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DURVILE & UPROUTE

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Durvile & UpRoute is a small-but-mighty indie press that publishes authors and artists with interesting ideas to share in print, audio, on screen, and in Performance Events. NEW TO OUR WEBSITE is our Multimedia section with author interviews, short films, and animations. The Durvile imprint publishes the True Cases series and fascinating memoirs, and the UpRoute imprint focuses on the Indigenous Spirit of Nature series, the Every River Lit series, and other brave artistic and cultural projects. CLICK TO SEE ALL OUR BOOK TITLES or DOWNLOAD OUR SPRING 2024 CATALOGUE.  LORENE SHYBA MFA PhD, Publisher and RAYMOND YAKELEYA, Indigenous Content Editor

 

NEW! UPCOMING SPRING 2024 FRONTLIST TITLES



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LOVE LIFE LOSS and a little bit of hope

By Chief R. Stacey Laforme. Created by a collective of spiritual practitioners, Much as in Living in the Tall Grass, Love Life Loss invites non-Indigenous people to see through the eyes of Indigenous people with topics of peace and humanity, as well as grief, trauma ... and hope. Release, March 2024. Read More >>


ASCENTI: HUMANS OPENING TO AI 

Eds. Lorene Shyba and James R. Parker. “The Ascenti AI Project” asks: How might professionals in the creative arts collaborate with artificial intelligence to discover tools and techniques? The project is the book Ascenti: Humans Opening to AI, acsenti-project com website, and a 2-day symposium. Release, April 2024. More >>

GODDESS ALPHA: Directions Home

By Jessica Theroux. Goddess Alpha is a textile compendium of embroidered images and stories about goddesses. A to Z. These stories lead to insights that help us discover our own soulful nature and the profound truths residing within our innermost being. Release, June 2024. Read More >>

ÎETHKA: Stories and Language from Stoney Nakoda Country

By Trent Fox and Valentina Fox. This book features the Stoney Nakoda First Nation language in context and in action. The book contains a collection of stories by Trent and Valentina Fox, with each of their teachings culminating in a learning section. Release, June 2024. Download Information Release >>

 


NAHGANNE: Sasquatch of the North REVISED EDITION

By Red Grossinger. Foreword by Raymond Yakeleya. A NEW EDITION! New to this edition is a revised preface, a new section of Sasquatch sightings, signs, and occurrences, and new photos of footprints and other evidence. Release, March 2024. Download Information Release >>

 

a peek at Fall 2024



Chasia's Enchantment Expanded

Chasia's Enchantment: Expanded and Revised Edition Written and Illustrated by Hilda Chasia Smith. Poems and Meditation of World Peace, Love, and Unversality. Release, August. 2024. Read More >>

Against the Odds: The Indigenous Justice Cases of Thomas Berger 
Written and edited by Drew Ann Wake. Book 11 in the True Cases Series. Release, Sept. 2024.
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The Art of Making: Rediscovering the Blackfoot Legacy By Jared Tailfeathers. A captivating story about the author's journey of cultural reclamation. Release, Oct. 2023. Read More >>


True Cases Box Set: Volume II Books are Ross MacKay (Jack Batten), Benched (Nancy Morrison), Pine Box Parole (John L. Hill), and Indigenous Justice (Shyba/Yakeleya eds.) Release, Oct. 2023. Read More >>

VISION 



Inspiring authors to bring new knowledge and brave cultural ventures to the world.

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Represented by Read + Co., Rorie Bruce, and Hornblower Group in Canada,
Represented and Distributed by National Book Network in the US and UK.
Distributed by University of Toronto Press in Canada.


Authors and publisher have proudly committed a percentage of royalties and profits to these groups: The Food Bank, Calgary and Bracebridge; Oldman Watershed Council, Stargate Women’s Group; Esquao Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women: CFWEP Clark Fork Watershed Environment Project; Chytomo: Support for Ukrainian Literature and Book Publishers; “Home In Our Hearts” for Ukrainian Evacuees; The Canada Ukraine Foundation; Doctors Without Borders; The Elizabeth Yakeleya Fund; Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse; The Canadian Women’s Foundation; The Salvation Army; (MMIWG) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; Days for Girls International; Red Door Family Shelter, Toronto; Ikwe-Widdjiitiwin Family Shelter, Winnipeg; The Schizophrenia Society of Canada; and the Elizabeth Fry Society.