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McGill-Queen’s University Press is very pleased to announce that Erin Rolfs will join MQUP as Marketing Director this Fall. In announcing the decision Philip Cercone said, “I am delighted that Erin has accepted the position to be our Marketing Director at a crucial time in the Press’s history. She has the vision, knowhow, and energy … Read More >

John Stewart, director of policy and research at the Canadian Nuclear Association, spent twenty years as an economist and manager inside the US embassy in Ottawa. His latest book, Strangers with Memories: The United States and Canada from Free Trade to Baghdad, describes the apogee and decline of Canada’s relationship with the … Read More >

In the post below, M. Ann Hall elaborates on the writing and research process behind her new book, Muscle on Wheels: Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America. 

MQUP author Douglas Hunter delves into the subject of his latest book, Beardmore: The Viking Hoax That Rewrote History. The book offers an unparalleled view inside a major museum scandal to show how power can be exercised across professional networks and hamper efforts to arrive at the truth. Hunter holds a PhD … Read More >

We’ve selected Michel Anctil’s Luminous Creatures: The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms as the August Book of the Month. For those unfamiliar with the program, MQUP offers 30% off a new or best selling book each month. Simply add the book to your shopping cart on our website and … Read More >

On 5 July 1911 Lucy Maud Montgomery married Ewen MacDonald in Park Corner, Prince Edward Island. Inspired by this anniversary, we are revisiting four titles that situate her writing in connection with either place, nature, or war.

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Although these groups share many similarities, they each have their own distinct heritage, language, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs. That is … Read More >

As a lead up to National Indigenous Peoples Day, we’ve compiled a reading list to add to the celebration of the unique heritage and diverse cultures of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws: Yerí7 re Stsq’ey’s-kucw
By Marianne Ignace and Ronald E Ignace
Foreword by Bonnie Leonard

An exemplary work … Read More >

The following introduction and video was originally published by Concordia University. 

On 11 June 2018, Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild was awarded a 2018 Concordia Honorary Doctorate. In his closing, he challenges the Falculty of Arts and Science graduates to read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, urging them to “pick one that … Read More >

“We disrupted a conference about May 68 … telling speakers: ‘“You commemorate, we start again.”’

Valerie Costa-Kostritsky, a journalist based in London and Moscow, has written for the LRB Blog on the student protests that escalated this May during a commemoration of the protests of May 1968. Costa-Kostritsky outlines in detail the progression of the … Read More >