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Midlife

Released: April 19, 2021

Sharp, moving, and uniquely Canadian, Midlife is a book about reaching middle age in 2021, by 27 friends who met at the Gateway, the student newspaper at the University of Alberta. Written and published in four months, it sold over 1,200 copies to readers across Canada and the world.

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A book about all the wonderful, sad, scary,
and weird things that happen in midlife.

Written and published during COVID quarantine, Midlife features the collected works of former members of the Gateway, the student newspaper at the University of Alberta. Editors Sarah Chan and Jhenifer Pabillano brought together this crew of 27 writers and creators from the late 1990s/early 2000s (13 women, 14 men), to explore how navigating midlife in 2021 isn’t as straightforward as anyone imagined.

Featuring a stunning cover illustration by Raymond Biesinger, the book has five sections:

GROWTH

Works on self-discovery, relationships, and careers that delve into the truths we have come to accept about ourselves (at least as far as we can tell right now).

PATHS

Explorations of work life, health, and ambition. Dive into the questions of, where am I going? What path did my life take, and where can it go from here? Read an excerpt. 

ILLUSION

Revelations from unexpected (and “expected”) life experiences. What did I believe when I was younger? What do I know now? Read an excerpt.

TIME

Reflections on the movement of time in our lives, from the loss of the VHS video format, to questions about death and aging. What are we bearing witness to? How are we changed?

SURPRISE

Don’t tell anyone: there’s a secret section in the middle of the book!

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