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Memorial University Press publishes illuminating and diverse research on the North Atlantic region, with topics ranging from Indigenous issues, to energy and the environment, to food security, to fisheries, to folklore. www.memorialuniversitypress.ca

An invitation on scratched cream paper. On the rights, a red book cover with the title Dear Mr. Smallwood and a row of black glasses on the left hand side of the cover. On the left, text reads: Join Sonja Boon, Vicki Hallett, and contributors of Dear Mr. Smallwood for the official launch. Nov. 26 7:00 pm The Great Hall, Queen's College, Memorial University, 210 Prince Philip Drive. Readings Discussion Merriment Refreshments Everyone welcome.
On the right, a book titled "Performance and Protest: Inuit of Labrador and the World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893"by Nigel Markham, featuring a ferris wheel in the background and an studio portrait of a large group of Inuit men, women and children in the foreground. On the left, text reads "In the summer of 1892, an American company charted a schooner to coastal Labrador to recruit Inuit for an ethnological exhibit to be presented the following year at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Promised wages, room and board, and hunting provisions upon their return, sixty Inuit boarded the Evelena in the fall, bound for Chicago"
An invitation on scratched cream paper. On the rights, a red book cover with the title Dear Mr. Smallwood and a row of black glasses on the left hand side of the cover. On the left, text reads: Join Sonja Boon, Vicki Hallett, and contributors of Dear Mr. Smallwood for the official launch. Nov. 26 7:00 pm The Great Hall, Queen's College, Memorial University, 210 Prince Philip Drive. Readings Discussion Merriment Refreshments Everyone welcome.
In the centre, the cover of 'Dear Mr. Smallwood: Confederation in the words of those who lived it' by Sonja Boon and Vicki S. Hallett. The cover is bright red with a vertical line of dark-rimmed eye glasses along the margin. On the right, the text 'The lives and stories of everyday Newfoundlanders and Labradorians at the time of Confederation — told through letters written to J.R. Smallwood'
A blue background with a dark ferris wheel. The book 'Performance and Protest: Inuit of Labrador and the World's Columbian Exposition' by Nigel Markham is on the right, depicting a studio photo from 1893 of a number of Inuit from Labrador dressed traditionally. On the left, the text reads "By unraveling the complexities of their representations and experiences, Performance and Protest offers valuable insight into Inuit resilience and agency in the late nineteenth century. Coming November 5. www.memorialuniversitypress.ca"
In the foreground, a large pop-up banner reading Memorial University Press above a coastal ocean scene. In the background, a wall of windows looking onto a sunny day.
A table full of books in front of a large window overlooking foggy St. John’s Newfoundland. A tall banner reading Memorial University Press stands behind the table.
A photo of a barren snowy landscape under a large grey-blue sky. A silhouetted person wearing snowshoes is walking across the frame. Text reads: Winter Sale. 20% off all orders (tax free until February 15). Free shipping in Canada on orders over $50. memorialuniiversitypress.ca
The book 'Corner Windows and Cul-de-Sacs: The Remarkable Story of Newfoundland's First Garden Suburb' on the right, and a review quote on the left, over a background of various shades of yellow. The quote reads "We keep being told that Don Mills was Canada’s first planned suburb (in truth a Garden City), and such claims are challenged only by those familiar with Montreal’s Ville de Mont-Royal. Fortunately, C.A. Sharpe and A.J. Shawyer’s study of Churchill Park, St. John’s, should give them pause" and it is attributed to Urban History Review. The book cover on the right is a mosaic of brightly coloured blocks and images with the authors names 'C.A. Sharpe and A.J. Shawyer' in the bottom left and the book title in the centre. The images are of a mid-century car, a street sign reading Churchill Park, a series of houses, and the inside of a mid-century living room with two large windows in the background.