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The selections for the 2019 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show have been announced. Attracting more than 600 submissions overall, MQUP is honoured to have five covers in the Jackets and Covers category. Congratulations to our industrious production team, to the masterful David Drummond (Salamander Hill Design), and to … Read More >
McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP) and University of Toronto Press (UTP) announce that MQUP will be distributed in Canada by UTP’s Distribution division, effective February 1, 2019.
Last shipments of MQUP from Georgetown Terminal Warehouse is Friday, January 18, 2019. UTP will accept returns from January 21, 2019 and will commence shipments February 1, 2019.
Distribution of MQUP’S publishing … Read More >
Remembrance Day 2018 marks the 100th year anniversay of the First World War, as well as “Canada’s Hundred Days.” In honour, we have put together an extensive reading list to honour this year’s commemoration.
NEW TITLES
Safe Haven
The Wartime Letters of Ben Barman and Margaret Penrose, 1940-1943
Edited by Roderick J. Barman
The … Read More >
McGill-Queen’s University Press is very pleased to announce that Erin Rolfs will join MQUP as Marketing Director this Fall. In announcing the decision Philip Cercone said, “I am delighted that Erin has accepted the position to be our Marketing Director at a crucial time in the Press’s history. She has the vision, knowhow, and energy … Read More >
On 5 July 1911 Lucy Maud Montgomery married Ewen MacDonald in Park Corner, Prince Edward Island. Inspired by this anniversary, we are revisiting four titles that situate her writing in connection with either place, nature, or war.
April 26 is this year’s Poem in your Pocket Day. Originally organized by the Acadamy of American Poets, participation simply means carrying a poem in your pocket for the day to share with anyone and everyone, wherever you are! We’ve selected Julie Paul’s ‘Weight of the World’ from her 2017 collection, The Rules of … Read More >
In honour of St. Patrick’s Day, we’ve selected five titles from MQUP’s catalogue of Irish studies. Through analysis, essays, and poetry these books present an array of perspectives on the Irish experience, exploring history, identity, religion, and geography.
A Land of Dreams
Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Irish in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine, 1880-1923
By Patrick Mannion
In … Read More >
As we wrap up 2017 we’re reflecting on the final releases of our Fall 2017 catalogue. However, the following list is not just some of our newest arrivals, but new arrivals in religious studies. From biography to history to philosophy, these titles reflect on prominent figures and thinkers, the female experience, or secularization.
The following is an excerpt from a University of Kent blog Beyond the Spectacle: Native North American Presence in Britain, exploring Cecilia Morgan’s new book Travellers Through Empire: Indigenous Voyages from Early Canada.
On 30 November 1874, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in New London, Prince Edward Island. Best known for her Anne of Green Gables series, the Canadian author had international reach. Together, the following four books explore not just the global impact of her writings, but how much her writings were influenced by her environment and the … Read More >