Publishing

Recent stories about publishing


A smiling woman stands in a bookstore, holding a book titled "We Need to Do This."
arts books

New book maps history of women's shelter movement in Alberta

The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters has published a book that shares the previously untold stories of those who created refuges for women and children escaping abuse.

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Cover art for Taproot Edmonton's Bloom, brought to you by Edmonton Unlimited
business bloom

Strategist muses about making a bolder Edmonton

Episode 42 of Bloom features an interview with Shawn Kanungo, a speaker, a strategist, and the newly minted author of The Bold Ones: Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable.

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The covers of three issues of Hungry Zine, one with a pie called "It's Complicated," one with jars called "Preserve," and one with a cartoon sandwich called "Restaurants"
arts food

Hungry Zine satisfies appetite for new voices in food

Since launching in 2021, Edmonton's Hungry Zine has been serving up stories that are often missing in mainstream food media.

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A smiling Jana O'Connor
arts publishing

LitFest leans into in-real-life experiences

This year's LitFest will welcome audiences back with a broad spectrum of programming that nods to all the nonfiction festival couldn't do online during the pandemic.

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A brown paper coffee sleeve with a short story called Zoltar by Mona Bacon printed on it
arts business

Editor seeks lasting stories for disposable formats

For nearly 10 years, Jason Lee Norman has been curating flash fiction and putting it out into the world in unconventional places, like coffee sleeves and beer cans. Now he's tweaking one of his long-running projects, so he can spend more time on stories and less on distribution.

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Portraits of Celia Taylor, Joseph Halden, Bruce Cinnamon, and Domini Gee
arts technology

Story City announces a new slate of adventures

Story City's call for Edmonton stories earlier this year has resulted in a fresh batch of interactive experiences set to hit the app on Aug. 5.

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A garish comic book cover bears the title Hockeypocalypse, with three mutant hockey players on the ice in front of a goalie. An interior page shows the Welcome to Edmonton sign in a nuclear winter.
arts comics

B-horror and hockey meld in Jeff Martin's new graphic novel

Jeff Martin's forthcoming graphic novel will be his fifth set in the post-apocalyptic Alberta of Hockeypocalypse, but it represents several firsts.

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A comic-book panel depicting a group of young adults eating pizza on the sidewalk outside the Steel Wheels restaurant
arts books

Comics artists reflect on home in new anthology

A post-apocalyptic city where hockey matters more than ever and a dreamscape where every dead nightclub is alive again are among the imaginary Edmontons to be enjoyed in the upcoming Alberta Comics Anthology.

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The covers of three chapbooks from Glass House Press
arts publishing

'Serve the artists': Glass Bookshop launches small press

The co-owners of Glass Bookshop have now become publishers to encourage and elevate the kind of work they want to sell in their independent bookstore.

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