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2019 Summer Reading Guide

Our special advertising section includes the latest history titles along with other new and recent books from Canadian publishers.


The Canada-India Connection

Many of the same British aristocrats wielded power in both India and Canada. A podcast with international relations scholar Madhuparna Gupta, historical non-fiction author Stephen Bown and senior editor Kate Jaimet.Winner of the 2023 Canadian Ethnic Media Award for Podcast Feature.


Bonds of Empire

India and Canada share the marks of Europe’s colonial past.


The Plot to Buy the Canadian Northwest

Loose lips on a night train divulge a plot to buy up the Canadian Northwest — from Manitoba through to the Rockies and all the vast lands to the north — and sell it to the United States for $30 million.


Shifting Riel-ity: The 1885 North-West Rebellion

Was it a bang-up job or a bungle? A fresh look at the response to the 1885 North-West Rebellion.


Reasonable Doubts

Today, the wrongfully convicted can win their freedom and compensation. But when the death penalty was still in place, no one at the gallows got a second chance.


Murder in Hastings County

When a Catholic couple was charged with killing a Protestant neighbour in Canada West, it became a lightning rod for partisan passions.


Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Canada's Jews

In the annals of Canadian Jewish history, it is well known that Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier is alleged to have promised part of Manitoba to the Jews as a place where they might be granted “a measure of self-government.”


Rupert's Land

The dashing prince who did much to shape the direction of Canada was not your run-of-the-mill royal.


Marching Orders

Canada can use its sesquicentennial to launch a new, more peaceful world order.