Athabasca University Press

10/08/2025

New review of Kyle Conway's HOW TO READ LIKE YOU MEAN IT. This candid and concise volume introduces readers to the idea that it is through ambiguity that we can gain access to new, profound worlds—those of texts and other people. https://www.aupress.ca/books/120316-how-to-read-like-you-mean-it/

10/07/2025

This , join us and our colleagues from across Canada to learn about the challenges, processes, and joys of working in open scholarship. Register now for Behind the Scenes: A Collegial Workshop on Open Scholarship and Education Practices!

Open scholarship and open education can often feel mystifying—especially from the outside. But even for those working within these practices, common challenges and shared experiences are bound to emerge across institutions.

10/07/2025

New review of NOT HOCKEY: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON CANADA'S OTHER SPORT LITERATURE. In this carefully curated collection of essays, contributors engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadian sport literature. https://www.aupress.ca/books/120318-not-hockey/

10/03/2025

“Collecting the voices of scholars and practitioners from multiple contexts, this interdisciplinary, rich collection calls for reimaging online learning platforms as spaces that move beyond the myopic scenario of content delivery through redundant technical infrastructure.”

New review of Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online in the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning!

https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/731

10/02/2025

A new review of Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online has just been published in the Journal of Open, Flexible, and Digital Learning.

The book was co-edited by Dr. Clare Daniel, Newcomb Institute’s director of research, along with Tulane University colleagues, Dr. Jacquelyne Thoni Howard, associate director of student engagement at the Connolly Alexander Institute for Data Sciences, and Dr. Liv Newman, associate director of faculty engagement at the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching.

Read Dr. Ayesha Perveen’s review here! https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/731/445

10/02/2025

We are proud to be a Certified Canadian Publisher. Look for the seal on our forthcoming books!

09/29/2025

09/16/2025

Happy publication day to ABODE! Jun-long Lee's debut collection of interconnected poems delves with vertiginous momentum into homes—both material and interior—lost and rediscovered from the inside looking in. https://www.aupress.ca/books/120340-abode/

08/20/2025

Next month we release Abode, an extraordinary debut collection of poems by Jun-long Lee. Pre-order Abode today to be among the first to receive this exciting new book and stay tuned for details about the launch event coming up in October!

Place your pre-order over on the AU Press website at https://www.aupress.ca/books/120340-abode/

08/12/2025

"The essay collection expands on a concept put forth by the American scholar Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s Borderlands, from 1987—that borders perpetually change through contestation and negotiation while shaping the selfhood of those nearby. The most piercing insights come from contributors who focus on the resulting friction.”

Margaret Boyce reviews Challenging Borders in Bookworm for the Literary Review of Canada
https://reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-108

08/11/2025

The first title on the Scholarly & Academic shortlist is CAPE BRETON IN THE LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY. Published by Athabasca University Press, this work is a compelling reflection on the lasting and varied effects deindustrialization has on shaping the human experience.

08/11/2025

One, two, three, four! We have the books you’re looking for! Check out these amazing Alberta-published books with numbers in their titles.

Featuring titles from:
Durvile & UpRoute Books
Athabasca University Press
University of Calgary Press
Freehand Books
BWL Publishing - Genre Fiction Publishing
NeWest Press