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McGill-Queen’s University Press’ collection of news on university publishing, reviews, author events and interviews.
New Releases: September 2025 »
MQUP is excited to announce 8 new books out this month, and 4 titles out in paperback! Discover our new additions to the Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series, McGill-Queen’s Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Series, McGill-Queen’s Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies Series, and the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series.
By Robin Durnford
In … Read More >
Winter 2026 Catalogue »
We are pleased to officially announce our Winter 2026 catalogue!
Download the PDF and read at your leisure, or view all of the forthcoming titles on our website.
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Featured titles
Toronto Edwardian
Frank Darling, Architect of Canada’s Imperial Age
By David Winterton
Frank Darling gained prominence as the principal of Darling & Pearson Architects, designing a plethora … Read More >
Spires and Towers in St. Andrews, New Brunswick by Ross A. Eaman »
Architecture as Communication: A Medium Like No Other is an exploration of how architecture communicates meaning in people’s daily lives. Architecture, according to Ross Eaman, encompasses the multiplicity of communication as human interaction, preparing people for what they are about to encounter, signalling how they should act, and selectively enabling them to perform their expected … Read More >
Labour Day 2025 »
For the Labour Day weekend, we have compiled a list of recommended books, highlighting stories from healthcare workers, educators, agricultural workers, and more.
Harvesting Labour
Tobacco and the Global Making of Canada’s Agricultural Workforce
By Edward Dunsworth
A growing share of Canada’s agricultural workforce is composed of temporary foreign workers from the Global South who work difficult and … Read More >
The Right to Research: Excerpt »
The Right to Research: Historical Narratives by Refugee and Global South Researchers offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear.
The Right to Research is part of the McGill-Queen’s Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Series, … Read More >
New Releases: August 2025 »
MQUP is excited to announce five new books this month! We have new additions to the McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History Series, McGill-Queen’s Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies Series, McGill-Queen’s Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies Series, and McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Ideas Series.
New Releases: July 2025 »
MQUP is excited to announce five new books this month! We have new additions to the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series, McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History Series, McGill-Queen’s Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Series, and Queer Film Classics!
A History of Photography in Canada, Volume 1
Anticipation … Read More >
Before We Disappear into Oblivion by Nina Bogdan »
The October 1917 Russian Revolution and the subsequent Civil War triggered a mass exodus from Russia to the American west coast. Before We Disappear into Oblivion: San Francisco’s Russian Diaspora from Revolution to Cold War by Nina Bogdan examines the efforts of newly arrived Russians in San Francisco as they built communities and negotiated their acculturation … Read More >
On Press for A History of Photography in Canada by Martha Langford »
From early reports of the invention to its wide application during World War I, photography created anticipation and participation in the modern world. A History of Photography in Canada, Volume 1: Anticipation to Participation, 1839–1918 by Martha Langford captures this phenomenon by looking at hundreds of early photographs and by listening to the chords they struck in the … Read More >
Beginning to See the Jesuit Relations Differently by Micah True »
The Jesuit “Relations:” A Biography by Micah True explores the intricate relationships between the published Relations and the many other texts written in New France, revealing a rich picture of a historical source that has shaped public understanding of colonial North America.
In the piece below, Micah True gives us some fascinating backstory about the writing … Read More >
