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The following is excerpted from The Irish Times review of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Volume 2: The Extreme Moderate, 1857-1868.
McGee was born in Carlingford, Co Louth, in 1825. He emigrated at 17, was offered a job with the Boston Pilot and became editor within … Read More >
Congratulations to Carl S, who won our Mike Babcock prize pack!
Carl's favourite part of the Team Canada credo is That we know 33 million Canadians will attend every game.
"That's the way it has always been since 1972 when my entire school shut … Read More >
The exhibit, “Enemy Aliens”: The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada, 1940-1943, will be at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre until June 2013. It will then travel to museums across Canada.
The exhibit uses Blatant Injustice: The Story of a Jewish Refugee from Nazi Germany Imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World … Read More >
MQUP author Maria Meindl is the 2011 recipent of the Alison Prentice Award for Outside the Box: The Life and Legacy of Writer Mona Gould, The Grandmother I Thought I Knew. The Award recognizes the best book published in the past three years on Ontario women's history.
"Maria Meindl’s book is both … Read More >
The following is excerpted from an article on Omar Khadr, Oh Canada in Vue Weekly:
The anticipated return of Omar Khadr to Canada brings with it the heated debate over his innocence and treatment by the Canadian government. The case of the Canadian citizen who has been … Read More >
MQUP author David Wilson will join the St Patrick's Society of Montreal tonight to revisit a historic Irish Canadian concern: in 1867 Father of Confederation Thomas D'Arcy McGee was expelled from the Society for his ardent criticism of the Fenian revolutionary movement.* Wilson will take up D'Arcy McGee's defense, calling for his posthumous reinstatement. Society … Read More >
Hockey fans and book lovers alike crowded McNally Robinson Bookseller's in Saskatoon on Father's Day for an exclusive author appearance by hometown hero Mike Babcock. Hundreds of readers eager to meet the Olympic hockey coaching star lined up to have copies of Leave No Doubt signed – but Coach Babcock still managed to take … Read More >
What you may have missed this week at MQUP
Win a Leave No Doubt prize package
Janice Williamson and Omar Khadr, Oh Canada
Mike Babcock Book Signing
Reading Stan Persky Reading the 21st Century
What comes to mind when you think of Virginia Woolf or D.H. Lawrence?
What else?
The following is excerpted from the Doonescafe review of Stan Persky's Reading the 21st Century:
I’ve reprised in detail the content of Reading’s first four chapters to give a sense of my engagement with the text and to convey something of the flavour of Persky’s style and approach to reading and writing … Read More >
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Canadian men's gold medal victory in Vancouver, Leave No Doubt provides an inspiring roadmap for achieving goals and fulfilling dreams. This is not just a book about hockey but a book about life, rooted in coach Mike Babcock's "Leave … Read More >