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Mona Gleason, author of Small Matters: Canadian Children in Sickness and Health, 1900-1940, was a recent guest blogger on the Society for the History of Children and Youth website. The following is an excerpt from her post.
Perhaps the one concern that binds historians of children and youth together, regardless of national context, time frame, … Read More >
This is the weekly round-up for MQUP news and events.
Lorne Pierce once described his editorial desk as
“an altar at which I serve – the entire cultural life of Canada“
The following excerpt is from Sandra Campbell’s Both Hands: A Life of Lorne Pierce of Ryerson Press.
In the eastern Ontario village of Delta, on gables and eaves atop the rosy brick of the old buildings, sheets of patterned tin siding sold by Edward Pierce’s hardware business still gleam in the sun. The sheeting was … Read More >
The following excerpt is from Peter Swirski’s From Literature to Biterature.
The first general-purpose – Turing-complete, in geekspeak – electronic brain was a behemoth of thirty-plus tons, roughly the same as an eighteen-wheeler truck. With twenty thousand vacuum tubes in its belly, it occupied a room the size of a college gym and consumed two … Read More >
The following excerpt is from The Return of Ancestral Gods: Modern Ukrainian Paganism as an Alternative Vision for a Nation, by Mariya Lesiv.
Modern Western Paganism is an umbrella term for such religions as Wicca, Druidry, Heathenism, Asatru, and the Goddess movement. It is also closely linked to New Age beliefs. Paganism offers alternative worldviews and … Read More >
Robert Chrismas had a great turn-out last week for his launch of Canadian Policing in the 21st Century: A Frontline Officer on Challenges and Changes.
Click here for more photos of the event
Read Robert Chrismas’ blog post here
How can police remain … Read More >
What you may have missed this week at MQUP
Michael Mikulak at Word on the Street in Toronto this Sunday. Don’t miss it.
Interview with Peter Swirski, author of From Literature to Biterature
Word on the Street hits Toronto this Sunday:
Queen’s Park Circle
Sunday, Sept 22
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
This event is Canada’s largest book & magazine festival, celebrating literary talent with author events, presentations, and workshops across the country.
We’re very excited that one of our authors, … Read More >
Peter Swirski, author of From Literature to Biterature, was recently featured on Critical Margins. The following is an excerpt from his interview with Hope Leman.
In recent months, I have been exploring books published by academic presses, and while poking around the website of McGill Queen’s University Press I discovered the … Read More >
The following excerpt is from Shadow Woman: The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton, by Grant Hayter-Menzies.
At least throughout the first three decades of the twentieth century, walled Beijing was, as David Strand points out, one of the few Chinese cities that “looked so traditional and Chinese and at the same time harbored the essentials of modern … Read More >