Here at Read Alberta, we want to celebrate readers, writers and authors, journalists, editors and photographers, publishers, libraries, and all of the people who tell Alberta’s stories. Spearheaded by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, Read Alberta is a hub where Alberta’s readers, authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries, and educators can connect, support, and learn more about one another. We are pleased to welcome the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and the opportunity to highlight the immense volume of best-in-class storytelling produced by and for Albertan magazine audiences.

Read Alberta features Alberta-published books and magazines in celebration of the distinct, diverse voices coming out of our own province, amidst a shared backdrop of prairie fields, wind-swept badlands, boreal forest, rolling foothills, and majestic mountains.

Alberta’s book industry has a special spirit of innovation: we have Canada’s first open access publisher; our libraries are offering unprecedented access to local books online through the Read Alberta eBooks collection and the groundbreaking Prairie Indigenous eBooks collection; our cutting-edge literary publishers punch above their weight when it comes to awards and critical acclaim; and our booksellers are the backbone of local literary communities through their support of local writers and publishers.

For 26 years, the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association of Alberta has led the way toward a bright future for print media, delivering a diverse offering of stories to Alberta audiences from across the province. The creation of programs like the Indigenous Internship program which provides opportunities for Indigenous peoples in magazine media, the Amber Webb Bowerman Memorial Foundation, which has raised more than $100,000 in awards and scholarships for emerging writers and journalists, and the Alberta Magazine Awards, which honours creators, publishers and publications from B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, all contribute to a thriving and dynamic magazine industry.

Read Alberta acknowledges the traditional homeland of the many diverse First Nations, Métis and Inuit people whose Elders have walked this land before us, and those persons whom we share this great land with today. We are grateful to work and live upon this territory together, and for the means to learn from all of the traditional peoples of these lands. It is our commitment to all First Nations, Métis and Inuit people that we will continue to work together to build strong and positive relationships and to consider how we can bring our resources and talents within the book industry to the important work at hand during this era of reconciliation.

Read Alberta is funded in part by the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund.

AMPA and the BPAA acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund and Canada Book Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage, as well as Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Alberta through Cultural Industry Grants from the Alberta Media Fund, Calgary Arts Development through the City of Calgary, and Edmonton Arts Council through the City of Edmonton.