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We’ve selected Michel Anctil’s Luminous Creatures: The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms as the August Book of the Month. For those unfamiliar with the program, MQUP offers 30% off a new or best selling book each month. Simply add the book to your shopping cart on our website and … Read More >

When Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King died in 1950, the public knew little about his eccentric private life. In his final will King ordered the destruction of his private diaries, seemingly securing his privacy for good. Yet twenty-five years after King’s death, the public was bombarded with stories about “Weird Willie,” the prime minister … Read More >

Today, July 18th, 2017, marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, the famed English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice.  Largely unnoticed as an author during her relatively short lifetime, Jane Austen and her six completed books are now recognized worldwide as some … Read More >

The first week of July marked the hundredth anniversary of the death of Tom Thomson, the renowned 20th-century Canadian artist whose influence was integral to the formation of the Group of Seven. Inventing Tom Thomson: From Biographical Fictions to Fictional Autobiographies and Reproductions (2004) explores Thomson’s impact on Canadian art and … Read More >

Andy Huynh came to Canada as a teenager in the 1980s as one of about 70,000 Indochinese refugees who were granted entry to the country.  The story of his journey, and all of the memories associated with it, recently resurfaced unexpectedly when Huynh spotted a photograph of himself in a CBC article about Canada’s role … Read More >

Editors Nathalie Cooke and Fiona Lucas’s book Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide: Cooking with a Canadian Classic (Spring 2017) has received a wonderful review by Laura Brehaut in the National Post (June 9, 2017).

Management of fire and wool, candle- and soap-making – Catharine Parr Traill’s The Female Emigrant’s Guide is a blueprint for survival in the … Read More >

(PCUH) – The 24th Annual Saskatchewan Book Awards were held April 29, 2017 at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The awards celebrate excellence in writing and publishing. Prof. Bohdan Kordan’s No Free Man: Canada, the Great War, and the Enemy Alien Experience was shortlisted and then selected as the recipient of the Jennifer … Read More >

We are very pleased to have David Williams, author of upcoming Spring 2017 release Milton’s Leveller God, as our guest blogger. His new book takes a look at political evolution in Milton’s epic poems, from feudal monarchy to Leveller-style democracy in heaven and on earth. In his guest blog post, Williams discusses The Crisis of Liberal Democracy.

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If you are looking for a fascinating biography to curl up with over the holidays, An American Princess: The Remarkable Life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani is a great pick!

In An American Princess, Laurie Dennett relates the remarkable story of a New England woman whose wealth, intelligence, and charm took her to the heart of … Read More >

Thank you to everyone who participated in our #ArchitectureonIce contest!

The contest is now closed. We are very pleased to announce the three winners will each receive a copy of Howard Shubert’s Architecture on Ice: A History of the Hockey Arena. Below is the list of winners and their arena memory/experience Tweet!

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