"Having a clear policy as a publisher is helpful, but it must be built on a relationship of trust.” Lisa Quinn, MQUP executive director and president of the Association of Canadian Publishers, on AI in publishing. buff.ly/sXUf49b

Our Fall Sale is on! Save 30% on all print books on mqup.ca! Use code FALL30 at checkout. Sale ends 30 October 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Join Peter Thomson and Colleen Gray as they discuss their new book, Forget Not: A Thomson Family Memoir, in Montreal this Wednesday evening! The book: buff.ly/PvamOFL Event details: buff.ly/MyBCQG5

Our Fall Sale is on! Save 30% on all print books on mqup.ca! Use code FALL30 at checkout. Sale ends 30 October 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT.

“The publishing industry strongly believes that artistic creation, intellectual creation is a human-centred activity.” Lisa Quinn, MQUP executive director and president of the Association of Canadian Publishers, on AI in publishing. buff.ly/tRykUN0

How Canadian publishers are pushing back against AI

In the absence of surefire technology to determine whether something was written by artificial intelligence, some Canadian publishers say they have to rely on something nearly as thorny: trust.

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We are happy to announce the MQUP Fall Sale – our largest online sale yet! Save 30% on all print books on mqup.ca! Use code FALL30 at checkout. Sale ends 30 October 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Our Fall Sale is on! Save 30% on all print books on mqup.ca! Use code FALL30 at checkout. Sale ends 30 October 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT.

New in the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series! In openbound, poet Jeffery Donaldson explores the puzzles of poetry and marriage: How to hold on to what you also release? How to protect love when other loves are put between? Out now! buff.ly/fTuU363

An interview with Prof. Gauvin Alexander Bailey on his newest book - the third in an unofficial trilogy published by MQUP. buff.ly/CZ67CY0

Uncovering the stories of empire | Queen's Gazette

Professor Gauvin Alexander Bailey focuses on the lives of colonized people and their legacies in a new book – the third in an unofficial trilogy – about architecture and slavery in the French Empire.

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Join Peter Thomson and Colleen Gray as they discuss their new book, Forget Not: A Thomson Family Memoir, in Montreal on October 28! The book: buff.ly/PvamOFL Event details: buff.ly/MyBCQG5

Danielle Hubbard is launching her new poetry collection, The Electrocutionist, in Kelowna on November 5th! The book: buff.ly/F55fY8c Event details: buff.ly/zNcgqvP

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I'm 30% off! www.mqup.ca/content/sear... And so are a lot of other people!

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We are happy to announce the MQUP Fall Sale – our largest online sale yet! Starting today, save 30% on all print books on mqup.ca! Use code FALL30 at checkout. Sale ends 30 October 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Louis Riel was born on this day in 1844! The Audacity of His Enterprise shines a spotlight on the life, vision, and cultivation of one of Canada's most influential historical figures. buff.ly/qnBUe4x

There Is No Place for Sympathy Here by David Berg is a compelling Canadian legal history that examines the reasoning behind a striking array of verdicts – none for murder – in the suspicious deaths of nine people in 1941 in the Belcher Islands. Out now! buff.ly/5KQbgBN

“From authors and publishers to festivals and booksellers, we all work for something we fiercely believe in: the power of books and stories to change lives.” Agreed. Congrats to Ben McNally on a well-deserved honour.

Bookseller Ben McNally named 2026 Ivy Award recipient - Quill and Quire

McNally will be presented with the award on Oct. 28 at an event during the upcoming Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA).

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Join David Berg and other authors for a collective book launch organized by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History in Toronto on November 2! There Is No Place for Sympathy Here by David Berg: buff.ly/5KQbgBN Event details: buff.ly/KybyxYS

We are happy to announce the MQUP Fall Sale – our largest online sale yet! Starting today, save 30% on all print books on mqup.ca! Use code FALL30 at checkout. Sale ends 30 October 2026 at 11:59 pm EDT.

Congratulations to Martha Langford for winning the 2026 UAAC-AAUC Book Award from the the Universities Art Association of Canada! A History of Photography in Canada, Volume 1: buff.ly/7bmQ8rI

Today would have been Louis J. Robichaud's 101st birthday! In this closely drawn biography of Acadian New Brunswick premier Louis J. Robichaud, Donald Savoie provides a portrait of a man uniquely able to meet the need for difficult and enduring political and societal change. buff.ly/acmN6Pe

These are poems of Dorothy and the Witch in Oz, of cinematic mythologies and fractured fairy tales, inviting us to witness acts of grim revenge and reconsider the folkloric forests lodged in our collective minds. Batten Down by Su Croll is out now! buff.ly/pcMKwQ5

Os meus dois livros sobre #Angola lado a lado. Um sonho realizado. My two books on Angola from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social cover the country's history and literature from earliest days up to last year.

Thanks very much to @donmoyn.bsky.social for his kind comments about "Why Great States Fail," forthcoming from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social . This short book is based on my Corry Lecture at @queenspols.bsky.social last March.

Congratulations to Cera Murtagh for winning the 2026 Brian Farrell Book Prize, from the Political Science Association of Ireland! Civic Parties in Divided Societies: Northern Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina buff.ly/lIUr6DX

Get a peek inside A History of Photography in Canada, Volume 2 by Martha Langford! Available now: buff.ly/G8bBVvu

In her guest blog post, Boróka Bó shares why Toronto was the ideal location for her fieldwork, and introduces her new book, Timeless: Poverty, Wealth, and the Social Life of Time. Read the post: buff.ly/467fANB

The Renewed Canadian Welcome Book Tour is making a stop in Montreal on Thursday evening! Join contributors and panelists for an evening of dialogue, in person or online. The book: buff.ly/XpyFtiR Event details: buff.ly/tw1xO89

Ce soir: une conférence avec Benoit Marsan à la Bibliothèque de Saint-Lambert. Plus de détails: buff.ly/60ZRVhW

An interview with Edith Snook, co-author (with Lyn Bennett) of Early Modern Maritime Recipes- with a bonus: 3 tasty recipes to try out at home! buff.ly/0Vv4fL1

An ox cheek to 'satisfy a working man': Exploring early modern Maritime recipes | CBC News

Potato soup, plumb cake and spruce beer — Maritimes sure had an interesting palate in the 1700 and 1800s.

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We have 15 new books and one new in paperback out this month! Check out the full list: buff.ly/tOQMdNk