Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest and Promotion

THE EVENT

We are excited to announce that McGill-Queen’s University Press will be participating in this year’s Read Quebec: Holiday Book Fest!

The Read Quebec Holiday Book Fest consists of a series of online events for all ages, featuring and celebrating English-language Quebec books, authors, and translators. It is a reimagining of the annual Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair hosted by AELAQ and the Quebec Writers’ Federation – all in a new online format. These free events and activities will be taking place from 25-29 November 2020 and are fully open to the public.

THE PROMOTION: 20% OFF + FREE SHIPPING

Additionally, MQUP will feature five titles during this year’s Holiday Book Fest. From 23-30 November 2020 you can purchase the below books through our website at 20% discount with free shipping! Just use the discount code MQRQ at checkout. This offer is valid for all customers. It cannot be combined with any other discounts.

Fighting for a Hand to Hold

Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada

by Samir Shaheen-Hussain

Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment’s role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Shaheen-Hussain meticulously connects the draconian medevac practice with often-disregarded crimes and medical violence inflicted specifically on Indigenous children.

Professional Heckler

The Life and Art of Duncan Macpherson

by Terry Mosher

Professional Heckler is the first biography of one of the most influential editorial cartoonists in recent Canadian history, Duncan Macpherson. With humour and affection, Terry Mosher provides remarkable insights into the artist’s character, style, influences, personal foibles, and way of working.

rushes from the river disappointment

by stephanie roberts

This meditative, musically attentive collection explores the confounding nature of intimate relationships. In poems that affirm love and desire as treasures fought for more than just felt, rushes from the river disappointment turns an unblinking gaze on the failures of courage that distance us from love.

Jean Paul Riopelle and the Automatiste Movement

by François-Marc Gagnon, translated by Donald Winkler

In this fascinating history, François-Marc Gagnon provides a revealing reading of Jean Paul Riopelle’s artistic method through the enduring influence of a short and intense involvement with the Automatiste movement. Engaging and clear, this book stands out for its originality, integrity, and profound insight into the work and milieu of the artist that André Breton called “the peerless trapper.”

Plants, People, and Places

The Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights in Canada and Beyond

edited by Nancy J. Turner

A timely book featuring Indigenous perspectives on reconciliation, environmental sustainability, and pathways toward ethnoecological restoration, Plants, People, and Places reveals how much there is to learn from the history of human relationships with nature.