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- Official Book Launch of "Strat...
Novel Idea Bookstore
Tuesday, November 10 at 6:00pm - The Official Launch of Andrew ...
Nicholas Hoare Bookstore
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00pm - The Official Launch of L. Ian ...
Indigo Downtown, Place Montreal Tru...
Monday, November 16 at 5:30pm - The Official Launch of L. Ian ...
Indigo Downtown, Place Montreal Tru...
Monday, November 16 at 5:30pm
McGill-Queen's University Press
The Ottawa Citizen calls "Bringing Art to Life," by Andrew Horrall, "an important book, [about] a true Canadian tragedy that deserves telling."
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/Cana
Source: www.ottawacitizen.com
The late Robertson Davies, both an experienced journalist and a brilliant author, knew when a story was unerringly fascinating and enormously tragic.
McGill-Queen's University Press
Todd May, author of "Death" (part of The Art of Living Series), was recently published in the New York Times. His article, "Happy Ending," offers practical insight on the phenomeona of life and death.
http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/
Source: happydays.blogs.nytimes.com
In order for our lives to have meaning, we need to die.
McGill-Queen's University Press McGill-Queen’s University Press cordially invites you to join L. Ian Macdonald in celebrating the Official Launch of his book "Politics, People & Potpourri."
Time:5:30PM Monday, November 16th
Location:Indigo Downtown, Place Montreal Trust, 1500 Avenue McGill College
McGill-Queen's University Press
McGill-Queen’s University Press cordially invites you to join Andrew Horrall in celebrating the Official Launch of his book "Bringing Art to Life"
Tracing Jarvis' personal background and varied careers through archives, published sources, and interviews with family, friends, colleagues, and critics, "Bringing Art to Lif...e" assesses his impact and exposes the formal and informal mechanisms through which Canadian culture operated in the mid-twentieth century.
“Andrew Horrall’s masterfully researched and persuasively written Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis [is] a book that sets a new standard for cultural biography in Canada.”
~ The National Post
RSVP
Tel: (613) 562 BOOK (2665)
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Tracing Jarvis' personal background and varied careers through archives, published sources, and interviews with family, friends, colleagues, and critics, "Bringing Art to Lif...e" assesses his impact and exposes the formal and informal mechanisms through which Canadian culture operated in the mid-twentieth century.
“Andrew Horrall’s masterfully researched and persuasively written Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis [is] a book that sets a new standard for cultural biography in Canada.”
~ The National Post
RSVP
Tel: (613) 562 BOOK (2665)
ottawa@nicholashoare.caRead More
The extraordinary life and tragic fate of one of Canada's most iconic cultural figures.
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Nicholas Hoare Bookstore
McGill-Queen's University Press
Congratulations to Andrew Steinmetz on winning the Ottawa Book Award for English Fiction for his novel Eva's Threepenny Opera. Steinmetz previously published a collection of poetry, Hurt Thyself with MQUP.
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/arts/fund
Source: www.ottawa.ca
>Residents>Arts>Funding and Awards>Ottawa Book Awards>2009 Winners
McGill-Queen's University Press Howard Woodhouse’s new book Selling Out has been nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Award in the category of scholarly writing. McGill-Queen’s University Press would like to congratulate Woodhouse on his nomination. As a university publisher, we are pleased to see that Woodhouse’s salient points on academic integrity are reaching a wide audience.
Source: www.bookawards.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Book Awards celebrate the writers and publishers who so enrich the social fabric of our province. These awards have grown from four awards in 1993 to twelve awards today.
McGill-Queen's University Press
The National Post writes that Andrew Horrall's "masterfully researched and persuasively written Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis" is a book that "sets a new standard for cultural biography in Canada."
Follow the link below to Robert Fulford's column on Alan Jarvis and Andrew Horrall's book.
http://www.nat...ionalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.h
Follow the link below to Robert Fulford's column on Alan Jarvis and Andrew Horrall's book.
http://www.nat...ionalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.h
Source: www.nationalpost.com
Alan Jarvis lasted only four years as director of the National Gallery in Ottawa, 1955 to 1959, but it was a spectacular era, crowded with drama, comedy, controversy and tragedy. A handsome gay with a ...
McGill-Queen's University Press
The Quill & Quire samples What's to Eat? and likes the taste of it. Follow the link below to read the review.
http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/rev
Source: www.quillandquire.com
The web's best source of news and information about Canadian authors, books, publishing, and bookselling.
McGill-Queen's University Press
would like to congratulate Havi Carel on her nomination for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize. Her book "Illness: The Cry of the Flesh" is part of The Art of Living Series, and offers fresh insight on the minds of those facing illness.
Felicitations Havi!
Source: www.wellcomebookprize.org
The first shortlist for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize. The award is open to outstanding works of fiction and non-fiction on the theme of health, illness or medicine.
McGill-Queen's University Press
And for dessert's dessert, take a peek at Gary Draper's interview with The Toronto Star on "How to Cook a Husband," included in What's to Eat?
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/70
Source: www.thestar.com
But they did write and read parody recipes that suggest good husbands could be made with the just the right amount of comfort and kindness.
McGill-Queen's University Press
If you aren't too stuffed from Thanksgiving, listen in to Joseph Planta and Nathalie Cooke's discussion of food history and the recently released book, What's to Eat?
http://thecommentary.ca/ontheline/381-na
Source: thecommentary.ca
Nathalie Cooke, the associate dean of arts at McGill University and editor of CuiZine: The (e)journal of Canadian Food Cultures, talks to Joseph Planta about the new collection she's edited, What's to ...
McGill-Queen's University Press MQUP congratulates Andrew Steinmetz on being a finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize! Steinmetz previously published Hurt Thyself with MQUP.
McGill-Queen's University Press
Long after the Marshall Decisions, the debate about native fishing rights continues to rage in Atlantic Canada. Here, the CBC discusses Alex M. Cameron's Power without Law, a new contribution to the debate.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/sto
Source: www.cbc.ca
One of the Nova Scotia government's most senior lawyers has written a scathing attack on the Supreme Court of Canada's handling of a landmark native fishing case.
McGill-Queen's University Press
Another great review of The Writings of David Thompson that celebrates the explorer's genius and eagerly anticipates the next two volumes in the series.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/enterta
Source: www.winnipegfreepress.com
During his 87 years (1770-1857), a life probably twice that of normal length for his time, David Tho... - Books - Winnipeg Free Press.
McGill-Queen's University Press
Check out our new blog on the start of the NHL regular season: http://mqup.typepad.com/mcgill_queens_un
