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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 >
This past June, Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Dr. Marie Wilson delivered the keynote at the Annual General Meeting for the Association of Canadian Publishers. In her keynote she shared her reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and provided some suggestions with publishers about how they might advance reconciliation through their work.
Dr. Wilson was kind … Read More >
Russell A. Potter’s new book Finding Franklin, was recently reviewed by the National Post. The review came out just days before the discovery of the HMS Terror which has since fuelled Franklin fever in the news and with Franklin enthusiasts around the world!
Below is an excerpt from the review.
In this week’s issue of the Times Literary Supplement, Jonathan Dore reviews Russell A. Potter’s new book “Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search“. It’s a great, detailed review, which also takes a moment to discuss why those on the legendary Franklin expedition should be remembered more in their homeland.
Below is an excerpt from the … Read More >
In light of the exciting news this week of the discovery of the HMS Terror, we thought we would put together a reading list for Franklin enthusiasts, as well as for those looking to learn more about this famous expedition and the mystery surrounding its disappearance. The reading list is quite varied and includes two brand … Read More >
Ron Williams’ Landscape Architecture in Canada was recently reviewed in the August 2016 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine!
Below is an excerpt from Jennifer Reut’s review along with a link to a PDF containing the full review.
“The most humbling thing about Ron Williams’s achievement in his book Landscape Architecture in Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014) … Read More >
Congratulations to Hugh Grant on being awarded the Ontario Historical Society‘s 2015 Donald Grant Creighton Award for W.A. Mackintosh: The Life of a Canadian Economist. The Creighton Award recognizes the best book of biography or autobiography highlighting life in Ontario, past or present, published in the past three years.
Congratulations to Amélie Bourbeau on winning the 2016 Clio prize (Québec) for Techniciens de l’organisation sociale. La réorganisation de l’assistance catholique privée à Montréal (1930-1974)!
The annual Clio awards are given for meritorious publications or for exceptional contributions by individuals or organizations to regional history, and are awarded by the Canadian Historical Association.
We are very pleased to announce that Robert C.H. Sweeny, author of Why Did We Choose to Industrialize?: Montreal, 1819-1849 has won the 2016 Sir John A. Macdonald prize!
The prize, which is awarded annually by the Canadian Historical Association, goes to the best scholarly book in Canadian history (non-fiction) which is judged … Read More >
Congratulations to Winfried Siemerling, author of The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the Past for winning the 2015 Gabrielle Roy Prize (English section), from the Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures (ACQL)!
“Winfried Siemerling’s The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the … Read More >