The co-op bookstore for avid readers

Wilfrid Laurier University Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

Wilfrid Laurier University Press on X
User avatar

We publish scholarly and trade non-fiction books in Waterloo, Ontario, at @Laurier Scholarly Podcasting @AmplifyPodcasts @aupresses #ReadUP

34 books
Book Cover for: Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett, Michael Nest

Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett

Michael Nest
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Deanna Reder spoke about her search for truth in the disappearance of James Brady and Absolom Halkett and her resulting book Cold Case North. She also celebrated her new publication Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition: Cree and Métis âcimisowina https://t.co/6EpPsGr8aL

Hardcover, 2020

$89.00$64.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Ink Against the Devil: Luther and His Opponents, Harry Loewen

Ink Against the Devil: Luther and His Opponents

Harry Loewen
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Harry Loewen's "Ink Against The Devil is required reading for every newsroom, every journalism school, everyone who treasurers the written word." @mindingottawa https://t.co/tKPZInTbs5

Paperback, 2015

$38.99$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Catastrophe: Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion, T. Joseph Scanlon

Catastrophe: Stories and Lessons from the Halifax Explosion

T. Joseph Scanlon
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Thanks to @Spine_Magazine for featuring the cover of Catastrophe, designed by @MichelVrana Written by the late T. Joseph Scanlon about the Halifax Explosion of 1917 https://t.co/Yf1eYqeXlD

Paperback, 2020

$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Food That Really Schmecks, Edna Staebler

Food That Really Schmecks

Edna Staebler
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Edna Staebler's classic cookbook, Food That Really Schmecks is brimming with anecdotes about life in Waterloo Region and the recipes she collected from her Mennonite friends. In stock at @BooksWordsWorth and other fine bookstores: https://t.co/cqLIKZRgXI https://t.co/zggrO9EEG5

Paperback, 2006

$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Gorgeous War: The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States, Tim Blackmore

Gorgeous War: The Branding War Between the Third Reich and the United States

Tim Blackmore
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

For more on war propaganda and branding, including Disney's role historically, see Tim Blackmore's 2019 book Gorgeous War (available on our website and from your favourite bookseller) . https://t.co/T3hYHLuXJW

Hardcover, 2019

$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Fishing with Tardelli: A Memoir of Family in Time Lost, Neil Besner

Fishing with Tardelli: A Memoir of Family in Time Lost

Neil Besner
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Guest post on our blog: Neil Besner reminisces about starting the Laurier Poetry series, and asserts that publishing is thriving because of its people, as he releases his memoir Fishing with Tardelli coming soon from @ecwpress https://t.co/EpxBT3j9AL https://t.co/JBvvgCNAmI

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Displace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono, Nduka Otiono

Displace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono

Nduka Otiono
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Congratulations to @NdukaOtiono winner of Book of the Year Award – Creative Writing from the African Literature Association, for DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono (Peter Midgley, ed.) #LaurierPoetry #ReadUP https://t.co/7OSdUXFEIX https://t.co/ZJKtS6V3ax

Paperback, 2021

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy's Radically Honest Tale, Cheri Dinovo CM

The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy's Radically Honest Tale

Cheri Dinovo CM
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

We're celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth and #IWD with free Canadian shipping on select titles, including The Queer Evangelist: A Socialist Clergy's Radically Honest Tale. Visit our site to see more! Use code IWD23 in the shopping cart. https://t.co/QidHIBJtUA https://t.co/IN2ksyK6LB

Hardcover, 2021

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Black and Free, Tom Skinner

Black and Free

Tom Skinner
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Congratulations to Dr. Keleta-Mae, author of the forthcoming Performing Female Blackness, and principal investigator in the Black and Free project. We're so thrilled to be working with you. https://t.co/qAsyfZr7WU

Paperback, 2005

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg: The Hidden History of a Jewish Entrepreneur in Nazi Germany, Hella Rottenberg

The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg: The Hidden History of a Jewish Entrepreneur in Nazi Germany

Hella Rottenberg
Wilfrid Laurier University PressWilfrid Laurier University Press

Agent Michael Levine and co-author Sandra Rottenberg spoke to @globalnews about the story behind The Cigar Factory of Isay Rottenberg. Available internationally everywhere you buy books! @Sanrottenberg #JewishHistoryMonth https://t.co/0ccTszkJdJ

Paperback, 2022

$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon