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Taking place throughout the month of June, Pride Month is the celebration of the LGBTQ2I communities and their histories, diversity, and freedom. In honour of Pride and our new Queer Film Classics series, we’ve compiled a reading list of books engaged with the theme of queerness in culture and the media.

Queer Film Classics, edited … Read More >

From anti-mask protests, to conspiracy theories, to the repercussions of a Trump presidency, the global pandemic has done more than alter our daily routines, it has also forced us to confront some uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our societal ideals of masculinity. In this week’s blog post, MQUP author Daniel Hannah sheds light on … Read More >

Aside from a wonderful 2012 edition of William Kirby’s Le Chien d’or, McGill-Queen’s University Press has not published many books about the beloved animal that resides in a third of all Canadian homes. Fortunately, our Fall 2019 catalogue returned dogs to the literary spotlight. Three vastly different books employed … Read More >

As Hallowe’en creeps closer, we’ve ventured into the lair of MQUP catalogues past and present to assemble a reading list for the occasion. The result is the following seven titles, with subjects ranging from hauntings to séances, witches to monsters—all from an array of scholarly perspectives.

Ghost Storeys: Ralph Adams … Read More >