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Time: 17:00 - 19:00

Date: 20 February, 2020

Event Category: Book Launch

Website: https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/channels/event/book-launch-canlit-across-media-unarchiving-literary-event-home-feelings-304457

Location: Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore—Montreal, Quebec Phone: 5148455811 Venue WebsiteView map

Organizer: McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

Launch of the book CanLit Across Media: Unarchiving the Literary Event edited by Jason Camlot and Katherine McLeod and the book Home Feelings by Jody Mason. Hosted by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, the launch will feature two 10 minute presentations by the editors and author, and will be followed by a cocktail. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

ABOUT the books and editors/authors:

CANLIT ACROSS MEDIA: UNARCHIVING THE LITERARY EVENT
An innovative collection that evaluates diverse methods of recording, archiving, and remediating literature and literary culture in Canada.

Jason Camlot is professor in the Department of English at Concordia University.
Katherine McLeod is an affiliated researcher with SpokenWeb at Concordia University.

HOME FEELINGS
A history of the Canadian reading camp movement and the meanings of literacy, literature, and citizenship in the early twentieth century.
Jody Mason is associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Carleton University.