University of Regina Press, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK (2025)

07/18/2025

Don't miss out on The Medecine Chest author Jarol Boan's appearance, tomorrow Saturday July 19th, at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words in Moose Jaw. Jarol will be reading from her award winning non-fiction at 10am in the South Taylor room of the Moose Jaw Public Library along with luminaries and fellow Sask Book Award Winners Guy Vanderhaeghe and Silvia Legris!

06/21/2025

It’s National Indigenous People’s Day and today we are spotlighting our frontlist title Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau, a beautiful book showcasing a series of paintings named after what Justice Murray Sinclair described as “one of the darkest chapters in our history”, the era of Indian Residential Schools. The book features evocative essays about Garneau’s still life paintings by some of Canada’s leading writers like Jesse Wente, Billy Ray Belcourt and Rita Bouvier.

Sask Books published a review in which their critic wrote, “The images and writing throughout Dark Chapters are powerful, thought-provoking and wide-ranging.”

UR Press is proud to be the publisher of an extensive list of Indigenous authored books, Indigenous language resources, as well as essential texts in the field of Indigenous Studies.

06/20/2025

In anticipation of National Indigenous People’s Day tomorrow we are spotlighting Challenge to Civilization: Indigenous Wisdom and the Future by Blair Stonechild which was a finalist for three 2025 Sask Books Awards including the Publishing Award, the City of Regina Book Award, and the Indigenous People’s Writing Award.

The jurors wrote, “This powerful and transformative work combats the dark and urgent nature of civilization’s plight with a much-needed beacon of Indigenous wisdom and tradition steeped in inspiration and hope.”

To learn more about the book check out the glowing review it received in Library Journal.

UR Press is spotlighting award winning and critically acclaimed books by Indigenous authors all week long!

06/19/2025

In the lead up to National Indigenous People’s Day we’re shining a spotlight on a new book everyday! We are very proud that Nakón-wico’i’e né uspénic’iciyac / Practising Nakoda: A Thematic Dictionary by Vincente Collette, Tom Shawl, and Wilma Kennedy, which was a finalist for two 2025 Sask Book Awards for Educational Publishing and Indigenous People’s Publishing.

The jurors wrote that, “Practising Nakoda is the kind of book that makes everyday language revitalization easier. Not only is this a book that’s organized in a thoughtful way, grouping terms by theme, but it’s a beautifully constructed book.”

To learn more about the Nakoda language and how this dictionary was written with the input of elders from Saskatchewan and Montana editor Vincent Colette’s essay on his process is in our linktree.

UR Press will be spotlighting award winning and critically acclaimed books by Indigenous authors all week long as June 21st approaches!

06/18/2025

The Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada named Métis Matriarchs: Agents of Transition co-winner of the 2025 CHA Best Book in Indigenous History! We are so proud to have published this groundbreaking collection edited by Cheryl Troupe-Strouts and Doris MacKinnon. Congratulations on winning this illustrious prize!

In the lead up to National Indigenous People’s Day we will be highlighting award winning and critically acclaimed books by Indigenous authors all week long!

06/17/2025

Tricky Grounds: Indigenous Women's Experiences in Canadian University Administration, by Candace Brunette-Debassige was selected as a best scholarly book of the year, winning one of the illustrious 2025 Canada Prizes from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

To write the book Candace explains that she "drew on (her) own experiences working in leadership, post Truth and Reconciliation, trying to institutionalize this reconciliation movement that's upon us and grappling with trying to lead change in an institution that's not really built for Indigenous peoples and Indigenous knowledge.” Navigate over to CBC Radio: Metro North to hear Candace discuss her big win!

Congratulations Candace! We are so proud to have published this book! In the lead up to National Indigenous People’s Day and UR Press will be highlighting award winning and critically acclaimed books by Indigenous authors all week long!

06/13/2025

Today we remember the talented storyteller and author, Kathleen (Kay) Parley, who passed away recently at the age of 102. Her editor and friend David McLennan will miss her wonderful sense of humour and entertaining stories about her life which included friendships with anthropologist Francis Huxley and leaders in the field of psychiatry.

We are proud to have worked with Kay on her book about her experiences as a psychiatric patient and nurse, Inside the Mental: Silence, Stigma, Psychiatry, and L*D, shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2017. Kay lived a full life, working for CBC Radio and the Saskatchewan Arts Board before becoming a psychiatric nurse at the Weyburn Hospital, and was still writing a syndicated weekly column at 101. We send our deepest condolences to all of her family and friends. She will not be forgotten. To learn more about her amazing life and wonderful book look for her interview in the Regina Leader Post!

06/02/2025

We can't wait for the Toronto launch of Governor General’s Award-winning Métis artist David Garneau's book Dark Chapters: Reading The Still Lives of David Garneau tomorrow at Gallery Gevik (12 Hazelton Ave) at 6pm. The event will feature the artist and his work on display and readings from bestselling author Jesse Wente and award winning poet and curator Cecily Nicholson. Don't miss out RSVP below:

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05/29/2025

The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences starts tomorrow and we have an exciting line-up of daily author signings at our Booth #405 at the George Brown Waterfront Campus! Come by the booth to say hello—and check out the complete list of the authors who will be appearing in person on our website!

https://uofrpress.ca/Events

04/05/2025

The University of Saskatchewan is shining a light on four of their alumni whose University of Regina Press books are shortlisted for this year's Saskatchewan Book Awards!

The Medicine Chest by Jarol Boan is up for the Book of the Year Award, the Nonfiction Book Award, The Publishing in Education Award and the City of Regina Book Award.

Métis Matriarchs: Agents of Transition edited by Cheryl Troupe and Doris-Jeanne MacKinnon is up for the Indigenous People's Publishing Award.

The Good Walk: Creating News Paths on Traditional Prairie Trails by Matthew Anderson is up for a Publishing Award.

Finally, Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm by Dr. Murray Knuttila is up for the Scholarly Book Award.

Get the books at your local bookstore today and to read more about these talented writers check out the story online: https://greenandwhite.usask.ca/articles/2025/usask-alumni-earn-book-award-nominations.php?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gwm&utm_term=april_2025

04/04/2025

April is kicking off in style with Bread & Water: Essays by dee Hobsbawn-Smith being celebrated at Government House as the 2025 One Book One Province Selection! Throughout the month of April check out the events planned at local libraries and independent booksellers to talk with readers about local delicacies, the things that sustain us, and the ways we care for one another in challenging times.

Pictured here is Lieutenant Governor Her Honour Bernadette MacIntyre (left), dee Hobsbawn-Smith, OBOP Chair Colleen Murphy, and SLA president James Hope Howard (right).

Navigate over to the One Book One Province homepage for a full list of events:
https://www.saskla.ca/programs/one-book-one-province/

03/31/2025

Today, March 31st, is National Indigenous Languages Day in Canada and UR Press author Solomon Ratt will be speaking to a dozen drive time CBC hosts from Victoria in the west to Halifax in the east and Whitehorse in the north! Solomon is the author of a number of Cree language resources, including a terrific one for beginners, mâci-nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree, as well as the very moving residential school survivor’s memoir, kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember It, about how he was torn from his family at six years old to attend residential school in Prince Albert and how he was able to hold onto his mother tongue and made teaching Cree his life’s work. Be sure to tune in!

UR Press is proud of the breadth and reach of the books we publish in Indigenous languages, including Cree, Salteaux, Blackfoot, Nakoda, Tsuut’ina, Naskapi, Aaniiih/Gros Ventre, and Lillooet. Head over to our website to check out the memoirs, histories, traditional stories, language guides, workbooks and dictionaries we publish!

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