"Crerar’s Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45" by Geoffrey Hayes is the winner of the 2017 C.P. Stacey Prize, awarded by the Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War. ...more

Join us for the launch of Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora. ...more

Join us for a dual launch! "Be Wise! Be Healthy!" and "Thumbing a Ride" ...more

To celebrate University Press Week, we’re unabashedly celebrating ourselves, UBC Press! Have you ever wondered how UBC Press became UBC Press? Here are ten momentous events in UBC Press’s history. ...more

This year’s #UPWeek theme, #TurnItUP, asks us to reflect on how university presses amplify voices that might otherwise not be heard. One way university presses help to amplify voices is by publishing local stories. Many UBC Press books are grounded in place and tell stories that might not otherwise be heard by a larger audience. Today we’re highlighting five books that tell local stories and allow regional voices to be heard. ...more

In 2018, UBC Press launched a new series, the “Women’s Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy” series, a celebration of and reassessment of women’s suffrage in Canada. ...more