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McGill-Queen’s University Press is sad to acknowledge the passing of Leo Kolber. In addition to being named to the Senate by Pierre Trudeau and subsequently serving for twenty years, Leo Kolber was an McGill-Queen’s University Press author. In 2006, MQUP published Kolber’s memoir, Leo: A Life, written with L. Ian MacDonald. To honour his … Read More >

We are pleased to officially announce our Spring 2020 catalogue, in both hard-copy and digital form. This season, rather than simply offer the links to the PDF or a few highlights, we strove for something a touch more creative… and sweeter: bookies! What is a bookie, you ask? It has become an MQUP staff tradition at … Read More >

Aside from a wonderful 2012 edition of William Kirby’s Le Chien d’or, McGill-Queen’s University Press has not published many books about the beloved animal that resides in a third of all Canadian homes. Fortunately, our Fall 2019 catalogue returned dogs to the literary spotlight. Three vastly different books employed … Read More >

In The Clean Body: A Modern History, Peter Ward refuses to acknowledge bathing as a perennial, inconsequential routine. The author enthusiastically challenges the banality of the bath, examining the radical and recent shift in common conceptions of health that precipitated the personal hygiene revolution. Rigorously analyzing factors such as soap … Read More >

Matthew Bellamy presents an engaging history of one of Canada’s oldest and most prominent beer companies in his recent release, Brewed in the North: A History of Labatt’s. Carefully investigating the origins of John Kinder Labatt’s brewing operations in London, Ontario, Bellamy goes on to present a thorough and unconventional account of … Read More >

In compiling this list of recent titles, we were stunned by the immense diversity contained within the “Art Book” category. We are thrilled to share works of art, photography, critique, and history that span decades and cross oceans. Featuring books published in collaboration with the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation and the Read More >

In 1969 Queen’s University became a partner by joining the established McGill University Press, and in 1994 it became an equal partner. At the beginning of the joint corporation, the Press was publishing some fifteen titles per year. Twenty-five years into the partnership the yearly output increased to seventy-three titles. And in 2020, when the … Read More >

Effective immediately, McGill-Queen’s University Press will coordinate all sales and marketing efforts in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, and Africa through its satellite staff in the UK. MQUP will continue to distribute its books from Marston Book Services. The list will be represented by an international sales force, led by Marketing and Sales Coordinator … Read More >

October’s MQUP Top 5 is from Alison Rowley, author of Putin Kitsch in America.

An examination of how the Russian president’s image circulates via memes, parodies, apps, and games, Putin Kitsch in America illustrates how technological change has shaped both the kinds of kitsch being produced and the nature of political engagement … Read More >

In honour of 27 September 2019’s momentous World Climate Strike we have compiled a reading list that explores the human-environmental relationship and the resulting challenges we’re currently facing, from an array of perspectives and disciplines.

The Democracy of Suffering
Life on the Edge of Catastrophe, Philosophy in the Anthropocene

By Todd Dufresne

Uncovering … Read More >