A little bird told us that it's Vancouver Bird Week (May 11-17). And since we're as proud as a peacock over our ornithology list, we're taking the opportunity to bring back our UBC Press Picks list of bird books. Though these aren't specific to Vancouver birds, we wanted to give bird-lovers everywhere a bird's eye view of our best bird books! ...more

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Truth and Conviction and hear McMillan, in conversation with Justice Harry LaForme, explore the current state of Indigenous relations in Canada, and understand if we are actually learning from our past mistakes. ...more

UBC Press would like to congratulate Allan Downey, author of "The Creator’s Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood" and recipient of the 2019 Canada Prize, awarded by The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. ...more

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Join Patrick Dennis, author of Reluctant Warriors, for a presentation and book signing. ...more

Tarah Brookfield, author of Our Voices Must be Heard: Women and the Vote in Ontario, will give a presentation on Dr. Emily Stowe and Dr. Augusta Stowe-Gullen who were among the first female physicians in Canada. Facing great opposition, this maverick mother and daughter team campaigned for women’s rights to higher education, careers in medicine, and voting rights between 1860s-1910s. ...more