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    The University of Alberta Library: The First Hundred Years, 1908-2008 [FOR DISTRIBUTION ONLY]

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    In Bed with the Word: Reading, Spirituality, and Cultural Politics

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    Brilliant Strokes: Chinese Paintings from the Mactaggart Art Collection

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A Garden Party Turned Indoors

The Launch of Illuminating The Alberta Order of Excellence

Alberta Order of Excellence member and former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed with his wife, Jeanne Lougheed, celebrate the launch of Illuminating the Alberta Order of Excellence with UAP Director Linda Cameron and Bruce McCollum.
Photo by Walter Tychnowicz/Edmonton Journal
Government House, Edmonton:
Under some circumstances a garden party turned indoors [...]

Dot Middlemass: Rep of the Year Award

Dot Middlemass is one of our marvellous sales representatives. We’re not the only ones who think she is tops: she’s just won Sales Representative of the Year from the Canadian Booksellers Association. She has been with Kate Walker & Company as a trade sales rep for 15 years, working with booksellers and librarians in BC [...]

Jean Wilson: Celebrating 40 Years in Scholarly Publishing

June 4
Jean Wilson is retiring after 40 years as an editor of scholarly books. Authors and colleagues name her as friend and mentor as well as one of Canada’s finest scholarly editors.
I met Jean in my first year with the University of Alberta Press, some 10 years ago. She came to Edmonton as part of [...]

Access Copyright in a digital world

I’ve just returned from several days of Access Copyright meetings in Toronto. The work of Access Copyright is licensing reprographic rights, collecting royalties for those licenses and distributing the royalties to the copyright owners, creators and publishers.
Access Copyright has been licensing reprography rights since the 1980s and is entering its 20th year. Access Copyright works [...]

Tom Fairley Award / Editors’ Association of Canada

Peter Midgley, our Acquisitions Editor, came home from Congress a day early to attend the AGM and annual awards dinner for the Editors’ Association of Canada. He joined our freelance editor, Paul Payson, as they waited to hear the results of the jury’s deliberations on the Tom Fairley Award. We were all very excited to [...]

Congress 2008, Vancouver

With Congress* in Vancouver this year, we decided to have a greater presence. So, instead of simply organizing catalogues, designing order forms, producing signage, selecting books, and arranging shipping, I came to the conference for two days. This is the fourth Congress I’ve attended, and as usual, I found it a rewarding experience. I appreciate [...]

William Wray Carney’s Media Relations in Canada Blog

William Wray Carney, the author of In the News: The Practice of Media Relations in Canada, 2nd edition, has made a real splash in the blogosphere with his brand new Media Relations in Canada weblog. The Media Relations in Canada blog is shaping up to become the premiere resource for practitioners and students of media [...]

When the cats are away…

…the mice will hold an impromptu Employee of the Month award ceremony
It’s been kinda lonely here at Ring House 2 since the heft of our staff took off to Vancouver for Congress (AKA The Learneds). Acquisitions and Managing Editors Michael Luski and Peter Midgley were the vanguard, jetting off to dewy Van a week ahead [...]

Launching Lois Hole Speaks: Words that Matter

Last night, I attended a book launch for Lois Hole Speaks: Words that Matter. In an unusual twist, this event was organized by the President’s Office, and the University of Alberta Press had no official role. Sheila Stosky coordinated the launch and did a marvellous job.
The program, as befits this important collection of speeches by [...]