Fall Preview: University of Alberta Press

The University of Alberta Press is one of the most versatile publishers in Canadian Literature. Not only do they publish academic works, but also titles in the genres of poetry, the Arts, sociology and more.

Coming this Fall is a number of titles added to the U of A Press' already impressive catalogue. Great Canadian War Stories, edited by English Professor Emeritus Muriel Whitaker, is a collection of fiction stories inspired by Canada's involvement in wars, particularly World War II and other wars of the twentieth century. Authors include Timothy Findley, Joy Kogawa and Earle Birney.

Robert Kroetsch is a beloved Prairie writer. The Hornbooks of Rita K. is his first book of poetry in more than a decade. Kroetsch is a pioneer of Post-Modernism, and this work is no exception -- it is a collection of fragments that are at once witty and fun, while documenting Rita's disappearance.

Sinclair Ross was a respected Canadian writer whose work is still eagerly read and studied in classrooms. The U of A Press is re-publishing three of his novels: Sawbones Memorial, Whir of Gold and The Well. The type of the books have ben re-set and introductions written by three prominent Canadian authors (Ken Mitchell, Nat Hardy and Kristjana Gunnars), and will certainly be a wonderful introduction to new readers of his work.

Making Contact, edited by a panel of Canadian academics, deals with the cultures of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Europe in terms of ethnic groups and cultures.

In her book Hiding the Audience: Viewing Arts and Arts Institutions on the Prairies, Frances W. Kaye discusses a number of well-known public arts institutions such as the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, to examine how they have participated in creating their audiences. She also discusses the concept of a distinctive Prairie culture through literature and the visual arts.

Several society and news-oriented titles include Vulnerable Children, edited by Douglas Willms, which discusses why some children are more at-risk than others. Moving the Margins of Traffic Safety, edited by J. Peter Rothe, expands the boundaries of thinking about traffic safety. The erosion of rural life because of globalization is the theme of Writing off Rural Communities, edited by Dave Whitson and Roger Epp.

CTV The Network That Means Business by Michael Nolan, is a detailed history of the television network that developed from a group of independent stations across the country. Media relations is at the centre of In The News: A Guide to Media Relations by William Wray Carney, and is aimed at those in the business (or who are students of communications).

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