Company
University of Alberta Press (UAlberta Press) is a unit of the Library and Museums portfolio, reporting to the Vice-Provost (Library and Museums) and Chief Librarian. Operating since 1969, it has a reputation for publishing books that have scholarly impact, demonstrate publishing innovation, and achieve creative distinction.
UAlberta Press is staffed by resourceful and accomplished publishing professionals with a range of expertise in academic publishing. It contributes substantively to the University of Alberta’s mission, its national and international reputation, and its research and teaching goals by means of a diverse publishing program that is recognized annually with a host of awards for excellence in both scholarship and publishing.
UAlberta Press and its activities are funded by a combination of sales revenue, licensing fees, international distribution rights, project funds, federal and provincial culture and research support grants, as well as institutional support.
Events
- Virtual launch of Ordinary Deaths with Samuel LeBaron and Julie Sedivy at Shelf Life BooksThursday, August 18, 2022, 7pm
- Victoria: Join Susan Olding in conversation with Tracy Wai de Boer and Jane Cawthorne about Impact: Women Writing After Concussion347 Cook St, Victoria, BC V8V 3X8, Canada
Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 6pm - 2022 Alberta Book Publishing AwardsHotel Arts, 119 12 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0G8, Canada
Friday, September 16, 2022, 7pm - Nancy Holmes reads as part of the Victoria Festival of Authors! Details TBC.Thursday, September 29, 2022, 6pm
- Theresa Kishkan gives a talk to the Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Authors Association at 7 pm PTThursday, November 3, 2022, 8pm
- #NextUP / University Press Week is November 14-18Monday, November 14, 2022
- Canadian Independent Bookstore Day Saturday, April 29, 2023