Top Ten Most Borrowed – January 2025
Stonehouse Publishing and Alberta Views lead the Top Ten Most Borrowed List for January 2025. Discover these publications and more through the Read Alberta Collection available through Alberta public libraries.
eBooks
1. Secrets in the Water
Alice Fitzpatrick 
Published: Jun 01, 2024 by Stonehouse Publishing
ISBN: 9781988754611
2. Bitter Medicine
Clem Martini 
Published: Mar 15, 2010 by Freehand Books
ISBN: 9781460400159
3. Moon Dust in My Hairnet
JR Creaden
Published: Apr 19, 2024 by Mythic Roads Press
ISBN: 9781738125401
4. Sunset Lake Resort
Joanne Jackson 
Published: Jun 01, 2024 by Stonehouse Publishing
ISBN: 9781988754574
5. The Art of Making
Jared Tailfeathers 
Published: Oct 01, 2024 by Durvile Publications
ISBN: 9781990735547
6. The Loxleys and Confederation
Mark Zuehlke
, Niigaanwewidam Sinclair
Published: Jul 01, 2015 by Renegade Arts Entertainment
ISBN: 9780992150891
7. Blackfoot Ways of Knowing
Betty Bastien 
Published: Jul 31, 2023 by University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 9781773853086
8. Diversity, Culture and Counselling
Published: Sep 03, 2021 by Brush Education
ISBN: 9781550598780
9. Peggy & Balmer
Tom Radford 
Published: Nov 15, 2024 by NeWest Press
ISBN: 9781774391075
10. We are Already Ghosts
Kit Dobson 
Published: May 15, 2024 by University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 9781773855295
eMagazines
1. Alberta Views, January-February 2025
The magazine for engaged citizens, our writers provide perspective on the province’s politics, social issues and culture with in-depth analysis relevant to the public interest of Albertans. Recognized for its editorial excellence, Alberta Views has won Magazine of the Year at both the Western and National Magazine Awards.
2. Alberta Outdoorsmen, January 2025
Alberta Outdoorsmen is designed to keep the hunters, anglers and trappers of Alberta up-to-date on the news, issues and events that surround hunting, fishing and trapping. Dedicated to maintaining our great outdoor heritage, Alberta Outdoorsmen tackles all of the issues head-on, providing insights through a great collection of outdoor writers and authors. If you love hunting, fishing and trapping, Alberta Outdoorsmen is the magazine for you.
3. Savour Calgary, Winter 2025
Savour Calgary is the face of Calgary’s culinary scene. The magazine is for the restaurateurs and the connoisseurs, the baker, growers and in-the-knowers. It tells the stories of entrepreneurs and eaters, drinkers and distillers. The stories are written by those who are passionately interested in good food and drink. Our mantra is to inspire, inform, enlighten and educate those who have an appetite for everything culinary in and around Calgary and do it with an emphasis on local, relevant, fresh and delicious.
4. Alberta Outdoorsmen, December 2024
Alberta Outdoorsmen is designed to keep the hunters, anglers and trappers of Alberta up-to-date on the news, issues and events that surround hunting, fishing and trapping. Dedicated to maintaining our great outdoor heritage, Alberta Outdoorsmen tackles all of the issues head-on, providing insights through a great collection of outdoor writers and authors. If you love hunting, fishing and trapping, Alberta Outdoorsmen is the magazine for you.
5. Alberta Outdoorsmen, May 2023
Alberta Outdoorsmen is designed to keep the hunters, anglers and trappers of Alberta up-to-date on the news, issues and events that surround hunting, fishing and trapping. Dedicated to maintaining our great outdoor heritage, Alberta Outdoorsmen tackles all of the issues head-on, providing insights through a great collection of outdoor writers and authors. If you love hunting, fishing and trapping, Alberta Outdoorsmen is the magazine for you.
6. ATA Magazine, Fall 2024
The ATA Magazine contains a variety of feature and academic content by and for the teachers of Alberta. The magazine’s mission is to:
- reinforce that the ATA is the education authority in the province
- help teachers understand the broader issues in public education
- help teachers maintain and improve their teaching practice
- help teachers connect with their colleagues.
7. Culinaire Magazine, January-February 2025
Culinaire is a food and beverage magazine tempting tastebuds, engaging appetites and celebrating Alberta. The magazine highlights local people and shares their experience and success. Chefs, sommeliers, brewers, mixologists, restaurateurs, and local food and beverage experts share their secrets in Culinaire.
8. Funicular, Volume 5 Issue 3
Funicular Magazine publishes short fiction, flash fiction, and poetry from emerging and established Canadian writers, as well as work from writers around the world. Funicular Magazine is made in Edmonton, Alberta.
9. Galleries West, December 2024
Galleries West’s mission is to publish an online visual arts magazine that informs, connects and strengthens the diverse communities that comprise the arts ecosystem of Western Canada and the North.
10. Impact, The Fall Fitness Issue 2024
This glossy, high-quality, full colour publication is Canada’s only health, fitness and sports performance magazine. Headquartered in Calgary with independent editions in British Columbia and Ontario, IMPACT has an expert advisory board of top professionals in the areas of fitness, health and wellness, nutrition, sports medicine, research, food and much more. IMPACT has become best known for its excellent, original editorial content on these subjects. Established in 1991, IMPACT’s circulation is 90,000 bi-monthly, with controlled distribution at over 1,000 retail locations, plus running and multisport events in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario.
“No Definition of Alberta Culture is complete without recognizing the herculean efforts of Alberta publishers to bring the prodigious talents of Canadian writers to eager readers everywhere.”
~ Steve Budnarchuk, Audreys Books