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.

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.

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.

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. buff.ly/4jhVWPJ

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. Out now! buff.ly/xgrSbs9

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

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

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.

Behead and Cure explores the ethics of humanitarianism during the Vietnam War through the experiences of medical teams from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia. It brings civilian women from the sidelines of the Vietnam War to the centre. Out now! buff.ly/qKG1fCz

Don't miss the upcoming Book Launch and Panel Discussion for "McGill in History", a new book that explores the university's colonial legacy, edited by #McGillArts professors Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa N. Shaw. libraryrooms.mcgill.ca/event/3946516

McGill in History broadens the historical frame of critical university studies, challenging previous siloed narratives and showing how the university can serve as a model for understanding power in modern society. Out now! buff.ly/Flro38z

Grounded in discussions of cultural capital, dramaturgy, and modernity, The Second Greatest Show on Earth is an in-depth exploration of the motives that guided the work of Henry Bergh (1813–1888), founder and president of the American SPCA. Out now! buff.ly/uvcG1Bw

Scenes from a book launch. Congrats to Sirous Houshmand, author of The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days: Surviving War and Iran’s Evin Prison.

Let's all vote for @concordiapress.bsky.social! As former winners of the Diagram "Oddest Book Title of the Year" award, we'd love to keep it in Montreal. Place your vote for The Pornographic Delicatessen. @aupresses.bsky.social #Montreal www.thebookseller.com/news/news-to...

Building on inquiries spanning three decades, The Shape of Thought shows that by understanding the many different things that people achieve with computers, we can improve and diversify AI to allow for richer, more beneficial human-computer interaction. Out now! buff.ly/DpWnYMX

A comprehensive and groundbreaking collection, Canada and the Great Irish Famine examines how Ireland’s famine migration was confronted, experienced, and remembered in a receiving country. Out now! buff.ly/uFRsUo0

Join Sirous Houshmand for the launch of his book, The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days: Surviving War and Iran's Evin Prison in Toronto on Sunday evening! buff.ly/HNEVTXg

New in Paperback! A spy’s struggle for belonging – foiled by workplace misogyny and Islamophobia – and her ultimate success as a whistleblower, pushing the envelope on culture change. Out now! buff.ly/bLMPpaV

What’s the link between Tamagotchi and the phone you’re reading this on? See my essay in @thewalrus.ca, adapted from my book, Needy Media @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

"This book puts the multi in multidisciplinary: one of its most beautiful insights comes through biblical exegesis." A review of Building Mennonite Belonging: Toward an Intercultural Church by Hyung Jin (Pablo) Kim Sun in The Christian Century.

The result of a six-year collaboration between sociology professor Dany Lacombe and Mac, an ex-convict, Talking Reform highlights ongoing struggles of reintegration and the importance of compassion and inclusion in offering hope for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated persons. buff.ly/8AyCmyb

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 on October 30.

By examining intersections of the sacred and the secular in the autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen, his television series, and his cultural afterlife, Prime-Time Bishop argues that aspects of modern sanctity cannot be understood without also considering aspects of celebrity. buff.ly/XFuDNDX

Wilful Neglect explores the devastating consequences of the Department of Indian Affairs’ responses to tuberculosis among First Nations in Canada from 1867 to 1945, demonstrating a direct link between historic health policies and modern disparities. Out now! buff.ly/IrcMcP7

Join Robin Durnford for the Montreal launch of her poetry collection At Beckett's Grave! Learn more about the book: buff.ly/svxgRtq

The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days is Sirous Houshmand’s eyewitness testimony of Tehran’s Evin Prison and the 1988 mass executions of many of his prison friends. His story provides a deeper understanding of the current state of US–Iran relations. buff.ly/p9fQh8o

"Personal media devices can be understood as expansions of the self. The user’s care for the device and the device’s seeming care for the user intensify that expansion." An excerpt in The Walrus from Needy Media: How Tech Gets Personal by Stephen Monteiro.

Just bought the book. I heard Zientek talk about the book on a podcast. Fascinating stuff!!

Thanks to our good friends at Brome Lake Books in Knowlton, Quebec for featuring Blatant Injustice on their best books display table. Editor Ian Darragh pictured here with a copy of his book. Read more here: buff.ly/vQK5nYD

Some photos from our time at Frankfurter Buchmesse! Representing MQUP and Canadian publishing at the world's largest book fair. Thanks to Livres Canada Books for making it all happen. buff.ly/b9gFv9z

"We need to become literate in sleep." Before going to bed, check out this interview with Paul Huebener, author of Restless in Sleep Country, on the new podcast "Sleep is the New Sex."

Some photos from last night's Yellowknife book launch for The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling. Thanks to everyone who helped make the event a success! Learn more about the book here: buff.ly/FmlyBzn

"Does federalism really prevent the equitable redistribution of income?" Alain Noël, co-editor of Territories of Inequality: How Federalism and Redistribution Interact, in Policy Options.

More CBC coverage of The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling. Listen to their interview with Hilary Bird on The Trailbreaker. buff.ly/N9QGIVR

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 on October 30.

Thanks to the Annenberg School for Communication for producing this brilliant interview with Juan Llamas-Rodriguez on the legacy of Y Tu Mamá Tambien. Love that Queer Film Classics t-shirt!

"Euphoria and Symposia has some sharp critical points to counter the arguments of both prohibitionists and libertarians alike." Thanks to Stuart Walton for a very fine review of Euphoria and Symposia in The World of Fine Wine.

Join the authors of Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees for the launch of their book in Winnipeg on Saturday, October 18!

"In this detailed and impressive study, Trudgen traces the diplomatic, strategic and political forces that led, ultimately, to the establishment of NORAD." A review of Securing the Continental Skies by Matthew Paul Trudgen in Canada's History.

"Packed with a growing range of technical features that target our sensory and psychological soft spots, smartphones create comforting ties that keep us picking them up." Stephen Monteiro, author of Needy Media: How Tech Gets Personal, on our addiction to our smartphones.

Some excellent evening listening: Matthieu Caron interviewed on the Witness to Yesterday podcast about Montreal After Dark: Nighttime Regulation and the Pursuit of a Global City.

Sharing some additional CBC coverage of last week's 200th anniversary of the Great Miramichi Fire of 1825. Thanks to author Alan MacEachern for contributing to the history of this natural disaster. buff.ly/fkR5uDS

Tomorrow night! @christinamyers.bsky.social and I are helping @danielaelza.bsky.social launch not one, but two books: Is This an Illness or an Accident? (@caitlinpress.bsky.social) and Scar/city (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social). Wednesday, Oct 15, @bookwarehouse.bsky.social Main Street, 7 PM!

A recent CBC interview with author Alan MacEachern about The Miramichi Fire: A History. buff.ly/yU251bF

Setup is complete! We are officially in attendance at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025. Come visit us in the Canada Stand (Hall 6.0 | A 133). You can also browse the Rights Canada catalogue online: buff.ly/2BACFDM

Thank you to Anishinabek News for this excellent coverage of Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lake Indian Day School by Jackson Pind.

ICYMI: Authors John Sandlos and Arn Keeling on CBC's On the Go, discussing The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife. buff.ly/IcDlznJ

"The North will be under increasing pressure to develop more mines as the demand for rare earth minerals grows. If all interested parties are not on their toes, another environmental tragedy could be just around the corner." The Price of Gold launches this week in Yellowknife!