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Guest Blog: Shakespeare and the World of “Slings & Arrows” by Gary Kuchar »
Slings & Arrows, starring Susan Coyne, Paul Gross, Don McKellar, and Mark McKinney as members of the New Burbage Theatre Festival, was heralded by television critics as one of the best shows ever produced and one of the finest depictions of life in classical theatre. Shakespeare scholars, however, have been ambivalent about the series, at … Read More >
New Releases: October »
This October, we’re thrilled to announce 17 new releases, spanning a diverse range of subjects from Political Science to Film & Television Studies. We have new additions to the History of Ideas series, Indigenous and Northern Studies series, Refugee and Forced Migration Studies series, Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies Series, Studies in Urban Governance series Whether … Read More >
Guest Blog: Restless in Sleep Country by Paul Huebener »
In Restless in Sleep Country, Paul Huebener challenges the conventional view of sleep as a purely personal or biological matter. Instead, he examines it through a cultural lens, revealing how sleep is shaped by societal forces like politics, power, and inequity. By exploring sleep in Canadian and Indigenous contexts, he demonstrates the cultural significance … Read More >
New Releases: September »
MQUP is thrilled to announce 17 new titles this month. Our latest releases span across diverse topics, ranging from Canadian History to Political Science. We have a new addition to the Intoxicating History series, as well as two new poetry titles. Happy reading!
The Adaptable Country
How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century
By … Read More >
Back to School Special »
School is almost back in session! We’ve compiled a list of education studies titles to help you get back in the school spirit. Enjoy a 30% discount on our Education Studies books, with discount code MQED.
By Gabor Csepregi
Gabor Csepregi presents a comprehensive study of the persistent human tendency to bring attitudes of … Read More >
Guest Blog: Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires by Stuart Anderson »
In Pharmacopoeias, Drug Regulation, and Empires: Making Medicines Official in Britain’s Imperial World, 1618-1968, Stuart Anderson explores the many meanings now attached to the word ‘pharmacopoeia’ in scholarly writing. In this guest blog, he describes the origins and background to the book, some of the problems that can arise, and indicates what scholars can do to ameliorate … Read More >
2024 Summer Olympics Reading List »
In the Olympic Spirit yet? In honour of the Paris 2024 Olympics we’ve compiled some book recommendations in sports and leisure studies, Olympics history, and sports history in Canada and beyond.
Beyond the Finish Line
Images, Evidence, and the History of the Photo-Finish
By Jonathan Finn
A fascinating journey through the history of the photo-finish in sports, and … Read More >
The Last of Mary’s Places, by Marilyn Bowering »
Mary MacLeod was a rarity: a female bard in seventeenth-century Scotland. A chronicle of travel through the Scottish Hebrides, More Richly in Earth explores MacLeod’s life and legacy, preserved within landscape and memory. Marilyn Bowering forms an unlikely connection with MacLeod despite differences of culture and language, time and place.
In the piece below, Marilyn Bowering explores … Read More >
CAP to Provide Distribution, Sales, and Marketing Services for McGill-Queen’s University Press »
McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP) is pleased to announce that from 1 September 2024 Combined Academic Publishers (CAP), a division of Mare Nostrum Group, will be responsible for MQUP’s distribution, sales, and marketing operations in the following territories: UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. From this date Mare Nostrum will replace Marston as distributor, and … Read More >
New Releases: July/August »
MQUP is thrilled to introduce four exciting new titles this July and one title this August. Our latest releases span diverse topics, from the rich history of Quebec to Jewish studies. Happy reading!
Friendless or Forsaken?
Child Emigration from Britain to Canada, 1860–1935
By Ruth Lamont, Eloise Moss and Charlotte Wildman
Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of … Read More >
