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Congratulations to Mary Anne Poutanen for winning the Prix Lionel-Groulx 2016 for her book Beyond Brutal Passions: Prostitution in Early Nineteenth-Century Montreal. Awarded by the Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française, the prize recognizes the best scholarly book on the history of French America. Mary Anne joins MQUP author Brian Young, whose book Patrician Families and the … Read More >
Rita Bode and Lesley D. Clement’s L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valleys was reviewed in last week’s Times Literary Supplement! The full review appears on page 9 of the print issue, and is also accessible online for TLS subscribers.
Here is a brief excerpt from Faye Hammill’s review:
Not of Green Gables
FAYE HAMMILL
Each year, hundreds of … Read More >
For Immediate Release – Montreal – September 27, 2016
New book uses evidence-based approach to assess the former prime minister’s policy legacy.
THE HARPER FACTOR
Assessing a Prime Minister’s Policy Legacy
Edited by
Jennifer Ditchburn
and Graham Fox
Book Launch:
26 October 2016, 5:30pm – 7:00 pm
@ The Métropolitain Brasserie & Restaurant
700 Sussex Dr. Ottawa, Ontario
Tel – (613) 562 1160
Publication Date: 19 October 2016
A … Read More >
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MONTREAL – 12 SEPTEMBER 2016
Sir John Franklin’s long-lost ship, the HMS Terror, has been found in pristine condition at the bottom of of Terror Bay, King William Island, in the Arctic. On Sunday, a team from the charitable Arctic Research Foundation manoeuvred a small, remotely operated vehicle through an open … Read More >
Fresh off the press, new release “Smitten by Giraffe, My Life as a Citizen Scientist” by Anne Innis Dagg, has received its first major review! The following in an excerpt taken from the review that recently appeared in Publishers Weekly.
“In this plainspoken memoir, Canadian zoologist Dagg (Giraffe: Biology, Behavior and Conservation) chronicles … Read More >
For Immediate Release – Montreal – August 24, 2016
McGill-Queen’s University Press is pleased to announce that it will assume worldwide responsibility for sales, marketing, and distribution of CIGI Press, the book publishing arm of the Centre for International Governance Innovation based in Waterloo, Ontario. This change is effective immediately. CIGI Press previously handled … Read More >
Russell Potter’s new release Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search was recently reviewed by Publishers Weekly.
Here is an excerpt from the review:
“With ambitious scope and profound depth, Potter (Arctic Spectacles) deftly demonstrates that truth can indeed be stranger and more fascinating than fiction. The book chronicles the ill-fated attempt … Read More >
It has been a busy past few months on the awards scene for MQUP. Here’s a little round-up of some of the more recent prizes awarded to our authors. CONGRATULATIONS to all the authors, from all of us at MQUP!
2016 Outstanding Scholarship Prize
Award by the Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes association
WINNER:
Gada … Read More >
Congratulations to Stephen Henighan on being awarded the Canadian Association of Hispanists’ Award for best book published between 2013-2016! The award was given in recognition of Stephen Henighan’s exemplary work on Sandino’s Nation.
Sandino’s Nation
Ernesto Cardenal and Sergio Ramírez Writing Nicaragua, 1940-2012
By Stephen Henighan
How two of Latin America’s greatest writers dramatized … Read More >
Thank you to everyone who participated in our #CirqueGlobal contest! The contest is now closed. We are very pleased to announce the following winners to our contest:
Grand Prize
– Two tickets to the Montreal LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil show AND a paperback copy of Louis Patrick Leroux and Charles R. Batson’s new book, Cirque Global.
Grand … Read More >