{"id":3998,"date":"2016-05-17T11:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T15:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/?page_id=3998"},"modified":"2021-07-19T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:19:23","slug":"morrinbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/lhsq-publications\/morrinbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Iron Bars &#038; Bookshelves: A History of the Morrin Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrin Centre is at the heart of Quebec City\u2019s history. It once housed Quebec\u2019s common jail, the Presbyterian-<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4073 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EN_Cover-1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"EN_Cover\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/>run Morrin College, and the scholarly activities of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (LHSQ). Today, it is home to the city\u2019s main English-language cultural centre and library.<\/p>\n<p>The colourful stories of each of these institutions reveal unknown aspects of the tumultuous history of Quebec\u2019s capital city and bring some of its forgotten characters back to life. This book takes you from the dark prison cells on the building\u2019s ground floor to the stately library and college classrooms above it.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Quebec\u2019s first French-language novelist, Philippe Aubert de Gasp\u00e9, did time in the jail, that Morrin College admitted women on equal terms with men some sixty years before Universit\u00e9 Laval, or that the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec helped establish Canada\u2019s National Archives?<\/p>\n<p><strong>This book can be purchased at the Morrin Centre or by contacting us at 418-694-9147, ext. 0.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authors:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.septentrion.qc.ca\/auteurs\/louisa-blair\">Louisa Blair<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.septentrion.qc.ca\/auteurs\/patrick-donovan\">Patrick Donovan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.septentrion.qc.ca\/auteurs\/donald-fyson\">Donald Fyson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Foreword by Louise Penny<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barakabooks.com\/catalogue\/iron-bars-and-bookshelves\/\">Baraka Books<\/a>\u00a0(English) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.septentrion.qc.ca\/catalogue\/etageres-et-barreaux-de-fer\">\u00e9ditions Septentrion<\/a> (French)<\/p>\n<p>Illustrated<\/p>\n<p>260 pages<\/p>\n<p>$34.95 (+GST)<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chyz.ca\/3600-secondes-dhistoire\/\">3 600 secondes d&#8217;histoire<\/a>, CHYZ, Episode aired on July 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/culture\/books\/the-magnificent-library-at-the-heart-of-anglo-quebec-city\/\">The magnificent library at the heart of Anglo Quebec City<\/a>&#8220;, <em>Maclean&#8217;s<\/em>, July 6,\u00a02016<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/emissions\/premiere_heure\/2011-2012\/chronique.asp?idChronique=410156\">\u00c9tag\u00e8res et barreaux de fer&#8221; : Une histoire du Morrin Centre<\/a>, Premi\u00e8re Heure, Radio-Canada, June 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/2690499404\">New book about Morrin Centre history<\/a>, Breakaway, CBC Radio One, June 16,\u00a02016<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morrin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fyson_Quebec_Gaol_References.pdf\">References for the section &#8220;PRISON REFORM AND PRISON SOCIETY: THE QUEBEC GAOL, 1812-1867.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>References for the sections on the Morrin College and the LHSQ will be shared soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrin Centre is at the heart of Quebec City\u2019s history. It once housed Quebec\u2019s common jail, the Presbyterian-run Morrin College, and the scholarly activities of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (LHSQ). Today, it is home to the city\u2019s main English-language cultural centre and library. The colourful stories of each of these institutions reveal unknown aspects of the tumultuous history of Quebec\u2019s capital city and bring some of its forgotten characters back to life. This book takes you from the dark prison cells on the building\u2019s ground floor to the stately library and college classrooms above it. Did you know that Quebec\u2019s first French-language novelist, Philippe Aubert de Gasp\u00e9, did time in the jail, that Morrin College admitted women on equal terms with men some sixty years before Universit\u00e9 Laval, or that the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec helped establish Canada\u2019s National Archives? This book can be purchased at the Morrin Centre or by contacting us at 418-694-9147, ext. 0. 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