,” wrote T. S. Eliot in his famous poem The Waste Land, but here at AU Press we think April is a perfect month for poetry! Since…
International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women’s rights movement. The holiday brings much-needed attention to issues such as…
The rapid pivot to online education following the outbreak of COVID-19 has meant universities and other schools around the world were suddenly leaning heavily on educational technology to facilitate remote…
In 2014, Meytal Radzinski, a young scholar, founded Women in Translation Month to be held annually in August in response to the gender disparity she noticed in works of translation….
June is Indigenous History Month, a time to celebrate Indigenous peoples and acknowledge their experiences, stories, and culture. In recognition of this time of reflection, we’ve selected excerpts on love…
Every October, we celebrate Open Access Week and have the opportunity to draw attention to our unique publishing model and important publications. This year’s Open Access Week theme is “Open…
Calling all Alberta educators! There’s a new way to discover Alberta-published books that have already been matched to the Alberta curriculum! Alberta Books for Schools is a digital database and…
Last month, we celebrated Women in Translation Month and this month we’re celebrating translation more broadly with Translation Month! Over the years, we’ve published books translated from Punjabi, Odia, Polish,…
The rapid pivot to online education following the outbreak of COVID-19 has meant universities and other schools around the world were suddenly leaning heavily on educational technology to facilitate remote…
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of dozens of academic associations in Canada. It runs from May 12 to 20 and is fully virtual for…