Search Results by tag: University of Alberta Press

Publishers offering discounts to Calgary flood victims

As the Calgary Stampede wrapped up this weekend, residents and business owners were still dealing with the aftermath of damage and destruction caused by flooding late June. On June 26, Q&Q reported that Pages on Kensington ... Read More »

July 15, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Iva Cheung wins Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

By Katie Gowrie

Iva Cheung has won the 2011 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence for her work on Cow: A Bovine Biography (Greystone Books). Written by Florian Werner, and translated from German by Doris Ecker, the book ... Read More »

June 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Lynn Coady, U of Calgary Press among winners at 2012 Alberta Book Awards Gala

By Katie Gowrie

The winners of the 30th annual Alberta Literary Awards, the Alberta Book Publishing Awards, and the Alberta Readers' Choice Award were revealed June 9 in Calgary at the 2012 Alberta Book Awards Gala. Fred Stenson ... Read More »

June 12, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Esi Edugyan, JJ Lee, Charlotte Gill nominated for B.C. Book Prizes

By Sue Carter

The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the shortlists for the 28th annual B.C. Book Prizes, and for Esi Edugyan, the competition cuts close to home. Edugyan, whose novel Half-Blood Blues won the 2011 ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

University of Alberta researchers track down province’s first publisher

By Natalie Samson

A team at the University of Alberta has traced the province's first book publishing enterprise to a Catholic missionary and polyglot. In The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca Country (University of Alberta Press, 2010), ... Read More »

February 6, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news

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