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Exhibit: The Alcuin Society Awards For Excellence In Book Design In Canada 2012

McLennan Library Building : main floor,  3459 rue McTavish Montreal Quebec Canada , H3A 0C9 On July 2013 Free entrance. Accessible during opening hours. Since 1981 the Alcuin Society has sponsored the only national competition for book design in Canada. Each year, …

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The Green Wall at McLennan

Every year, a committee of McGill students works with the Development & Alumni Relations office (DAR) to plan and market a fundraising campaign. This campaign is called Class Action. It is geared towards the graduating class, so they can make …

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Lecture: Strokes and Hairlines

Exhibition: Strokes and Hairlines

Elegant Writing and its Place in Muslim Book Culture. An Exhibition in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.

Recent titles in Canadian Architecture and Art

Arnaud Maggs : identification. By Josée Drouin-Brisebois; Arnaud Maggs. Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada, 2012.   The Allied Arts: Architecture and Craft in Postwar Canada. By Sandra Alfoldy. McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History.   A commerce of …

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Exhibition: Ink and Blood

  The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada and the   McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections present Ink and Blood, an exhibition on the works of Polish-born graphic artist, book illustrator, caricaturist and stage designer Arthur Szyk …

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