Stories

A collection of MPub tales, humorous observations, notable features, and past book and media projects from the MPub family, for the MPub family.

If you would like to pen your own memorable stories from your MPub days and have them posted for posterity, please email info@sfumpubnetwork.ca

Some Context in Text: The MPub Origin Story

Rowly Lorimer, founder and inaugural director of the Master of Publishing, shares the origins of MPub and reflects on how the program came to be.

Amanda Lastoria Earns the First Publishing PhD in North America

In November of 2019, SFU saw the PhD in Publishing in North America, Amanda Lastoria's 'The Material Evolution of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: How Book...

Cover of Vibrant – A student magazine developed by the 2004/05 cohort

Vibrant – Student Magazine (2005)

Full of jokes and lighthearted digs, Vibrant materialised as a yearbook-esque publication from the 2004/05 MPub cohort

Close up of artist signature and woman in sun hat. Robert Michener painting 'The Good Old Days Were Never Like This'

My MPub Days Were Never Like This

"Most memories I have of MPub are fond...But one in particular has both haunted and perplexed me: The Painting."

On the Scale of Paper Cranes

"Intense. And short. That’s what MPub is. It’s like going down a roller coaster; one moment you’re screaming and crying and the next moment it’s...

Past Projects – PUB606 Media Project

From experimental 'unmagazines' to podcasts and subscription boxes, the magazine/media project always brings out the MPub students' creative best.