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Come out to Bibliophile this Sunday to meet author Elizabeth Wajnberg for her book signing of Sheymes.
See you there!
READ: Elizabeth Wajnberg’s guest blog post on the title of her book, Sheymes
About Sheymes:
The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Elizabeth Wajnberg was … Read More >
Monday, February 23
1:30 PM
Frank Mackey, author of Done with Slavery and Black Then, is giving a lecture at the Château Ramezay as part of Black History Month.
From the Château Ramezay website:
Now You See Them, Now You Dont: Looking into the distant past of Blacks in Quebec, we sometimes see them where they never were in the … Read More >
Toronto Reference Library
(Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium)
February 12th
7:00 – 8:15 PM
As part of Black History Month and the eh List Author Series, MQUP author and Giller Prize jury member Cecil Foster will be speaking with Donna Bailey Nurse about his life and latest books, Genuine Multiculturalism and Independence (Harper Collins).
Read Cecil’s guest post on our blog: Who owns a country?
About … Read More >
We’ll be at the International Studies Association’s 56th Annual Convention in New Orleans!
February 18-21, 2015
MQUP Booth 416
Come say hi to the lucky Editor attending, Jacqueline Mason, and check out our sweet deals on books.
About this year’s ISA conference:
International Relations (IR), once termed by Stanley Hoffmann as an “American social science,” is gaining … Read More >
With special screenings from 8-9 PM:
We are Young (1967) by Francis Thompson and Alexander Hammid, 6 screen film digitally reconstituted by Library and Archives Canada
Canada is my Piano (1967) by George Dunning, 3 screen animation digitally reconstituted by Library and Archives Canada
By the Time We Got to Expo (2015) A NEW FILM by Philip … Read More >
We’re having a launch for The Stained Glass of the Hosmer Collection next Friday, January 30th, in the McGill School of Architecture. Hope to see you there! Event details >
A detailed look at one of the most impressive collections of pre-modern stained glass roundels in North America, right on McGill campus.
The first book-length treatment … Read More >
Next Tuesday, January 27, 8:00 PM
Dilys Leman will be a featured speaker at the Ottawa Tree Reading Series with author rob mclennan, reading from her first full-length collection of poetry, THE WINTER COUNT.
About THE WINTER COUNT:
Although relatively few First Nations joined the 1885 Métis insurgence, the Canadian … Read More >
Join us next Wednesday for a book launch at Cinémathèque Québécoise for
INSIDE THE HISTORICAL FILM
By Bruno Ramirez
5:30 PM – cocktail and book signing
7:30 PM – lecture and screening
From cinema’s beginnings filmmakers have turned to the past for their stories, so much so that in many ways our historical culture is shaped more … Read More >
Join us next Wednesday, January 14th at 5:00 PM, to celebrate the launch of
The Herbal of al-Ghāfiqī: A Facsimile Edition with Critical Essays
Edited by F. Jamil Ragep (Director of McGill’s Institute for Islamic Studies) and Faith Wallis (McGill, History and Classical Studies/Social Studies of Medicine)
This event will be held at McGill’s newly re-opened Osler … Read More >
‘Tis the season for curling up with a good read, a cup of tea, and a treat. And here at MQUP we are already getting into the festive spirit! We came up with a few non-fiction & poetry ideas that are good enough to eat.
Here’s a sample (you can find the rest on our Tumblr):