Behind-the-scenes accounts of movies and plays can be more interesting than the plays and movies themselves. Alas, what follows about my recently published UBC Press book, "Indigenous Empowerment through Co-management," lacks scandal, backstage catfights, high-flying impresarios and stories of outrageous behaviour by famous (or infamous) actors. What it does have, I hope, are interesting insights into how a book like mine came to be. It might even encourage some to read it. ...more

Megan Brand (Production Editor) digs into the open-access model and Alex Marland's new project, "Inside the Campaign.]," soon to be available in print and open-access. ...more

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UBC Press publishes several books related to families and the concept of "family" in Canada. What is family? What does research say about family in the 21st Century? This Family Day, put family first... and then read a good book. ...more

Victoria Freeman, writer, theatre artist, educator, and public historian, was four years old when her younger sister Martha, who was born with Down syndrome, was sent away to the now-shuttered Rideau Regional Centre in Smith Falls, ON, an institution for the intellectually disabled. It has taken Victoria decades to unravel the guilt and shame she felt, and to come to terms with her own “difference,” her bisexuality, in a society that sets what is considered “normal.” In her new book A World without Martha: A Memoir of Sisters, Disability, and Difference Victoria tells her life story with candid honesty. She shares with Kerry Kilmartin, publicist at UBC Press, her reasons for writing the book and the things she discovered along the way. ...more

This year’s University Press Week theme is “Read. Think. Act.” It sounds straightforward, right? But when I began to think about it, I wasn’t sure what this really meant. Reading and thinking—those ones are obvious, but do the books we publish encourage us to act? ...more

How radical would it be for all Canadians to receive a basic annual income? Hugh Segal’s Bootstraps Need Boots: One Tory’s Lonely Fight to End Poverty in Canada tells his deeply personal story of why he fights to end poverty in Canada ...more

UBC Press is honoured to represent Rutgers University Press, University of Hawai’i Press, University Press of Mississippi, and West Virginia University Press. ...more

When a UBC Press’er reads or watches the news, it’s customary to say “Hey! We have a book on that!” And that’s especially true during election season. ...more

September 30, Orange Shirt Day, is a day to recognize the experiences of residential school students and survivors. Below is a short reading list to help you learn and reflect about the residential school experience and legacy. ...more