The cover of Staging Blackface in Canada features a row of performers doing a dance kick, wearing blackface from the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries

It's release day for Staging Blackface in Canada! Now available wherever you shop for books! Congratulations to author Cheryl Thompson on this important study of how the early 20th century Canadian stage became a playground for ethnic jokes, racial caricature, and women’s emancipation.

An image of a white man with short brown hair and glasses against and abstract multicoloured background . The text reads New Episode! CoP Interview: Why They Can’t Write with guest John Warner, fellow in the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom and author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.

In conversation with Brenna, John discusses the structural problems with how we view writing instruction in the university, the failure to trust teachers with their classroom practice, and the importance of understanding the folklore that underpins your teaching.
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An image of a white man with short brown hair and glasses against and abstract multicoloured background . The text reads New Episode! CoP Interview: Why They Can’t Write with guest John Warner, fellow in the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom and author of More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.

In this episode of Community of Praxis, Brenna interviews John Warner about his book Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities. Brenna Clarke Gray John Warner
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The book cover features a truck convoy of celebrating soldiers, and an endorsement from historian Mike Bechthold: “Generations before software made it easy to edit photographs, Castle was changing and manipulating his First World War photographs to tell a dramatic story that often differed from the “truth” of the original images. Stokes’ work sheds new light on our understanding of Vimy and wartime photography while rightfully bringing the photographer into the spotlight.

A Hill Times Best Book in 2025, The Taking of Vimy Ridge offers a [an] expansive understanding of Castle's contribution to both war photography and our understanding of portrayals of the First World War,

The book cover features a truck convoy of celebrating soldiers, and an endorsement from historian Jonathan F. Vance: “The Taking of Vimy Ridge is essential reading for anyone who wants a better understanding of First World War photography.

Today is Vimy Ridge Day, a day to honour and remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. In her book The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Carla-Jean Stokes explores the life and works of William Ivor Castle, a Canadian official First World War photographer known for staging and manipulating his photographs.

It's National Poetry Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Canadian shoppers take 20% off selected titles on our website with the code POETRY2026 until the end of April. www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

grateful to be in @literaryhub.bsky.social today, responding to another essay while also thinking more broadly about reviews, art, honesty, and motherhood. 💛

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We're so pleased to have two books on the Canada Book Prizes shortlist! Congratulations to Daniel Coleman, Ki'en Debicki, and Bonnie M. Freeman, editors of Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life and to Paul db Watkins, author of Soundin' Canaan: Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship.

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If you want the full explainer for this grand projet, you should of course head over to @wlupress.bsky.social's page for The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition, so you can listen along and nod at the edition's full critical apparatus... www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/T/The-...

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The Frankfurt Kabuff – Audio Edition! Blaire Squiscoll is delighted to announce that there is now an audio edition of The Frankfurt Kabuff available for your listening pleasure. The title is available via Audible’s Australian, UK…

It's no joke!

📣Audio edition of @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social's The Frankfurt Kabuff is now available for your listening pleasure

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Listen on your favourite streaming platform or on our website at www.wlupress.wlu.ca/... Brenna Clarke Gray David N. Wright

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In this ep. of Community of Praxis, Brenna and Dave try to figure out why we find the institution so intimidating, how to dismantle the folklore students have about our classes, and how to assess skills development, and Brenna confesses that she doesn’t know how budgets work Brenna Clarke Gray

The front cover of Unpacking the Personal Library features an altered book sculpture called Two Cities by Brian Dettmer.

New in Paperback! Emily Raine, in The Montreal Review of Books, says "For archive rats, librarians, and deep-dive historical lit nerds, Unpacking the Personal Library offers a prismatic lens on how libraries speak." www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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Arab Techno for the People An ethnographic look at the techno and house music of the Arab diaspora in CanadaThis book analyses electronic music soundscapes as a way of exploring the lived experiences of cosmopolitan, Arab-identified individuals living in Toronto and Montreal. By deconstructing the soundscape into various ‘Arabscapes’: samples of

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Thank you to everyone who attended the launch of Arab Techno for the People, by Jillian Fulton-Melanson today. If you missed the event you can still take advantage of the discount for a limited time. Use the code ATFTP30 for a 30% discount on the sites in this thread.

A white woman with curly brown hair is pictured within the Community of Praxis multicoloured image that depicts silhouettes of people with speech bubbles. The text reads New Episode! CoP Interview: Teaching Machines, with Audrey Watters, author of Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning.

Audrey discusses the legacy of B.F. Skinner in education, the feminization and deprofessionalization of the teaching profession and the concurrent rise of educational technologies, and the rewarding of compliance in education, inviting us to consider where resistance and refusal might be possible.

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New episode of Community of Praxis! In this episode, Brenna interviews Audrey Watters about her book, Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning. MIT Press Brenna Clarke Gray Audrey Watters www.wlupress.wlu.ca/... or on your favourite streaming platform.

Reading for Refugeetude: A Review of <em>Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics</em> This review of Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics, co-written by Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, with a preface by Vinh Nguyen (2025), places the book in the wider political ...

New in the journal! Precup, M., (2026) “Reading for Refugeetude: A Review of Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics”, The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship 16(1). doi: doi.org/10.16995/cg.... @openlibhums.org #OpenAccess #ComicsStudies cc @wlupress.bsky.social

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On 4.14, Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, & Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898-1919, the follow up to Canada and the Blackface Atlantic, is out. And there is a third act. Thanks @wlupress.bsky.social! www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/S/Stag...

Poster for book launch of Arab Techno for the People includes speakers Chair: Zulfikar Hirji; Panel: Nayrouz Abu Hatoum, Youssef El Idrissi, Alexandra Mourgou Discussant : Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta

Join us for the launch of Arab Techno for the People, by Jillian Fulton-Melanson. March 13 at 2pm, ET. Zoom details on our Events page www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

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New episode! Brenna and Dave unpack the differences between hope and optimism, the role of the emancipator in education, and why sometimes good intentions go bad, and Brenna confesses to being really very bad at theory. Brenna Clarke Gray David N. Wright www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

The text reads Freedom to Read Week and Semaine de la liberte d'expression. The graphic features a cartoon figure holding a key with locked books all around.

Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22-28, 2026) is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. #FTRW26 #FreedomToRead Learn more at www.freedomtoread.ca

At this year's conference for Canadian Studies in German-speaking Countries we will be showcasing an exciting selection of titles from @wlupress.bsky.social

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10. Thank you above all to our authors. Without you, there is no us.
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Thank you to our sales teams in Canada and around the world who promote our books with enthusiasm, dedication, and expertise. Mare Nostrum Group #AmpersandInc #IngramAcademic
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Thank you to our editorial board, whose commitment to excellence in publishing and rich engagement with our publishing program contributes a wealth of knowledge to discussions of new research and new directions and developments in scholarship.
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