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Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, 2025
Earlier this month, thousands of adventure film and book enthusiasts gathered in Banff for the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which has been hosted by the Banff Centre for the last 50 years. Summerthought Publishing had a booth at the festival trade show and as in past...
The State of Book Publishing in Alberta
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta recently launched a You Tube series titled The State of Book Publishing in Alberta. The short videos provide an overview of book publishing in the province. Anyone interested in learning more about the industry in Alberta,...
Alberta’s bestselling books: August 2025
Read Alberta recently released their monthly list of the 10 bestselling books by Alberta publishers. Alberta’s bestselling books in August 2025 included two Summerthought books, with Canadian Animals for Kids topping the list at No. 1. Coming in at No. 3 was our book...
New book: The Canadian Rockies
Summerthought published its first Canadian Rockies coffee table book in 2010. This year, we published a new version, by local photographer and writer Andrew Hempstead. With a different set of photos and captions, it's designed as a souvenir of the Canadian Rockies,...
Abee to Zama City: Alberta’s bestselling book for December 2024
Our newest book, Abee to Zama City has only been on bookshelves for a couple of months, but quickly climbed the Alberta bestsellers list and was ranked as the No. bestselling book by ancharts and bestselling book by an Alberta publisher in December 2024 Following up...
Abee to Zama City media coverage
Author Harry Sanders has been leading the charge with media appearances promoting Abee to Zama City. In the last couple of days, these include: a nine-minute prime-time appearance on Calgary's CTV News. Click here for the clip. an eight-minute interview with Jessica...
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2024
This upcoming weekend (November 1-3, 2024) is the Banff Mountain Film Festival, hosted at the Banff Centre. Summerthought Publishing will have a booth at the festival trade show and as in past years, we look forward to displaying our books and chatting to interested...
New Book about Alberta place names: Abee to Zama City
Abee to Zama City is our newest book, which was released in October 2024. This book about Alberta place names explores the fascinating history behind the names of cities, towns, villages, and hamlets through the eyes of renowned author and historian Harry Sanders. The...
Alberta’s bestselling books: September 2024
Following up from an earlier post here about the bestselling books by Alberta publishers in 2023, in September 2024, this same list was again topped by a Summerthought book. Coming in at No. 5 in all of 2023, Canadian Animals for Kids jumped to No. 1 in September...
Alberta’s bestselling books: August 2024
We love seeing Summerthought books make the monthly list of bestselling books by Alberta publishers at Alberta independent bookstores. Alberta has over 30 book publishers, so making the list with a single title is an achievement in itself. But the August 2024 list was...