UPEI Faculty of Arts launches eight outstanding new books

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Posted on Friday, 21 January 2011

The University of Prince Edward Island builds on its strong record of publication with the launch of eight new books from the Faculty of Arts. The launch is Friday, January 28 from 4-6 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s Main Building.

The titles launched at this event include books, journals, and CDs with Arts Faculty members as authors, performers, or primary editors. They are:

  • “Island Enclaves” (McGQUP, 2010) by Godfrey Baldacchino,
  • “Homecare: One Woman’s Journey” (VDM Verlag, 2009) by Lorraine Begley,
  • Volume 20 of the Journal “Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain” (2010), edited by Annabel Cohen. The volume is a special double issue entitled “A history of music psychology in autobiography.” It includes a DVD (with the technical assistance of Robert Drew of the Psychology Department),
  • “Soundscapes of Spain” (CD, 2010) by Frances Gray,
  • “Burning House” (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers, 2010) by Richard Lemm,
  • “The Landscapes of Confederation, Charlottetown 1864” (P.E.I.Heritage Foundation, 2010) by Ed MacDonald (with Catherine Hennessey and David Keenlyside),
  • “The Atheist’s Primer” (Broadview, 2010) by Malcolm Murray,
  • “Dreams of Nationhood: American Jewish Communists and the Soviet Birobidzhan Project, 1924-1951” (Academic Studies Press, 2010) by Henry Srebrnik.

Each title will be available to purchase at the launch. Refreshments and a reception will follow. For more information, contact Lisa Chilton at lchilton@upei.ca, or 566-0692.