CONTEMPORARY VULNERABILITIES is a courageous, inspiring book that redefines vulnerability in research, offering diverse perspectives & methodologies for ethical, reflexive engagement. Essential for researchers & ethics boards. bit.ly/4bTv8tS Caitlin Janzen SSHRC

“Someday I’m going to make my last trip east. I will not know it is the last until it is over, until there are no more generations left between me and the western horizon.” From HALF-LIGHT: Westbound on a Hot Planet by Amy Kaler. bit.ly/3wSHqD7 Read Alberta Vicki Ziegler

But as we argue in the article and in our UAlberta Press book "For The Public Good," Arts programs have strengths to tackle the difficult questions that depend on human motivation and thinking, not technology. ualbertapress.ca/9781772127423/…

Check out this review by Sara Hailstone of Aaron Kreuter’s Rubble Children published by UAlberta Press. sarahailstone.com/book-reviews/r… #BookReview

The authors "justifiably intend this book as a foundation for further study. Thorough appendixes listing other #cancer stories in both #Marvel and DC #comics will be useful resources for future work. Recommended. General readers through faculty." CHOICE bit.ly/3RILu0J

Uche Peter Umezurike, the author of THERE'S MORE, Double Wahala, Double Trouble and a host of other books, has made the shortlist of the Nigeria Prize for Literature for his children’s book, Wish Maker. Congratulations, Uche Peter Umezurike, PhD! @writersguildab @wereadab U Calgary

Opinion in The Globe and Mail: Canada actually needs more arts graduate students. We’ve just been doing it wrong. tgam.ca/3XtZX3F Then read FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD by Loleen Berdahl, Jonathan Malloy, and Lisa Young. bit.ly/3R5Uo7H The Chronicle of Higher Education University Affairs #HigherEd

rob mclennan's new book of short stories, ON BEAUTY, is out! We thought this would be a fun moment to share his blog post from last summer about the book, including an excerpt. bit.ly/3OQIPAK rob mclennan #literaryfiction #CanLit #shortstories #microfiction

Here's my list of #Canadian #nonfiction about journeys & places similar to "Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet". Any others I should add? 'Long Roads, Big Skies' on the 49thShelf 49thshelf.com/Lists/Members/…. #canlit #books @49thshelf University of Alberta Faculty of Arts UAlberta Press Magpie Books

Check out the full program! But of course we are very excited to see Aaron Kreuter participating on October 23 (event #25: Short Stories, Infinite Identities) with Caroline Adderson and Shashi Bhat and moderator Shaena Lambert. River Street Writing

two weeks from tomorrow in Picton! i read with the delightful Christine McNair / UAlberta Press Book*hug Press League of Canadian Poets ;

Ottawa friends, join rob mclennan and host Rhonda Douglas as they launch ON BEAUTY at The Royal Oak on September 25 at 7 pm. Copies of the book will be available (cash or e-transfer). Invite your friends! bit.ly/4ciHJ9n rob mclennan #books #YOW #arts #launch

Nasim Ahmed & Muhannad Ayyash discuss CANADA AS A SETTLER COLONY ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE, including how Canada’s history of settler colonialism informs its foreign policy towards #Palestine. bit.ly/3ASh7PC @AyyashMark Dr Jeremy Wildeman Nasim Middle East Monitor

the Ottawa launch of On Beauty: stories (UAlberta Press, 2024) is in three weeks! might we see you there? or have you ordered your copy already? / Ottawa Writers Festival CBC Books Apartment613 Ottawa Life Magazine Ottawa Citizen CTV Ottawa ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/ottawa-book-…

In HALF-LIGHT, Amy Kaler reflects deeply on the meaning of life, middle age, and a dying planet. It resonates with Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy's A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Kit Dobson’s Fieldnotes on Listening, and Zadie Smith’s Intimations. bit.ly/3wSHqD7 Women's Review of Books

ON BEAUTY is made up of 32 #short, sharp #stories that focus on the intimate, the domestic & the immediate. I tend to think of them as Lorrie Moore in scope & scale, but Lydia Davis in size & form." rob mclennan Link to interview with Finnian Burnett: bit.ly/4bInWju

Catch Jonathan Malloy on CBC/Radio-Canada today. He will be on stations all over the country talking about FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities, co-authored with Loleen Berdahl and Lisa Young. bit.ly/3R5Uo7H #HigherEd

I'm spending the afternoon on CBC Radio talking about the opportunity to reimagine Arts graduate education in Canada, using the ideas in our book "For The Public Good."

rob mclennan reads from his new book of short stories as part of the PEP Rally series on Sept 19 at Books & Company in Picton, Ontario. Other readers are Christine McNair (Toxemia from Book*hug Press) and Nancy Jo Cullen. bit.ly/4cOA8zx rob mclennan Books & Company

CONTEMPORARY VULNERABILITIES both summarizes current issues in #research ethics and introduces new practices that researchers need to acquire. It centres and questions #vulnerability within research methodologies, #ethics, and processes. bit.ly/4bTv8tS Caitlin Janzen