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    Iron Bars And Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre
    Iron Bars And Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre
    Iron Bars And Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre
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    Iron Bars And Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre

    By Louisa Blair, Patrick Donovan and Donald Fyson

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    The Morrin Centre is at the heart of Quebec City's history. It once housed Quebec's common jail, the Presbyterian-run Morrin College, and the scholarly activities of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Today, it is home to the city's main English-language cultural center and library. The colorful stories of each of these institutions reveal unknown aspects of the tumultuous history of Quebec's capital city and bring some of its forgotten characters back to life. This book takes you from the dark prison cells on the building's ground floor to the stately library and college classrooms above it. Did you know that Quebec's first French-language novelist, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, did time in the jail, that Morrin College admitted women on equal terms with men some sixty years before Université Laval, or that the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec helped establish Canada's National Archives?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateSep 29, 2016
    ISBN9781771860901
    Iron Bars And Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre
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    Louisa Blair

    Louisa Blair is writer, editor and translator who was born in Quebec City, raised in the UK, and returned to live in Quebec 25 years ago. Her books in English include The Anglos: The Hidden Face of Quebec City and Iron Bars and Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre. She has also translated numerous books and exhibitions about history, culture and politics in Quebec. Her translation of Robert Lepage’s play 887 (House of Anansi Press, 2019) was nominated for a Governor General’s prize. Her exhibition on natural history in Quebec, entitled Blossoms, Beetles and Birds, is on display at the Literary and History Society of Quebec.

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