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Oh my goodness 🥰 Attic Rain is a finalist for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry!! Thank you. @newestpress.bsky.social #Poetry #ReadAlberta #CanLit
abbookpub.bsky.social Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · Jun 24
We are excited to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards! View the media release and full shortlist here: buff.ly/j9VkGbg
#ABPubShortlist #ABPubAwards #ABbooks @WeReadAB
June 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Wow! Big thank you to @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for this thoughtful read and deep exploration of Attic Rain and #OCD poetics. ❤️📚🔌 #Poetry #CanLit #AtticRain #ReadAlberta @newestpress.bsky.social
cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social Cynthia Marie Hoffman @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social · Mar 2
I've got an essay up on reading Attic Rain, a collection of poems about OCD by @sjonespoet.bsky.social !! Thank you @anmlymag.bsky.social for giving this piece the best home. So much important work here.
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addieisunwieldy.bsky.social Addie Tsai (any/all) 🏳️‍🌈 @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social · Feb 28
A new review/reflection up in our dis/connect column over at @anmlymag.bsky.social, of Samantha Jones' Attic Rain by @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social:

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March 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
This is 🎉🎉 #ABPubAwards #ABbooks #ReadAlberta
abbookpub.bsky.social Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 7d
The winner of the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry is Frontenac House, for THERE’S MAGIC HERE TOO: A TRANS WOMAN’S GUIDE TO BEING MONSTROUS by Skylar Kay! #ABPubAwards #ABbooks
Winner announcement for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry showing a winner seal, the book cover of "There's Magic Here Too: A Trans Woman's Guide to Being Monstrous" by Skylar Kay, and Frontenac House's publisher logo. Text reads: the 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards.
September 18, 2026 at 2:24 AM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Feeling honoured to be an Alberta Literary Awards finalist! Thank you ❤️📚 #Poetry #OCD #CanLit #ReadAlberta @newestpress.bsky.social
Congratilations to Samantha Jones! Attic Rain is a finalist for the 2025 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. The promo image includes the book cover as well as the logos for the Writers Guild of Alberta and NeWest Press.
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Feeling grateful that Attic Rain is included in this fantastic list of Alberta reads for #BlackHistoryMonth! 🤩 #CanLit #Poetry #OCD #ReadAlberta #AfricanHeritageMonth @newestpress.bsky.social readalberta.ca/recommendati...
Alberta Books for Black History Month and Beyond - Read Alberta
For Black History Month and beyond, check out these 6 Alberta-published books. Featuring a children’s book, several poetry collections, and more!
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February 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Honoured to be an Alberta Literary Awards finalist 😍 Check out the list and get your Alberta read on! #Poetry #ReadAlberta #CanLit @writersguildab.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member...
2025 Alberta Literary Awards Finalists · Lists · 49th Shelf
From The Writers’ Guild of Alberta comes the finalists for the 2025 Alberta Literary Awards. Each year, the Alberta Literary Awards celebrates the highest ...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Tonight!! ✨ Hope to see you there, Calgary! #yyc #yycarts #ReadAlberta #CanLit #Poetry @newestpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social
sjonespoet.bsky.social Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · Nov 26
Calgary fam, join us on December 11 at Pages Books on Kensington (Calgary, AB) for an evening of poetry and music at Flywheel Reading Series. Excited to share from Attic Rain & I'll Get Right On It! @newestpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social #Poetry #yycarts #CanLit #ReadAlberta
Event promotional tile for Flywheel Reading Series in Calgary, Alberta. The December 11, 2025 event will include readings by Jun-long Lee and Samantha Jones, with music by Doug Waite. Location: Pages Books on Kensington, 7:00 pm.
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Woohoo! An all #poetry issue of @theseaboardreview.ca for #NationalPoetryMonth. Including a hot take from yours truly. Hot as in I think Alberta chapbooks are hot! #AgathaPress #CanLit #ReadAlberta
April 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Are you doing Read Alberta’s Summer Reading Challenge?! Attic Rain could help you tick off a box. #ReadAlberta #AlbertaBooks #Poetry #CanLit
wereadab.bsky.social wereadab.bsky.social @wereadab.bsky.social · Jun 11
Need a book to help you get started on the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge? Here are some award-winning, Alberta-published gems that deserve a spot in your beach bag. Check out a few of our top picks here: buff.ly/1DaLeVd ! 📚☀️
Read an Alberta Book that won an award.
June 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Here are some eBook recommendations to keep your beach bag light and your to-read pile full this summer. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @mythicroads.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge #ReadAlberta #ABbooks
August 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Check out what Alberta readers were picking up in July 2025! The latest Alberta Bestsellers list features titles from @ualbertapress.bsky.social, @newestpress.bsky.social, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, and more! See the full list here: buff.ly/ExQ5QL3 #AlbertaBestsellers #ABBooks #ReadAlberta
TITLE " Bestsellers #ReadAlberta". It features 10 book covers from Summerthough publishing, University of Alberta, Freehand Books, NeWest Press, and University of Calgary.
August 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Alberta’s June 2025 Bestsellers are here! Featuring titles from @newestpress.bsky.social, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, @durvile-shyba.bsky.social, @renegadeartsent.bsky.social, and @ualbertapress.bsky.social, and more!

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#AlbertaBestsellers #ABBooks #ReadAlberta #SummerReads
July 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Alberta is home to a thriving literary community! Here are just some of our favourite Alberta-authored and Alberta-published books. #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge #ReadAlberta @aupress.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @edgesf.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
Demain, Edmonton friends! Looking forward to celebrating the double launch of two amazing books, The Beauty of Vultures and All Wrong Horses On Fire that Go Away in the Rain. #poetry #ReadAlberta #CanLit #yeg #yegarts @newestpress.bsky.social @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @wendymcgrath.bsky.social
newestpress.bsky.social NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · Apr 29
✨ TOMORROW✨ You are invited! Poetry Launch APRIL 30th 7pm @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social

Featuring Sarain Frank Soonias and @wendymcgrath.bsky.social, with special guests @sjonespoet.bsky.social and Jaspreet Singh

Join this stellar NeWest line up for an evening of poetry, discussion, and snacks!
Event Poster: Poetry Launch. April 30, 2025 at 7pm. Audreys Books (10702 Jasper Ave, Edmonton). The Beauty of Vultures by Wendy McGrath & Danny Miles. All Wrong Horses on Fire that Go Away in the Rain by Sarin Frank Soonias. Featuring Wendy McGrath and Sarain Frank Soonias with special guests Jaspreet Singh and Samantha Jones. Book Cover: All Wrong Horses on Fire the Go Away in the Rain by Sarain Frank Soonias. The background is blue-grey with white diagonal raindrops running from the top right, then turning into red flames at the bottom. The title and author name are hand-written at a matching angle. Book Cover: The Beauty of Vultures poems by Wendy McGrath and photos by Danny Miles. A grey background with black camera details and red text. The title sits inside the camera lens, with author and photographer names wrapping around the lens. Book Cover: Attic Rain. Poems by Samantha Jones. Raindrops run gently down a sky blue background, while a grid of ten by three bright yellow smiley faces sit on the left-hand side of the cover, various expressions on their faces, there expressions repeating across the rows.
April 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
wereadab.bsky.social
We believe that listening to an audiobook does count as reading! If you’re competing in the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge, we recommend these audiobooks. #ReadAlberta #ABbooks @aupress.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @mythicroads.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
abbookpub.bsky.social
Enjoy devouring thrilling mysteries? There’s an Alberta book for that! #ABbooks #ReadAlberta @renegadeartsent.bsky.social @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
wereadab.bsky.social
Let’s kick off the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge with some of our favourite Alberta-published graphic novels! #ReadAlberta #ABbooks
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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AB is home to a strong community of AB-owned and -operated book publishers. We encourage you to #ShopCanadian and discover the amazing Alberta books available.

Discover more local publishers: bookpublishers.ab.ca/publishers/

Design credit: Natalie Olsen

#ReadAlberta #ABbooks
A flow chart that leads to different Alberta book publishers depending on what type of books you like to read.
February 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
What are you reading this morning?

Bloody Women by Bree Taylor and Ground Cherries by Danielle Paradis. Both published by Agatha Press.

#Poetry #CanLit #ReadAlberta
The two poetry chapbooks Bloody Women by Bree Taylor and Ground Cherries by Danielle Paradis.
January 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
wereadab.bsky.social
For the #ReadABSummerReadingChallenge we highly recommend you check out the work of these incredibly talented women. #ReadAlberta #ABbooks @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
wereadab.bsky.social
Spring means fresh air and fresh reads! This April, readers enjoyed a variety of Alberta-published content, with Freehand Books' Northern Bull and @albertaviews.bsky.social taking the lead. See the full list here: buff.ly/MrYd7hZ #ReadAlberta #CanLit #LibraryBooks
April 2026Top Ten Most Borrowed. See the full list at the Read Alberta Website: https://buff.ly/MrYd7hZ
May 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
abbookpub.bsky.social
Do you love niche topics and off-the-beaten-path reads? There’s an Alberta Book for that! #ABBookDay #ABbooks #ABleg #ReadAlberta @durvile-shyba.bsky.social @aupress.ca
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
sjonespoet.bsky.social
ICYMI you can now listen to the May 1 online readings by four of the Alberta Literary Awards finalists, including yours truly, on the @writersguildab.bsky.social podcast 😍📚

#ReadAlberta #poetry #AlbertaLiteraryAwards @newestpress.bsky.social

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Alberta Literary Awards Finalists Online Reading
YouTube video by Writers' Guild of Alberta
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May 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
wereadab.bsky.social
See what Albertans were buying, reading, and loving this June. 📘 ❤️ See the full list here: buff.ly/VB7hH0f @ualbertapress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @aupress.ca #CanLit #Bestsellers #ReadAlberta #TBR
Bestsellers June 2026. See the full list here: https://readalberta.ca/recommendations/bestsellers/bestsellers-june-2026/
July 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
wereadab.bsky.social
Check out what Alberta readers were picking up in August 2025! The latest Alberta Bestsellers list features titles from @durvile-shyba.bsky.social, @aupress.bsky.social, @newestpress.bsky.social, @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, and more! See the full list here: buff.ly/9ae8BSL #ABBooks #ReadAlberta
Title "Bestsellers: August 2025". Featuring ten book covers from Alberta Publishers.
September 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM