Books
New titles from Alberta publishers, and local authors published outside the province.

Literary
EDGE PUBLISHING
www.edgewebsite.com
Science fiction, fantasy, magic realism.
FICTION
• The Scrolls of Bishop Eubulus, and Other Stories, by Rebecca Bradley
• When the Fur Hits the Fan, Duck,
by Carrie Newberry
• A Song to Drown the World,
by Rowena Spring
FREEHAND BOOKS
freehand-books.com
An independent literary press in Calgary.
FICTION
• Blue Hours, by Alison Acheson
• Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand,
by Tim Bowling
• The Longest Night, by Lauren Carter
• Good Victory, by Mikka Jacobsen
• That’s Where You Were, Then,
by Judith Pond
• We Are All of Us Left Behind,
by Bradley Somer
NON-FICTION
• How to Breathe Water, by Sharon Butala
FRONTENAC HOUSE
www.frontenachouse.com
An independent literary press.
FICTION AND POETRY
• In the Bear’s House, by Bruce Hunter
• Refugee Mouth, by Sanita Fejzić
• juniper, by Kerri Huffman
• There’s Magic Here Too: A Trans Woman’s Guide to Being Monstrous,
by Skylar Kay
• Leaf Counter, by D.A. Lockhart
• If I Know Anything About a Knife,
by Carley Mayson
• Boxing in the Bone Orchard,
by Bruce McRae
• Your Lover Stabbed in the Street,
by David Romanda
• Breaking Into Blossom, by Anna Yin
LABERINTO PRESS
laberintopress.com
Underrepresented authors.
ANTHOLOGY
• Beyond Touch Sites: An Anthology of the Tangible, edited by Wendy McGrath
MYTHIC ROADS PRESS
www.mythicroadspress.com
Fantasy, science fiction and romance.
FICTION
• The Moon the Sun Forgot,
by B.J. Wagner
NEWEST PRESS
newestpress.com
Regional writers and first-time authors.
FICTION
• The Boy Who Was Saved by Jazz,
by Tom Bentley-Fisher
• Revolution Songs, by Carissa Halton
• The Drowned Man’s Daughter,
by C.J. Lavigne
• A Story Can Be Told About Pain,
by Lisa Martin
• The Two Faces of Paradise, by Ted Smith
NON-FICTION
• Standing in the Footprints of Beasts,
by Danica Klewchuk
• Cruising the Downtown:Celebrating Edmonton’s Queer History,
edited by Kristopher Wells
POETRY
• The Beauty of Vultures,
by Wendy McGrath,
photos by Danny Miles
• Contraband Bodies, by Jide Salawu
• All Wrong Horses on Fire that Go Away in the Rain, by Sarain Frank Soonias
RENEGADE ARTS ENTERTAINMENT
renegadeartsentertainment.com
Comic books and graphic novels.
FICTION
• Alberta Comics: Love,
edited by Alexander Finbow, Emily Pomeroy, Shea Proulx and Hartley Rose
• Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan, by Stefano Jun
• Resilient, by George Michail, illustrated by Vinz Tabanas and Ed Benes
• Pass Me By: Lily,
by Kat Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen
• Mordecai Crow: Blood and Fire,
by Bill Slavin
• The Last Band on Earth,
by Elaine M. Will
STONEHOUSE PUBLISHING
www.stonehousepublishing.ca
Literary, trade and historical fiction.
FICTION
• Home Fires Burn: A Merry Bell Mystery, by Anthony Bidulka
• A Dark Death: A Meredith Island Mystery, by Alice Fitzpatrick
TYCHE BOOKS
tychebooks.com
Science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction.
FICTION
• Starship Librarians,
edited by Shannon Allen and J.R. Campbell
• Harvesting Moonshine and Other Stories, by M.L.D. Curelas
• Hauntings and Hoarfrost,
edited by Rhonda Parrish
WILD SKIES PRESS
wildskiespress.com
New and established prairie authors.
NON-FICTION
• Garden Journey: Stories, Sketches and Recipes, by Terrie Shaw
POETRY
• Confirm Humanity, by Kim Mannix
• Coyote Snow, by Laurie Lynn Muirhead
• The Feast: Two Spirit: Stories, Sex and the Ceremony Behind It All, and Other Poems, by Alycia Two Bears
• Closer to Closure, by Drew Walker
Reviewed by Alberta Views
General
DURVILE & UPROUTE
durvile.com
True crime, memoir, Indigenous issues, arts and culture, fiction and non-fiction.
FANTASY/HORROR
• Secrets of the Forsaken: Into the Depths of Dread, edited by Julian Hobson, Lorene Shyba and Jared Tailfeather
MEDIA
• Canada Unscripted: Conversations with Canadian Media Icons, edited by Vic Sarin
POETRY
• Beneath the Surface: Poems and Their Stories, by Chief R. Stacey Laforme
• Fifty-Five Ways to Survive/Cinquante- cinq voies de survie, by Laurier Tiernan
TRUE CRIME
• Acts of Darkness: Notorious Criminals, Their Defenders, Prosecutors and Jailers, by John L. Hill
• Rough and Messy Justice: A Train Heist, Murder and Misdeeds,
by W. Keith Regular
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION
• Spirit Rider: A Lillian Mystery,
by Lynda Partridge,
illustrations by Dave Nicholson
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOOKS
rmbooks.com
Hiking, climbing and skiing guidebooks, plus adventure, travel and photography.
CHILDREN’S
• My Little Santa Claus,
by Gabrielle Vincent
GUIDEBOOKS
• Family Walks and Hikes of Vancouver Island: Volume 2, Nanaimo North to Strathcona Park, Revised Edition,
by Theo Dombrowski
• Mountain Footsteps: Hikes in the East Kootenay of Southeastern British Columbia, 4th Edition, by Janice Strong
NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT
• A Festive Season on Vancouver Island,
by Bill Arnott
• A Season in the Okanagan, by Bill Arnott
• Conservation Confidential: A Biologist Investigates the Clash Between Progress and Nature, by Lorne Fitch
• The Beaver Manifesto: Conservation, Conflict and the Future of Wetlands, 2nd Edition, by Glynnis Hood
• Flow: Women’s Counternarratives from Rivers, Rock and Sky, edited by Denisa Krásná and Alena Rainsberry
• Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Loss and Hope, by Kevin Van Tighem
TRUE CRIME
• Malcom is Missing: A True Story of Murder and a Daughter’s Quest for Justice in Mexico, by Robert Osborne
INDEPENDENT
AND SELF-PUBLISHED
A selection of books published by individuals and organizations in Alberta.
• Calgary’s Best Walks, Expanded 3rd Ed., by Lori Beattie (Fit Frog Adventures)
• Crosswinds: A Cross-Country Bike Ride that Revealed Why Canada Is Worth Fighting For, by Doug Firby
(Big Lonely Doug Publications)
• Margaret, by Joyce M. Harries
(Joyce Harries)
• Writing in the Wound: Acculturation, Trauma and Music, by Shumaila Hemani (The Deep Listening Path)
• How Beautiful Our Brains Can Be,
by Bailey Oleksyn,
illustrated by Roka Studio
(Bailey Oleksyn)
• A Murder of Prose,
by Scott Charlton Paul
(Scott Charlton Paul)
Reviewed by Alberta Views
Scholarly
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PRESS
ualbertapress.ca
Critical scholarly and literary books.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist, by Sarah Boon
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
• The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine: A 1967 New York City Seminar Featuring Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker and Museum Professionals,
edited by William J. Buxton
• Harley Parker: The McLuhan of the Museum, by Gary Genosko
• The Culture Box: Museums as Media,
by Harley Parker, edited by Gary Genosko
CONSERVATION
• Frank Farley and the Birds of Alberta,
by Glen Hvenegaard, Jeremy Mouat and Heather J. Marshall
EDUCATION
• Unmasking Academia: Institutional Inequities Laid Bare During COVID-19, edited by Irene Shankar and Corinne L. Mason
• Collaborative Methods: Participatory Data Analysis in Feminist Research,
edited by Kaylan C. Schwarz, Claudia Mitchell and Rebekah Hutten
FEMINISM
• South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora: Critical Perspectives from Canada,
edited by Amina Jamal, Jane Ku and Maryam Khan
INDIGENOUS STUDIES
• Cartographic Poetry: Examining Historic Blackfoot and Gros Ventre Maps,
by Ted Binnema, François Lanoë and Heinz W. Pyszczyk
• Territories of Life: Equivocations, Entanglements and Endurances,
edited by Mario Blaser, Sylvie Poirier and Penelope Anthias
• Indigenous Healing as Paradox: Re-Membering and Biopolitics in the Settler Colony, by Krista Maxwell
INFORMATION LITERACY
• Forgers, Fakers and Publisher-Pirates: A Book History Lesson for Our Times,
by Linda Quirk
LABOUR AND CLASS
• Bodies of Art, Bodies of Labour,
by Kate Beaton
LITERARY CRITICISM
• Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik
• Alice Munro and the Art of Time,
by Laura K. Davis
• The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics and Aesthetic Reinventions,
edited by Arnab Dutta Roy and Paul Ugor
POETRY
• Python Love, by Shannon Arntfield
• When Whales Went Back to the Water,
by Lisa Baird
• This Sweet Rupture, by Omar Ramadan
POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Secularism, Race and the Politics of Islamophobia,
edited by Sharmin Sadequee
SOCIAL HISTORY
• Crossing Into Canada: Stories from Two Generations of US War Resisters,
edited by Alison Mountz
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY PRESS
press.ucalgary.ca
Fiction, poetry and academic work.
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
• Mythologies of Outer Space,
edited by Jim Ellis and Noreen Humble
EDUCATION
• The Story of ii’taa’poh’to’p: University of Calgary’s Journey Towards an Indigenous Strategy,
by Grandparents of ii’taa’poh’to’p
ENVIRONMENT
• Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada,
edited by Eric Higgs, Zac Robinson, Mary Sanseverino and Kristen Walsh
FICTION
• Rag Pickers, by Blaine Newton
• Love and War Western Style,
by Rose Scollard
HISTORY
• Colonial Land Legacies in the Portuguese-Speaking World,
edited by Susanna Barnes and Laura S. Meitzner Yoder
• The Boom: Oil, Popular Culture and Politics in Alberta, 1912–1924,
edited by Paul Chastko
• Where Histories Meet: Indigenous and Settler Encounters in the Toronto Area,
by Victoria Freeman
• Behind the Bricks: The Life and Times of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s Longest- Running Residential School, edited by Richard W. Hill Sr., Alison Norman, Thomas Peace and Jennifer Pettit
• Thresholds, Walls and Bridges: Journeys Through the Borderlands of History,
by Elizabeth Jameson
• The Next War: Indications Intelligence in the Early Cold War,
by Timothy Andrews Sayle
PHILOSOPHY
• The Material Mind: Reduction and Emergence, by Max Kistler
POETRY
• What is Broken Binds Us,
by Lorne Daniel
• the book of sentences, by rob mclennan
• Bonememory, by Anna Veprinska
ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY PRESS
www.aupress.ca
Open access scholarly press.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
The Wikimedia Movement in Canada: Communities, Institutions and Open Culture, edited by Jean-Michel Lapointe and Marie D. Martel
EDUCATION
• Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online, edited by Jacquelyne Thoni Howard, Enilda Romero-Hall, Clare Daniel, Niya Bond and Liv Newman
• Women and Leadership in Distance Education in Canada, edited by Cindy Ives, Pamela Walsh and Rebecca Heiser
• Troubles Online: Ableism and Access in Higher Education,
edited by Chelsea Temple Jones, Fady Shanouda and Lisanne Binhammer
• Learning Online: An Introduction to Online Education for the Health Disciplines, by Kristin Petrovic, Lynn Corcoran, Emily Doyle and Terra Murray
HISTORY
• Triumph and Solidarity: BC Communists in the Early Years of the Great Depression, by Jon Bartlett
• An Honourable and Impartial Tribunal: The Court Martial of Major General Henry Procter, Minutes of the Proceedings, transcribed and annotated
by Guy St-Denis
MEMOIR
• Safarnameh: A Traveller’s Journey Along the Hippie Trail, by Trevor W. Harrison
PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
• Challenging Borders: Contingencies and Consequences, edited by Paul McKenzie- Jones, Sheila McManus and Julie Young
POETRY
• My Works, Ye Mighty, by Christian Bök
• Abode, by Jun-long Lee
SOCIOLOGY
• Technique and Control: Jacques Ellul’s Sociology, by Frank W. Elwell
• Exploring Agency in Children and Youth: Expressions and Constraints,
edited by Voula Marinos, Christine Tardif- Williams, Dawn Zinga, Rebecca Raby and Shauna Pomerantz
Reviewed by Alberta Views
Education and Special Interest
BLUE BIKE BOOKS
bluebikebooks.com
Canadiana, educational works and trivia.
CHILDREN’S
• Cat Talk: What Your Cat Is Trying to Tell You, by Nicholle Carrière
• Dog Talk: What Your Dog Is Trying to Tell You, by Wendy Pirk
HUMOUR
• Nathan Little’s Nature Riddles,
by Nathan Little
• Cheezy Dad Jokes, by Tyler Stewart
• Corny Dad Jokes, by Tyler Stewart
BROADVIEW PRESS
broadviewpress.com
An independent academic publisher.
HISTORY
• Roger Williams and His World: A History in Documents, edited by Charlotte Carrington-Farmer
LITERATURE
• The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: One-Volume Compact, 2nd Edition, edited by Joseph Black et al.
• Victorian Poetry: An Anthology,
edited by Erik Gray and Veronica Alfano
• Canadian Literatures in English, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition: Texts and Contexts,
by Cynthia Sugars and Laura Moss
PHILOSOPHY
• Good Reasoning Matters! A Guide to Critical Thinking in a Digital Age, 6th Edition, by Leo A. Groarke, Christopher W. Tindale and Linda Carozza
• An Introduction to the Philosophy of Leisure, by Jason Holt
• Western Technoscience: Not the Usual Story, by Nathan Kowalsky
• Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem: A Philosophical Introduction, by Travis LaCroix
• War Ethics: Theory, Practice and Memoir, edited by Brian Orend
• Why Does Anything Exist? An Introductory Exploration,
by Stephen A. Simon
WRITING AND COMPOSITION
• Business and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide, 3rd Canadian Edition,
by Paul MacRae, Joel Hawkes and Laura Fanning
• Writing Science in the Twenty-First Century, 2nd Edition, by Christopher Thaiss and Ashley Mehlenbacher
• Solving the Puzzle: A Student’s Guide to Historical Research and Writing,
by Valerie S. Thaler
• Original Inquiry: A Guide to Research for Undergraduates,
by Matthew James Vechinski
BRUSH EDUCATION
brusheducation.ca
Learning resources for postsecondary, professional and general readers.
HISTORY
• The Road to Shiloh: The Untold Story of the First Black American Community on the Saskatchewan Prairies,
by Leander K. Lane
INDIGENOUS
• sakâw nîhiyawîwin ayamihcikîwin ikwa masinahikîwin: Reading and Writing Bush Cree: The Mini Guide for Northern Y Dialect, by Connie Twin and Tanya Fontaine
• Elements of Indigenous Style, 2nd Edition: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples, by Gregory Younging, edited by Warren Cariou
LAW
• Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations in Canadian Immigration Law: A Handbook for Lawyers, Paralegals and Immigration Consultants,
by Raj Napal
DRAGON HILL PUBLISHING
dragonhillpublishing.com
Canadian fiction and non-fiction.
FICTION
• Vancouver Underwater: A Dystopian Novel About Global Warming,
by Yvonne Harris
HUMOUR
• My Dog Ate the Internet, by Frank Erkes n Politicians Say the Dumbest Things,
by Tyler Stewart
• Witty Things Famous People Say,
by Tyler Stewart
ESCHIA BOOKS
eschiabooks.com
First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors.
LANGUAGE
• K is for Kayak, by Gregory Lepine
• Learning Cree: Animals,
by Gregory Lepine
• Learning Cree: Months and Seasons,
by Gregory Lepine
• Learning Cree: Numbers and Nature,
by Gregory Lepine
FOLKLORE PUBLISHING
folklorepublishing.com
History, humour and reference books.
HUMOUR
• Barking Bad: Jokes About Dogs,
by Wendy Pirk
• Cat-ittude: Jokes About Cats,
by Tyler Stewart
ARGENTA PRESS
(FOLKLORE IMPRINT)
• Desperados and Bandits of the Wild West, by Dan Asfar, Eli MacLaren and Margaret A. MacPherson
• Gunslingers and Bandits of the Wild West, by Dan Asfar, Eli MacLaren and Margaret A. MacPherson
• Justice in the Wild West,
by Dan Asfar, Eli MacLaren and Margaret A. MacPherson
LONE PINE PUBLISHING
bookpublishers.ab.ca/lone-pine
Gardening books and nature guides.
AGRICULTURE
• Diseases of Field Crops in Canada, 4th Edition, by B.D. Gossen, S. Chatterton and M.W. Harding
HISTORY
• The Wisdom of Our Elders,
by Sydney Henderson and William Giroux
RED BARN BOOKS
redbarnbooks.ca
Publisher of Alberta authors and artists celebrating horses and western heritage.
CHILDREN’S
• Howdy, I’m Singh Hari, by Kelly Kaur, illustrations by Ravina Kaur Toor
Selected Alberta Authors Published Elsewhere
• Altrows, Rona, and Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, editors, Please Don’t Interrupt: An Anthology (Griots Lounge)
• Baird, Craig, Canada’s Main Street: The Epic Story of the Trans-Canada Highway (Sutherland House)
• Berkhout, Nina, The Great Wake
(Now or Never Publishing)
• Bök, Christian, The Xenotext: Book 2 (Coach House Books)
• Caulfield, Timothy, The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters (Allen Lane)
• Cree, Robert, with Therese Greenwood, The Many Names of Robert Cree: How a First Nations Chief Brought Ancient Wisdom to Big Business and Prosperity to His People (ECW Press)
• Currie-Wood, Rob, Renegotiating the Bargain: The Formation of Power-Sharing Arrangements within Canadian Political Parties (UBC Press)
• Deen, Natasha, A Summer of Dragonflies (Cormorant Books)
• Dick, Morgan, Favourite Daughter (Viking)
• Di Cintio, Marcello, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers (Biblioasis)
• Ellefson, Karen Hourie, illustrated by Leah Dorion, I Am Métis
(Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
• fitzpatrick, ryan, No Depression in Heaven (Talonbooks)
• Flemmer, Kyle, Supergiants
(Wolsak & Wynn)
• Garneau, David, Arin Fay and Nic Wilson, Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau
(University of Regina Press)
• Haynes, Elizabeth J., Food for the Journey: A Life in Travel
(Thistledown Press)
• Hutchinson, Chris, Lost Signal (Palimpsest Press)
• Jensen, Danielle L., The Twisted Throne (Del Rey)
• Juzwishin, Donald, et al., AgeTech Innovations in Healthcare for Older Adults (Springer Nature)
• Kerr, Conor, Beaver Hills Forever: A Métis Poetic Novella (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Kidd, Monica, The Crane
(Breakwater Books)
• Kimmel, Fran, Cattail Lane (ECW Press)
• Klostermann, Janna, At the Limits of Care: Gendered Work and Stories that Matter (University of Toronto Press)
• Kootenhayoo, Taran, White Noise: A Curious Comedy (Talonbooks)
• Kvern, Lee, Catch You on the Flipside (Enfield & Wizenty)
• MacKinnon, Doris Jeanne and Marie Rose Delorme Smith, In Her Words: Marie Rose Delorme Smith—Pioneer, Homesteader, Métis Matriarch
(Heritage House)
• Mayne, Lise, Time Enough
(Oprelle Publications)
• McGee, Patrick, Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company (Scribner)
• McLeod, Kristy, and Phyllis Webb, Decolonization and Me: Conversations About Healing a Nation and Ourselves (Medicine Wheel Publishing)
• Melfi, Marco, Routine Maintenance (Gaspereau Press)
• Melrose, Janet, and Sheryl Normandeau, Staying Alive: The Go-To Guide for Houseplants (TouchWood Editions)
• Mortlock, Lance, Outside In, Inside Out: Unleashing the Power of Business Strategy in Times of Market Uncertainty
(ECW Press)
• Oloruntoba, Tolu, Unravel
(McClelland & Stewart)
• Purcell, Jason, Crohnic
(Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Sage, Chyana Marie, Soft as Bones: A Memoir (House of Anansi)
• Sandor, Steven, Leveling the Ice: Confronting Racism in Hockey (Beacon)
• Scace, Matthew, Jasper on Fire: Five Days of Hell in a Rocky Mountain Paradise (Sutherland House)
• Shepherd, Kelly, Dog and Moon (University of Regina Press)
• Šobat, Gail Sidonie, Songs From This and That Country (Enfield & Wizenty)
• Sutton, C. Gerald, The Trinity: The Indian, the Half-Breed and the Other Guy (FriesenPress)
• Thiessen, Vern, ICEMEN
(Playwrights Canada Press)
• Todd, Meg, Most Grievous Fault (Nightwood Editions)
• Van Guinn, Olivia, April Snow
(At Bay Press)
• Wharton, Thomas, Wolf, Moon, Dog (Random House Canada)
• Williams, Lynda, The Beauty and the Hell of It and Other Stories (Guernica Editions)
• Wilson, Sheri-D, The Oneironaut Ø2 (Write Bloody North)
• Zalkind, Ben, Honeydew (Radiant Press)





