Canadian Store (CAD)
You are currently shopping in our Canadian store. For orders outside of Canada, please switch to our international store. International and US orders are billed in US dollars.
In honor of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812
British Generals in the War of 1812: High Command in the CanadasBy Wesley B. Turner
The Canadian people have faced crises of leadership, but never more seriously than during the War of 1812. Despite the many studies of this … Read More >
The following is excerpted from Crass Struggle by R.T. Naylor. A critique of the lifestyles of today's ultra rich bolstered by old-fashioned muckraking, Crass Struggle provides a sharp, original, and often humorous commentary on "the bad side of the good life, the underbelly of the potbelly."
At … Read More >
The recently released Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Volume 2 by David A. Wilson is a compelling and comprehensive biography of Thomas D'Arcy McGee's political career in Canada.
Psychologically, McGee was on the run when he arrived in Montreal in 1857. After escaping from Ireland as a failed revolutionary in … Read More >
Donald Winkler has been nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for his translation, from French to English, Partita for Glenn Gould by Georges Leroux.
Partita for Glenn Gould is an eloquent tribute to the artist that illuminates his versatile genius, his thinking, and our … Read More >
You Don't Like the Truth is a newly released documentary based on security camera footage from the Guantánamo Bay prison.
According to The Guardian's review, the film "raises a series of deeply troubling questions. Firstly, it asks, why did … Read More >
What you may have missed this week at the MQUP
Five Questions with Maria Meindl
Video of Maria Meindl reading from Outside the Box
Exclusively for our Facebook fans – the full length video of Maria Meindl's Outside the Box book launch
The Vaniers: heroes, leaders and, perhaps, … Read More >
The QWF has announced its 2011 literary award finalists. Every year, the federation honours excellence in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, first book, translation and children’s and young adult literature.
Among the finalists:
Donald Winkler is nominated for the Cole Foundation Prize for his translation … Read More >
Excerpted from The Globe and Mail’s review of Mary Frances Coady’s Georges and Pauline Vanier: Portrait of a Couple.
There have been 11 Canadian-born governors-general since 1952. Of these, Georges Vanier holds a very special place, partly because he was the first francophone to hold this high office, but also because of his spectacular courage and … Read More >
Maria Meindl reading from Outside the Box, during her book launch at Toronto’s Dorah Keough pub. Outside the Box: The Life and Legacy of Writer Mona Gould, the Grandmother I Thought I Knew is a moving portrait of a Canadian writer and broadcaster that raises questions about how we shape and are shaped … Read More >