a rectangular grid mosaic of book covers that are nominated for various 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Across the top of the image it reads: Congratulations to the 2026 finalists.

Hooray to @snowhydro.bsky.social on the nomination of Meltdown for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Very exciting!

More info on Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist here:
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Congratulations to all the nominees!

Woot!

Judging the Far Horizons Award for Poetry: Kevin Irie has a wide-ranging conversation with Kiran Bassi for The Malahat Review.
Interview: https://bit.ly/48ftS4f

You can buy EVACUATIONS by Kevin Irie for 30% off in April using code iP26 at checkout.
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#PoetryMonth

Capturing a fascinating and unique set of cross-border histories—Canadian and American—CROSSING INTO CANADA reveals that the courageous decision to flee militarism and war never follows the same path.
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#History #OralHistory #Politics #War #Military #Conscription #Resisters

April 17, Another Story Bookshop presents the Toronto launch of SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DIASPORA IN CANADA.
Featuring a keynote by Sunera Thobani and discussion with Amina Jamal, Jane Ku, Maryam Khan, Ayesha Mian Akram, Safiyya Hosein, and Marshia Akbar.
Hybrid event. Info: https://bit.ly/41sWoLW

Event poster featuring the book cover for Sublunary by Lisa Richter. The cover shows a dark face with four eyes, a nose, and an open mouth, surrounded by a larger yellow circle - it is a detail from the painting The shadow of the living light by Runa Ikeda (2021, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 210 cm x 350 cm). The text on the poster reads: book launch, Friday May 1, 7 pm, Lisa Richter with Jordan Abel and Jason Purcell, Magpie Books 9553 76 Ave NW in Edmonton.

I'm excited to announce that @lisarichter.bsky.social will be in Edmonton on May 1st to read from her wonderful new collection Sublunary, with support from Jordan Abel and Jason Purcell. Thanks in advance to @magpiebooks.bsky.social for hosting this great event. Please spread the word!

Toronto Friends! This wonderful launch taking place tonight.

"McCreary’s work excels in its unusually clear view of the complexities of interactions among Indigenous communities and resource extractive industry." Anna Willow, Histoire sociale / Social History
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#geography #books #pipelines #Wet’suwet’en @hssh1968.bsky.social

Drawing the Line Against Gerrymandering Why the Alberta Government Should Reject the "Minority Report"

My latest on the state of Alberta democracy, where the UCP government seems intent on choosing their voters rather than the other way around.

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Poets, share your thoughts!

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#poets #poetry

Three books of poetry propped up on a cabinet. From left to right the books are Sublunary by Lisa Richter, Evacuations by Kevin Irie, Nighthawks by Lisa Martin.

Happy Poetry Month! All @ualbertapress.bsky.social poetry is 30% for April - use code iP26 at checkout.
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Here are our gorgeous new volumes:

Congratulations!

Only 8 days away, how is that even possible? So excited for my IN-PERSON Toronto launch at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social on April 9th! Free to attend, all are welcome. RSVP recommended, get there early if you want to get a seat!

Thank you Catherine. Just read your great piece about reviewing on the River Street Writing Blog - well done!

Thanks for your time with the Press Sosthenes!

"[INDIGENOUS HEALING AS PARADOX debunks] the increasingly neoliberal 'healing' strategies that are in fact neocolonial attempts at erasing Indigeneity through the individuation of harm and the use of tort law. A must-read volume. Essential." S. Perreault, CHOICE Magazine
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Man standing at a microphone and reading from a book. Some of a seated audience is visible in the foreground of the photograph. The room features floor to ceiling bookshelves filled with books.

Woman standing at a microphone and reading from a book. The room features floor to ceiling bookshelves filled with books.

Woman smiling for the photo and holding a book. She is standing at a counter in a bookstore. The book’s title is Nighthawks.

Congratulations to Lisa Martin on the launch of her third poetry collection Nighthawks, and thanks to everyone who came out. Thanks also to Paper Birch Books for hosting and to Ben Hertwig for reading his own new poems and one from Lisa’s first collection. Wonderful night!

Happening next week in Toronto! RSVP at sublunary.eventbrite.ca
Congrats Lisa!
@lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow night in Edmonton!

@anotherstoryto.bsky.social presents the Toronto launch for SOUTH ASIAN FEMINISMS IN DIASPORA IN CANADA on the TMU campus.

This hybrid event features a keynote by Sunera Thobani and a panel discussion with editors and contributors.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4c0Ylp0

#booksky #books #feminist

"I fear the violence of war but I also fear a future where nothing changes in Iran." Mehdi M. Kashani's first-person account.
https://bit.ly/4bwT092

Watch for his book of short stories, out this August: A TEHRAN SO QUIET AND OTHER STORIES.
https://bit.ly/4lPKxkK

@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike [photo credit: Layne McKenna] is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the 2025-2026 Wayne O. ...

ICYMI:
"My last poetry book, THERE'S MORE, was about migrant struggles and precarity, and what it meant to be an African immigrant in the West. "

12 or 20 questions with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike:
https://bit.ly/46MUnxr

@uumez.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social

"The report sheds considerable light on the state of museology in mid-century America. It was the stated goal of McLuhan and Parker to disrupt conventional museological practices and to raise questions about the deeply held beliefs of museum officials."
—Specters of McLuhan

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CROSSING INTO CANADA complicates our understanding of Canada as a safe place of refuge for war resisters by juxtaposing the stories of resisters from the Vietnam War with stories from resisters of later wars.
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#History #OralHistory #Politics #War #Military #Conscription

Toronto book launch news! Please join me in celebrating the launch of my third book, SUBLUNARY, coming out soon with @ualbertapress.bsky.social! Featuring readings by yours truly + two guest poets I adore, and more. Thurs. April 9th at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. Check out sublunary.eventbrite.ca

Thanks Kirby!

Evacuations - University of Alberta Press With Evacuations, Kevin Irie weaves a poetic documentary for readers, capturing the personal and political histories of the Japanese-Canadian internment in B...

There simply aren't enough superlatives for the work of award-winning Japanese-Canadian poet KEVIN IRIE, including his latest, EVACUATIONS @ualbertapress.bsky.social I'm shook. "Year of the Fire Horse?" "Yes. It's Kevin Irie." - @itsakirby.bsky.social

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So happy to see my new book in such fine company on @49thshelf.bsky.social 's Most Anticipated Spring Poetry Preview!

The Art of Looking Back by Theresa Kishkan Reviewed by Michael Greenstein

Monday morning, grey sky, snow promised -- but my forthcoming book has its first review!
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Tell me your winter story!!!!!!!