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Thomas H. Naylor recently wrote a glowing review of R.T. Naylor's (no relation) Crass Struggle: Greed, Glitz, and Gluttony in a Wanna-Have World for Counterpunch:
"Although I can claim no kinship with McGill University Professor R. T. (Thomas) Naylor, whom … Read More >
Alessandro Nova, author of The Book of the Wind: The Representation of the Invisible was recently interviewed by Marck Lynch on Inquiry. The audio file is available for download on WICN's web site.
The wind – a natural phenomenon both salutary and injurious – … Read More >
A letter to the editor by Dr Killinger was published in today's Globe and Mail –
Entitlement
I have noted that none of the recent articles in The Globe and Mail relating to … Read More >
In Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune, Roderick and Sharon Stewart present a nuanced and intriguing account of an extraordinary Canadian surgeon, artist, and writer.
The Montreal Gazette recently reviewed Phoenix:
"Phoenix is a finely balanced biography – likely to stand as the definitive account of … Read More >
Gregory McCormick, Director of English Programming for the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, admires the works of Hugh MacLennan.
I was thrilled to see McGill-Queen’s Press re-releasing some of Hugh MacLennan’s most well-known books the last couple of years. MacLennan, though his reputation has somewhat dimmed since the height of his … Read More >
What you may have missed this week at the MQUP…
There's still time to enter our Crass Struggle contest
Our new Fall 2011 catalogue is out
An excerpt of The Fundamental Things Apply
Glenn Goluska receives a lifetime … Read More >
For more than a century, the vast lands of Northern Ontario have been shared among the governments of Canada, Ontario, and the First Nations who signed Treaty No. 9 in 1905. For just as long, details about the signing of the constitutionally recognized agreement have been known … Read More >
Glenn Goluska has been awarded the Robert R. Reid Award and Medal for lifetime achievement in book arts by Vancouver’s Alcuin Society.
Goluska is a book designer, typographer, and letterpress printer who has designed more than a few books for McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Among them:
by Zbigniew Stachniak
In May 1973, Micro Computer Machines, a Toronto-based electronics company, gave a public demonstration of a small computer called the MCM/70. Powered by a microprocessor and operated with APL, a sophisticated programming language, the MCM/70 was positioned to be a practical, … Read More >
Roy MacLaren – student of literature and history, sailor, diplomat, businessman, writer, politician, and cabinet minister – has led a good life, and an interesting one, sometimes as a witness, often as an actor. In The Fundamental Things Apply, MacLaren recounts the details of his varied life and career … Read More >