University of Calgary Press

We invite you to join us at Shelf Life Books Calgary to celebrate the launch of Kyle Flemmer’s third collection of poetry, The Wiki of Babel.

Kyle Flemmer will be joined by Patrick Horner and Ryanne Kap for a night of readings and conversation about their writing.

Learn More: https://shelflifebooks.ca/events/5187620260625

Check out what Alberta was buying, reading, and loving this May! See the full list here: https://buff.ly/9r5tzs7

This list features titles from:
Freehand Books
NeWest Press
University of Calgary Press
University of Alberta Press
Athabasca University Press
Renegade Arts Entertainment Ltd

University of Calgary Press publishes works that spark curiosity and deepen understanding. This month, we’re highlighting powerful titles written by and about Indigenous peoples.

You’ll find all of these books available to borrow from the UCalgary Library. Which one will you start with?

Books list (top to bottom):
▪️The Story of ii’ taa’poh’to’p by Grandparents of ii’ taa’poh’to’p
▪️Where Histories Meet by Victoria Freeman
▪️Remembering Our Relations by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation with Sabina Trimble and Peter Fortna
▪️Blackfoot Ways of Knowing by Betty Bastien, edited by Jurgen W. Kremer, and assisted by Duane Mistaken Chief
▪️The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson
▪️Surviving in the Hour of Darkness, edited by G. Sophie Harding
▪️Nunavik by Ann Vick-Westgate
▪️Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt
▪️Water Rites by Jim Ellis
▪️Ancestral Portraits by Frederick R. McDonald
▪️The Writing on the Wall, edited by Lindsey Sharman

JUST PUBLISHED

The son of Holocaust Survivors, architect Avi Friedman grew up hearing stories of unimaginable cruelty.

After tran­scrib­ing a record­ing of a con­ver­sa­tion he'd had in 1995 with his father, Chaim, Fried­man was inspired to fol­low in his foot­steps, vis­it­ing scenes of Chaim's exper­i­ences in the Pol­ish army, as a slave labourer sub­jec­ted to bar­baric cruelty, and as the sole sur­vivor in his fam­ily.

Accom­pan­ied by his own son, and by Chaim's voice on tape, he also vis­ited loc­a­tions where Chaim's seven sib­lings, par­ents, nieces and neph­ews had lived, and the sites where they were murdered.

Sole Survivor is available wherever fine books are sold.

Just Published!

The Wiki of Babel is a loving and creative collection of experimental poetry that celebrates Wikipedia, collaborative expertise, and the paratactic leap.

Find it wherever fine books are sold! Learn more https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773856742/

Banff: Home Awestruck at fourteen, Karen Sorenson later moved to Banff, finding a welcoming, resilient community behind the famous mountain vistas.

JoAnn McCaig joins Deborah Kalb for a fascinating Q&A on her just-published book, Beneficiary: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/q-with-joann-mccaig.html?m=1

Hollay Ghadery welcomes Beneficiary author JoAnn McCaig to chat about her new novel Beneficiary at New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/beneficiary

JoAnn McCaig talker her just-published novel Beneficiary, communal living, single motherhood, second-wave feminism, and more on CKCU LitRoom:

https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/666/75401.html

Thorough and balanced, including many voices, and Freeman takes the time to clarify what it means to consult each source. Reading this book is like listening to a speaker who allows time for each word to sink in.
Where Histories Meet at the Temez Review: https://www.thetemzreview.com/meindl-freeman-34.html