Memorial University Press

12/24/2024

Season's Greetings from all of us here at Memorial University Press! We hope your holidays are bright and restful, with time to savour a book or two.

Our office is closed for the holiday break, and will re-open on January 6th.

Be sure to take advantage of our winter sale while we're away! We’re warming up the season with 20% off all books - tax free- and free shipping on Canadian orders over $50.

12/05/2024

Our annual open house and book sale happens tomorrow!

It’s our biggest sale of the season, so it’s the perfect time to shop for all the readers on your list (and grab a new book for yourself, too). Snacks and refreshments. Good cheer. All are welcome!

Friday, December 6th
11:00am-2:00pm (drop in anytime)
297 Mount Scio Road

Parking is free, with limited spaces in front of the building and plenty more around back.

11/29/2024

“No one who reads this masterpiece will ever doubt Margaret Duley’s well-earned place of honour in the Newfoundland literary canon.”

Engagingly written by historian Margot I. Duley, this captivating and authoritative literary biography traces the life and work of Margaret Duley, Newfoundland's first internationally acclaimed novelist. Within these pages, Duley is freed from flattened descriptions of her as a wealthy jeweller’s daughter, unearthing the origins of her lifelong search for a fairer society and her deep appreciation for her island home.

Read more, or get your copy today at: https://memorialuniversitypress.ca/Books/E/Extraordinary-Passages

11/25/2024

Our annual open house and book sale is back, and it’s our biggest in-person sale of the season! The perfect time to shop for all the readers on your list (and grab a new book for yourself, too).

Friday, December 6th
11:00am-2:00pm (drop in anytime)
297 Mount Scio Road

Parking is free, with limited spaces in front of the building and plenty more around back. All are welcome!

Our annual Open House and Book Sale is back! By MUPress Staff Date: November 25, 2024 Share this: Join us for our biggest sale of the year at our annual open house and book sale!It's the perfect time to shop for all the readers on your list (and grab a new book for yourself, too).Drop by our office....

11/22/2024

Place a bid to support a great organization and win a book club experience with a local author, including an evening with Margot Duley talking about her forthcoming book 'Extraordinary Passages'!

11/19/2024

“I remember as a kid going to bogs in the middle of summer with my mother...”

Andrea McGuire at CBC's Labrador Morning spoke with Natan Obed about his mother, Ellen Bryan Obed, and her new book ‘Berries of Labrador.’ Listen to the full interview at CBC Listen (Labrador Morning, November 19th)

11/18/2024

Coming November 29th!

Skillfully interwoven with historical events, including the devastating impact of the first World War, the women’s suffrage movement, the Depression, and the loss of Newfoundland’s self-government, Extraordinary Passages explores the influence of these critical times on Margaret Duley’s life and writing. Within these pages, Duley is freed from flattened descriptions of her as a wealthy jeweller’s daughter, unearthing the origins of her lifelong search for a fairer society and her deep appreciation for her island home.

Author Margot I. Duley is an historian and Margaret’s niece. Reflecting on personal knowledge, novels, letters, and a wide array of other sources, Margot I. Duley draws a lively portrait of the brilliant, complex and indomitable woman regarded as a precursor to modern feminist writers.

Find out more at: https://memorialuniversitypress.ca/Books/E/Extraordinary-Passages

11/08/2024

More than 9,000 people shared their stories about the First World War with The Rooms.The result was Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou.

10/23/2024

Now available!

Ellen Bryan Obed serves up a literary mixed-berry jam! Berries of Labrador highlights the cultural, historical, and ecological significance of more than 40 species of berries, accompanied by beautiful watercolour illustrations by Valerie Powell, and short anecdotes from community members.

Learn more, or order your copy at:

Berries grow in every part of Labrador—bogs, barrens, forests, gulches, roadsides, yards, mountains, open sand, and wet, shady streambanks. Ripening red, orange, blue, purple, black, or white. Tasting b ...

10/03/2024

Coming October 15th!

Ellen Bryan Obed combines storytelling with science to celebrate more than forty species of berries and their various uses, from food to medicine. Beautiful watercolour illustrations by Valerie Powell and short anecdotes from community members accompany each description, highlighting the cultural, historical, and ecological significance of the berries of Labrador.

Learn more, or pre-order your copy at: https://memorialuniversitypress.ca/Books/B/Berries-of-Labrador

09/27/2024

Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This is a time for the Memorial University community to reflect on our history and the legacy of residential schools in this country and in our province. There are planned activities on each campus leading up to Sept. 30 to recognize this important day; all members of the university community are encouraged to participate.

On Friday, Sept. 27, staff, faculty and students are encouraged to wear orange. Wearing or displaying orange is a symbol of solidarity with those who survived residential schools and an act of remembrance for those who never made it home. Orange shirts are available to purchase at the St. John’s campus bookstore (UC-2006, all proceeds will be donated to First Light).

For a full schedule of activities, please see the link in the bio.

09/15/2024

Happening today! Find us at the St. John's Farmers' Market Book Fair from 10:00-3:00.

What's more fall-coded than surrounding yourself with all things books and literature, plus delicious food and treats. Here at 245 Freshwater Road, Sunday the 15th 10am-3pm. All these vendors have a great selection of new, used, and handmade books and crafts, plus hot beverages, heart warming lunches, and satisfying baked goods.

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06/21/2024

The premiere episode of Inkpod Podcast's 2024 Summer Series is now available in celebration of !

Tune in as host Ivan J White chats with artists Pam Hall and Jerry Evans about their project “Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge Chapter III: Miawpukek – The Middle River.”

Learn about how they both navigated research relationships to collaborate with the Mi'kmaw community of C***e River to create the third chapter of the Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge.

Listen to Inkpod on WritersNL's website or via Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music!
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06/09/2024

First Light Centre for Performance and Creativity, 81 Cochrane Street ​ Tickets: $25 General Admission and Pay-What-You-Wish for Indigenous Community Members and Students

06/07/2024

Black Harbour, Hidden Nova Scotia, and Archaeology and the Indigenous Peoples of the Maritimes By Denise Flint Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? […]