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Greg Ryan reviews ‘Drink and Democracy: Alcohol and the Political Imaginary in Colonial Australia’, by Matthew Allen
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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
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The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling
Reviewed by Dawn Macdonald
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November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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-...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-price-...
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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.
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Il porte sur l'histoire des transitions énergétiques à Montréal au 20e siècle.
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La ville énergivore
Les villes ne peuvent fonctionner sans énergie, mais cette dette est souvent oubliée. Tous les jours, la pression d’un bouton permet de convoquer la puissance d’un barrage hydroélectrique ou d’un gise...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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-...
The Pornographic Delicatessen triumphs in the tightest race in Diagram Prize history
A look at Montréal’s erotic art scene becomes the second Canadian book to win the annual odd-title crown.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Congrats to our good friends at Concordia University Press! @concordiapress.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/comment/the-...
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
Check out our executive director Lisa Quinn's post: buff.ly/WnfizBO
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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
Check out our executive director Lisa Quinn's post: buff.ly/WnfizBO
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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:
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:
TeamUP! NYU and McGill-Queen’s Savor Food Studies in NYC and Montréal
Read McGill-Queen’s University Press’s post about Eating the Urban Wild: Food and Foraging in Montréal here.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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:
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:
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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.
TeamUP! NYU and McGill-Queen's Savor Food Studies in NYC and Montréal - NYU Press
Read McGill-Queen’s University Press’s post about Eating the Urban Wild: Food and Foraging in Montréal here. There is nothing quite as comforting as a pastrami on rye with mustard, a... READ MORE
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November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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.
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... 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 ...
Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses
Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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!):
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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
More info about #UPWeek: https://bit.ly/497lEN1
##TeamUP #ReadUP @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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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What a "tour du chapeau"! Three MQUP authors have been awarded a prize by the Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française!
Lost in the Crowd by Gregory M.W. Kennedy has won the Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française buff.ly/xQtZsNw
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Lost in the Crowd by Gregory M.W. Kennedy has won the Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française buff.ly/xQtZsNw
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Le prix Lionel-Groulx remis en causes
Lisez la version préliminaire de la note de recherche de Karine Hébert, François-Olivier Dorais et Marilyne Lafrenière au sujet de la dénomination du plus prestigieux prix de l’Institut.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What a "tour du chapeau"! Three MQUP authors have been awarded a prize by the Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française!
Lost in the Crowd by Gregory M.W. Kennedy has won the Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française buff.ly/xQtZsNw
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Lost in the Crowd by Gregory M.W. Kennedy has won the Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française buff.ly/xQtZsNw
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Congratulations to Jackson Pind on the publication of STUDENTS BY DAY—a history of colonial education and Indigenous resistance at the Curve Lake First Nation. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
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November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Congratulations to Jackson Pind on the publication of STUDENTS BY DAY—a history of colonial education and Indigenous resistance at the Curve Lake First Nation. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
www.mqup.ca/students-by-...
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Some reading in advance of Remembrance Day, courtesy of MQUP author Gregory Kennedy:
What is the ‘Last Post’ and where did it come from?
Canadians will soon gather across the country to remember and honour those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the military service of this country. Commemorative services will be held in venues…
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November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Some reading in advance of Remembrance Day, courtesy of MQUP author Gregory Kennedy:
A standing-room only crowd at last night's launch of McGill in History, edited by Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa Shaw. Thanks to everyone who attended, the editors and contributors who shared their work, and our partners in planning and preparing for this important event! #McGIll
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A standing-room only crowd at last night's launch of McGill in History, edited by Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa Shaw. Thanks to everyone who attended, the editors and contributors who shared their work, and our partners in planning and preparing for this important event! #McGIll
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Had a great conversation a few days back about device dependency and Needy Media with David Cooper on @lastshow.bsky.social. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Dr. Stephen Monteiro: Your Smartphones Manipulates You - October 29, 2025
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · 10/30/2025 · 11m
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November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Had a great conversation a few days back about device dependency and Needy Media with David Cooper on @lastshow.bsky.social. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Join us for the book launch of McGill in History at the McGill Faculty Club in Montreal on Thursday, November 6th!
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
Book Launch and Panel Discussion: McGill in History
Join us in a discussion about McGill in History, a new book that explores the university's colonial legacy, edited by Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa N. Shaw. In 2021, McGill...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join us for the book launch of McGill in History at the McGill Faculty Club in Montreal on Thursday, November 6th!
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a hybrid event, registration required.
How do smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes? Stephen Monteiro, author of Needy Media, on The Last Show with David Cooper.
Dr. Stephen Monteiro: Your Smartphones Manipulates You - October 29, 2025
Podcast Episode · The Last Show with David Cooper · 2025-10-30 · 11m
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November 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How do smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes? Stephen Monteiro, author of Needy Media, on The Last Show with David Cooper.
Halloween is the perfect time to learn more about Canada's first documented 'demon possession' case.
Check out this interview with Mairi Cowan about her book The Possession of Barbe Hallay.
Check out this interview with Mairi Cowan about her book The Possession of Barbe Hallay.
Historian discovers new details in Canada's first documented 'demon possession' case | CBC Radio
A demonic possession, a do-it-yourself exorcism, and the execution of an accused witch — welcome to daily life in Quebec City, circa 1660. Historian Mairi Cowan shares the story of Canada’s earliest...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Halloween is the perfect time to learn more about Canada's first documented 'demon possession' case.
Check out this interview with Mairi Cowan about her book The Possession of Barbe Hallay.
Check out this interview with Mairi Cowan about her book The Possession of Barbe Hallay.
Join us for the book launch of McGill in History at the McGill Faculty Club in Montreal on Thursday, November 6th!
The (hybrid) talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration required.
The (hybrid) talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration required.
Book Launch and Panel Discussion: McGill in History
Join us in a discussion about McGill in History, a new book that explores the university's colonial legacy, edited by Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa N. Shaw. In 2021, McGill...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Join us for the book launch of McGill in History at the McGill Faculty Club in Montreal on Thursday, November 6th!
The (hybrid) talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration required.
The (hybrid) talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration required.
Happy Halloween!
Poetics of the Paranormal by Kevin Chabot is a haunted history of media that explores the shifting representation of ghosts across photography, film, television, and the internet.
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Poetics of the Paranormal by Kevin Chabot is a haunted history of media that explores the shifting representation of ghosts across photography, film, television, and the internet.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Halloween!
Poetics of the Paranormal by Kevin Chabot is a haunted history of media that explores the shifting representation of ghosts across photography, film, television, and the internet.
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Poetics of the Paranormal by Kevin Chabot is a haunted history of media that explores the shifting representation of ghosts across photography, film, television, and the internet.
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The Peasants’ War examines how Russian peasants reacted to the mass mobilization of the First World War, and why they ultimately turned against the tsarist regime, culminating in the 1917 Russian Revolution.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Peasants’ War examines how Russian peasants reacted to the mass mobilization of the First World War, and why they ultimately turned against the tsarist regime, culminating in the 1917 Russian Revolution.
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Drawing on a range of thinkers from John Locke to John Rawls, Liberalism in Time contributes to current debates within and about liberal politics and shows how liberal patterns of thought have been characterized by temporal paradoxes throughout history.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Drawing on a range of thinkers from John Locke to John Rawls, Liberalism in Time contributes to current debates within and about liberal politics and shows how liberal patterns of thought have been characterized by temporal paradoxes throughout history.
Out now! buff.ly/d00g48l
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Pasting Up Protest examines the sociopolitical engagement of contemporary artists in Mexico, analyzing street art produced over the past decade by ASARO, URT-Arte, ARMARTE, and MuGRe.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Pasting Up Protest examines the sociopolitical engagement of contemporary artists in Mexico, analyzing street art produced over the past decade by ASARO, URT-Arte, ARMARTE, and MuGRe.
Out now! buff.ly/254r90k
Out now! buff.ly/254r90k
Join Goldie Morgentaler (editor) and Krzysztof Majer (one of the translators) for a book talk about Letters from the Afterlife: The Post-Holocaust Correspondence of Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson at the Montreal Holocaust Museum tomorrow evening.
Letters from the Afterlife: The Post-Holocaust Correspondence of Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson - Musée de l'Holocauste Montréal
Join us on October 30th at the Montreal Holocaust Museum for an in-person book talk at 7 pm with Goldie Morgentaler, the editor of Letters from the Afterlife.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Join Goldie Morgentaler (editor) and Krzysztof Majer (one of the translators) for a book talk about Letters from the Afterlife: The Post-Holocaust Correspondence of Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson at the Montreal Holocaust Museum tomorrow evening.