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Rocky Mountain Books marks 50 years of publishing

Fifty years after mountaineers and avid hikers Gillean and Tony Daffern first established Rocky Mountain Books, publishing outdoor guidebooks for Kananaskis Country out of their home in Calgary, the independent publisher is celebrating a half-century of producing books about the mountains, and still selling copies of updated editions of some of its original titles.

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September 30th, 2026

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Book Making: Bertrand Bickersteth on his journey through Black history and memoir

Part memoir, part regional history of Alberta and the Black cowboys and ranchers who lived and worked there, Numinous Animal: Tracing the Afrofuturism of Black Cowboys also describes the visual work Bickersteth undertook as he explored the cattle brands used by these Black cowboys and turned them into a typeface.

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September 30th, 2026

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