The turn of the new year marks a gradual emergence from seclusion for me, with the launch of a new book in the Fall to look forward to. Calgary-bound friends and colleagues: get in touch! I'd be up for a visit and maybe even some mountain guiding.

Special delivery today of five copies of the Korean translation of my book, Memory Speaks.

This week I tried to get back into writing for the first time since the death of my husband, and I'm struck how writing through grief is so similar to writing after a concussion—the brain has been walloped, and I'm going to need to pace myself.

Canadian #Languagescientist and #writer @juliesedivy moved to #Montreal as a child and reflects on her own and the #identities that they are part of, in this conversation with Valeria Maltoni. Watch the episode here: buff.ly/3hLbHMV

#language #linguistics #bilingual

Lovely to see this piece about my brilliant co-editor Rona Altrows.

@juliesedivy explains how a #bilingual person tends to feel membership in different groups and will resist the oversimplification of #identity that is plaguing society right now. Could the antidote to #politicalpolarization be more people using Duolingo? buff.ly/3hLbHMV

I mourn the passing of my dear friend Samuel LeBaron, author of the extraordinary book Ordinary Deaths, and am immensely grateful to have known him and worked with him on his gorgeous book.

A blog post on his death from the University of Alberta Press:
sites.library.ualberta.ca/ualbertapressb…

Join us Sept. 17 for #ABCultureDays ! We'll be hosting a full day of online events!

Feat: Gabe Calderón, Julie Sedivy, David A. Robertson, Doretta Lau, Dr. Adriana Oniță, @Dallas_Hunt, & FriesenPress

Find out more: writersguild.ca/alberta-cultur…

A change of plans regarding my workshop for Alberta Culture Days: this event will be online rather than in-person. This means that people from outside of Edmonton are able to join. Registration link is below (it's a free event):

writersguild.ca/alberta-cultur…

'You don’t need to be an academic linguaphile—or even an everyday Wordle enthusiast—to reap rewards from this provocative book...Memory Speaks is a gift that invites attention.'

A wonderful review of Julie Sedivy's Memory Speaks in @AlbertaViewsMag

Harvard University Press

I'll be in Edmonton on Sept. 17 for a workshop exploring how all our languages shape who we are as writers. This session will be relevant to multilingual writers, writing teachers, and anyone curious about the multilingual mind and the creative process. writersguild.ca/alberta-cultur…

'A graceful blend of personal memoir with the author’s scholarly field of psycholinguistics.'

Christine Wiesenthal reviews Julie Sedivy's new book,
Memory Speaks, in the September issue.

#BookReview #memoir #language

albertaviews.ca/memory-speaks/

It may seem odd to say this, but some of my happiest moments this year were spent helping Samuel LeBaron launch his beautiful book about death. If you missed the launch, you can watch the recording here.

What a feeling to have just sent off my next book manuscript to my editor—a collection of essays on the things that make us human: language, love, mortality. Written through an especially difficult period, it feels like a real triumph to have been able to make this one.

Join us Sept. 17 for #ABCultureDays ! We'll be hosting a full day of events in person at epldotca Highlands and online.

Feat: Gabe Calderón, Julie Sedivy, David A. Robertson, Doretta Lau, Dr. Adriana Oniță, @Dallas_Hunt, FriesenPress

Find out more: writersguild.ca/alberta-cultur…

Calgary people—come air out your political disagreements (we promise, no black eyes!). Our How Can You Think That?! book club is back to in-person meetings the last Sat. of each month. The first reading: Neglected No More by André Picard

shelflifebooks.ca/events-2/#even…

Tonight! Join us for the online launch of ORDINARY DEATHS: STORIES FROM MEMORY to hear author Samuel LeBaron and editor and writer Julie Sedivy in conversation. All are welcome.

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Julie Sedivy shelflifeyyc #events

Thu Aug 18 at 7 pm MT, Free Zoom event:
Samuel LeBaron, author of ORDINARY DEATHS: STORIES FROM MEMORY, in conversation with Julie Sedivy, author and editor.
A virtual book launch with UAlberta Press & Shelf Life Books

Zoom registration link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…