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What you may have missed this week at the MQUP…
A Gentleman of Pleasure public lecture
National Post review of A Gentleman of Pleasure
Do you know John Glassco?
MQUP presents an excerpt from Singing from the Darktime
Tom Flanagan's Playbook for Ultimate Harper … Read More >
To close poetry month, MQUP presents an excerpt from Singing from the Darktime by S. Weilbach, a compelling picture of a rural childhood in Germany at a time when the world was about to change.
By 1937 Hitler's power was beginning to penetrate the peaceful agricultural village in the Rhine Valley where … Read More >
The first biography of Canada’s most enigmatic literary figure, a self-described “great practitioner of deceit.”
John Glassco (1909-1981) holds a unique position in Canadian letters and a somewhat notorious reputation throughout the world. He is best known for his Memoirs of Montparnasse, … Read More >
McGill University recently hosted a public lecture about A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer by Brian Busby.
Adrian King-Edwards introduced the event’s speakers; King-Edwards is the owner of The Word Bookstore, a Montreal fixture and John Glassco haunt.
Along with Brian Busby, … Read More >
The Tyee reviews Tom Flanagan's Harper's Team, an insider's account of the four campaigns that made Stephen Harper prime minister of Canada.
As a full-time professor and part-time dabbler in Reform politics, Flanagan clearly saw Reform as a vehicle for Hayekian changes. His … Read More >
Co-author of Mobilizing the Will to Intervene, Kyle Matthews, will be taking part in a panel discussion on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Mass Atrocities
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 7:00pmAlumni AuditoriumUniversity of Ottawa
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Other … Read More >
James Gannon is a Toronto lawyer with an interest in intellectual property laws. He recently blogged about his thoughts on the issue of copyright:
I was wrong.
After years of reading intellectual property law blogs from some of the greatest legal minds, I’m finally ready to admit that I was wrong. The fight against illegal copying is … Read More >
Listen to Blindfold discussion and excerpts on RCI.
Blindfold is written by poet John Asfour. Blinded by a grenade in Lebanon as a teenager, Asfour came to Canada armed with James Joyce’s words, “For the eyes, they bring us nothing. I have a hundred worlds … Read More >
The Globe & Mail has run an editorial by author of A Secret Trial, William Kaplan:
Five questions. That’s right. The Prime Minister has told journalists travelling on his campaign tour that he will only answer five questions a day.
On the last day of March, reporters in Halifax – standing … Read More >
An original and cutting commentary on the bad side of the good life.
Why do those who are extremely well off spend their money in socially and environmentally damaging ways? How do crooks, con artists, and counterfeiters function in the hypercharged markets catering to … Read More >