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With special screenings from 8-9 PM:

We are Young (1967) by Francis Thompson and Alexander Hammid, 6 screen film digitally reconstituted by Library and Archives Canada
Canada is my Piano (1967) by George Dunning, 3 screen animation digitally reconstituted by Library and Archives Canada
By the Time We Got to Expo (2015) A NEW FILM by Philip … Read More >

We’re having a launch for The Stained Glass of the Hosmer Collection next Friday, January 30th, in the McGill School of Architecture. Hope to see you there! Event details >

A detailed look at one of the most impressive collections of pre-modern stained glass roundels in North America, right on McGill campus.

The first book-length treatment … Read More >

Next Tuesday, January 27, 8:00 PM

Dilys Leman will be a featured speaker at the Ottawa Tree Reading Series with author rob mclennan, reading from her first full-length collection of poetry, THE WINTER COUNT.

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About THE WINTER COUNT:

Although relatively few First Nations joined the 1885 Métis insurgence, the Canadian … Read More >

Christopher Risso-Gill’s Routines and Orgies is the biography of value investor Peter Cundill – marathon runner, world-traveler, philosopher, cultural enthusiast, and playboy. 

Supported by four decades of Cundill’s meticulously kept daily journals, which are intimate, frank, self-admonishing, and confessional, the biography all aspects of what Cundill referred to as his “wonderful life” – commercial, artistic, romantic, … Read More >

In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century. After the termination of the East India Company’s monopoly in the tea trade, Jardine, Matheson & Company’s aggressive marketing strategies concentrated on the export of teas and the import of opium, … Read More >

Join us next Wednesday for a book launch at Cinémathèque Québécoise for

INSIDE THE HISTORICAL FILM
By Bruno Ramirez

5:30 PM – cocktail and book signing
7:30 PM – lecture and screening

From cinema’s beginnings filmmakers have turned to the past for their stories, so much so that in many ways our historical culture is shaped more … Read More >

The MLA (Modern Language Association) 2015 Convention kicks off tomorrow in Vancouver! We’ll be at the Booth 519 and 521 with our ACP colleagues, so be sure to stop by and have a look at our featured titles on language and literature. 

Speaking of which..

Michael Saenger’s INTERLINGUICITY, INTERNATIONALITY, AND SHAKESPEARE is a new collection of essays … Read More >

Join us next Wednesday, January 14th at 5:00 PM, to celebrate the launch of

The Herbal of al-Ghāfiqī: A Facsimile Edition with Critical Essays 

Edited by F. Jamil Ragep (Director of McGill’s Institute for Islamic Studies) and Faith Wallis (McGill, History and Classical Studies/Social Studies of Medicine)

This event will be held at McGill’s newly re-opened Osler … Read More >

Congratulations to our authors, Robert Mellin and Richard W. Pound, on their recent appointments to the Order of Canada.

Robert Mellin, an associate professor in Architecture at McGill University, was named a Member of the Order, “notably for his contributions to preserving Newfoundland’s architectural heritage and for his publications that have made modern architecture more … Read More >

‘Tis the season for curling up with a good read, a cup of tea, and a treat. And here at MQUP we are already getting into the festive spirit! We came up with a few non-fiction & poetry ideas that are good enough to eat.

Here’s a sample (you can find the rest on our Tumblr):

Check … Read More >