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Writing in the Flesh by Thomas Waugh confronts the struggle of writing the self, recounting Waugh’s transitions and transformations from preacher’s kid to porn teacher, New Left activist, and expert in documentary, queer, and Canadian film.
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Terra Invicta presents intellectual and creative responses to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, with an eye toward the future of Ukrainians’ relationship to the land they are defending.
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Join Daniel Macfarlane for a talk on December 11 at the Great Lakes Museum in Kingston, drawing from his book The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History.
Learn more: buff.ly/PMTNfEz
Examining the periodical as a distinct genre of print cultural expression, Publishing Place rethinks the relationship between periodical form, editorial practice, and place on Canada’s east coast during the early twentieth century.
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The fully redesigned site demonstrates the strength of MQUP’s publishing program and offers an improved ecommerce experience while also reflecting the values and relationships that are important to the Press.
Check it out: mqup.ca
After months of dedicated behind-the-scenes work, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new website at mqup.ca.
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At Home in the Cold brings to light the stories of five white and northern Indigenous women who travelled between the eastern Arctic and America between 1890 and 1940 in connection with exploratory expeditions.
Out now! buff.ly/2ZRWQQU
my book, Out of School, in good company at EJ Pratt Library @victoriacollege.bsky.social
#outofschool @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
An excerpt from Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy by Stephen J. A. Ward.
Check out the book: buff.ly/7TFrDL7
Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws is a journey through the 10,000-year history of the Interior Plateau nation in British Columbia.
Out now! buff.ly/FSNRGEB
This one - Needy Media: How Tech Gets Personal - came out just 2 months ago, but it’s gotten me more media attention than I’ve ever had, because we all can relate to device dependency & data extraction.
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La migration forcée au Canada met en lumière les expériences vécues de déplacement et les politiques migratoires aux paliers municipal, provincial, territorial et fédéral, avec une attention particulière pour l’expérience québécoise et les minorités francophones.
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In the piece below, Dave Leblanc recounts a stroll he took with MQUP author David Winterton that showcases architect Frank Darling's contribution to the city of Toronto.
Learn more in Winterton's book Toronto Edwardian: buff.ly/aut4Zqs
On the 2nd December Kieran Bonner will be launching his book: Euphoria & Symposia, with a talk on 'the dialect of desire in thinking, drinking and well-being' at the SPCC conference in Cork.
More information here ⬇️
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I’m giving a talk about my new book at Newman Theological College in Edmonton today, and they have a whole pile of copies sitting here waiting. Love to see it! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
25.11.2025 18:47 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The fully redesigned site demonstrates the strength of MQUP’s publishing program and offers an improved ecommerce experience while also reflecting the values and relationships that are important to the Press.
Check it out: mqup.ca
After months of dedicated behind-the-scenes work, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new website at mqup.ca.
26.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Greg Ryan reviews ‘Drink and Democracy: Alcohol and the Political Imaginary in Colonial Australia’, by Matthew Allen
McGill-Queen’s University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
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Highly recommend Sandlos and Keeling's surprisingly hopeful book from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social about Yellowknife's Giant mine disaster (slow-motion over decades but still disaster) - which I got to review for @theseaboardreview.ca
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-price-...
Mon livre, "La ville énergivore", sortira en juillet 2026 à @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Il porte sur l'histoire des transitions énergétiques à Montréal au 20e siècle.
www.mqup.ca/Books/L/La-v...
Congrats to our good friends at Concordia University Press! @concordiapress.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/comment/the-...
24.11.2025 14:46 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This UP week we #TeamUP with @nyupress.bsky.social to discuss food in the city!
Check out our executive director Lisa Quinn's post: buff.ly/WnfizBO
In honor of #UPWeek, we've partnered with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social to explore how food shapes identity across borders.
Nothing says NYC like pastrami on rye from Katz's, but did you know Montreal has its own take on the Jewish deli tradition?
Learn about that here:
It's UP week and at @nyupress.bsky.social we #TeamUP with our friends at @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social to #ReadUP with a focus food in the city.
13.11.2025 15:55 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
... Featuring translations from @bucknellupress.bsky.social, @cmupress.bsky.social, @uchicagopress.bsky.social, @upcolorado.bsky.social, @columbiaup.bsky.social, @floridapress.bsky.social, @livunipress.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social https://bit.ly/43S4pf8 ...
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I'm going to be very busy this week talking about my new book, The Jesuit Relations: A Biography (published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social). Here are two opportunities to listen in online (two distinct talks! Come to one or both!):
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University Press Week 2025 is about collaboration. Canadian university presses came together in this two-page ad in the Literary Review of Canada. Take a look!
More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1
#TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social
In honour of Remembrance Day, we’ve curated a reading list featuring some of our recent military history titles about the Great War.
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Their Benevolent Design by Janice Harvey has won the Prix Paul-André Linteau sur l’Histoire de Montréal buff.ly/yo2zFDI
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Political Culture in Louis XIV’s Canada by Colin M. Coates has won the Prix de l’Assemblée Nationale en Histoire Politique buff.ly/147VRyn
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