This is part 5 of a week-long series featuring Arthur Bear Chief’s memoir My Decade at Old Sun, My Lifetime of Hell. This post features an excerpt from the preface written…
Here it is. The first instalment of Open Book Bites, the audio portion of the Open Book Blog. Episode 1 is a casual conversation with Shannon Stettner, editor of Without…
If you hadn’t noticed, not everyone agrees about the value and importance of open access. The perspective of AU Press has always been that open access works for us. The…
Happy Open Access Week! As the first open access press in North America, we are grateful for the opportunity to engage with other open access advocates and to promote the…
Image: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 – 1890 ), Farmhouse in Provence, 1888, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 1970.17.34 In the upcoming publication from AU Press, Reading Vincent…
“Of one thing, then, I am certain: a science of nonviolent struggle is clearly possible and therefore deserves the attention of the scientific, activist, strategic, military, spiritual, and diplomatic communities,…
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta’s annual conference and awards gala was held this past weekend in Calgary. If you want to know what publishers talk about when they are…
In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and…
In preparation for Labour Day, labour experts Bob Barnetson and Jason Foster join us on the blog to answer some questions about their new book Health and Safety in Canadian…
This year, the Annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival (lovingly known as “the Fringe”), is celebrating its 35th anniversary! The Fringe takes place on and around Edmonton’s famed Whyte Avenue…