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We are excited to announce that McGill-Queen’s University Press will be participating in this year’s Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest!

The Read Quebec Holiday Book Fest consists of a series of online events for all ages, featuring and celebrating English-language Quebec books, authors, and translators. It is a reimagining of the … Read More >

We are proud to announce that three McGill-Queen’s University Press authors have officially been nominated as finalists for the 2020 QWF Awards!

The Quebec Writer’s Federation (QWF) provides English-language programs, services, opportunities, and community for aspiring, emerging, and established writers and the wider community. QWF plays a prominent role in Quebec’s English-language community as … Read More >

“This is a guide to living with sound, and especially with noise. Not constantly fighting battles against it, not inflicting it on others, not hiding it, or yourself, under more layers of sound. This is about being a listener, whatever else you also are.” Marcia Jenneth Epstein, Sound and Noise

Noise surrounds us … Read More >

For the first time in the long history of the Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed until summer 2021 due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, this was not the only sporting event affected by this year’s pandemic—various leagues, tournaments, and competitions had to adapt to this new reality. … Read More >

Devastating wildfires continue to scorch Western United States, an unprecedented and alarming addition to an already intense year of social, medical, and economic instability. We asked historian and MQUP author Alan MacEachern to reflect on the current disaster in the context of his book, The Miramichi Fire: A History.

On 7 October 1825, a … Read More >

As we adjust to the end of summer and prepare for the beginning of a new school year, McGill-Queen’s University Press is looking forward to exciting events scheduled for the month of September. Featuring new publications from some of our amazing MQUP authors, these virtual events will cover a variety of topics, from the history … Read More >

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, with August 15th 2020 being the 75th Victory Over Japan Day, the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered and brought an end to the war. To commemorate the occasion, we have put together an extensive reading list highlighting the history, the … Read More >

As a press dedicated to publishing work that engages in public debate, current events, politics, contemporary thought, and the arts, McGill-Queen’s University Press is honored to share the many ways in which our book list shapes the world around us. Recent awards and accolades, earned by our authors and publishing partners, demonstrate how MQUP’s mission … Read More >

“Confession is the primary modality of the internet. It is the force that maintained its impetus through the conversion from analogue to digital, and it remains at the centre of people’s interactions within online culture.” Thomas Waugh and Brandon Arroyo, I Confess!

Whether it be social media posts, online comment boards, or even … Read More >

“Notions of private and public are omnipresent in discussions of architecture and cities. Far from being neutral, they are formulated through normative notions of gender – the very same notions that queer thinking seeks to question.” Olivier Vallerand, Unplanned Visitors

For many, being in quarantine has meant having to adjust and redefine our … Read More >