Festivals
Montreal Festivals and Events Calendar for April 2022
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
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Re-Joyce! It’s Bloomsday 2021!
It’s Bloomsday 2021! Read up about the events to happen this year and plan out your day! [read more]
Festivals
Montreal Festivals and Events Calendar for April 2019
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
Festivals
Montreal Festivals and Events Calendar for April 2018
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: Vimy: The Battle and the Legend by Tim Cook
Stories of the Canadian participation in foreign wars go back to the days when parts of Canada were part of French territory, but it is the contemporary story of the Canadians at World War I, [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Viewers of the television series “Game of Thrones” might be surprised that as the books progress, the source material deviates further and further from the television series (or, rather, the television series deviates from the [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: Odd Birds by Ian Harding
“In retrospect, I now realize that the look of Mr. Hawkins’s face was one of deliberation: Do I flee from this screaming child or try to somehow eat him?” Memoirs about the hobby of birding [read more]
Festivals
What to Do in Montreal in April 2017
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet by Kate Rorick and Rachel Kiley
“I’ve tried to write this essay many times. The first time I tried, I would have told you my failure was having judgment poor enough to not be able to see that somebody trusted was [read more]
Festivals
Blue Met Is an Open Book : Festival Picks
With many free events, the annual Blue Metropolis is a chance to meet authors, listen to intelligent discourse, and get in touch with the local and international lit scenes. [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
T. A. Wellington reviews “Rain Reign” by Ann M. Martin, a children’s book about a girl and a dog. [read more]
Festivals
Montreal Events and Festivals in April
Your list of the best festivals and events taking place this April in Montreal [read more]
& Other Quebec Curios
The Shop Around the Corner: More French Neighbours & Other Quebec Curios
On another tour of Montreal’s micro bookstores, we stop and have another look at stores owned by some of our French neighbours. [read more]
& Other Quebec Curios
The Shop Around the Corner: Montreal’s Micro Bookstores & Other Quebec Curios
Want to support small businesses? Check out some of these micro bookstore in Montreal! [read more]
Hear
“All poetry is written by dead people”: An Interview with Saul Williams
“I don’t understand why the idea of being white or black is there at all, or why we continue to practice these constructs. The idea behind my music is to destroy those constructs.” [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: The Boy Detective by Roger Rosenblatt
T. A. Wellington reviews “The Boy Detective”, a memoir by Roger Rosenblatt looking back on life in New York in the 1940s. [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming
T. A. Wellington reviews Alan Cumming’s “Not My Father’s Son”, an emotional memoir about growing up with an abusive father. [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: Picks by Our Writers
Our staff’s picks for summer reading 2015. [read more]
Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club : The Universe Within by Neil Turok
Book about quantum physics from the CBC Massey lectures reviewed here. [read more]
Festivals
16th Blue Metropolis Comes Out Swinging
The 16th Blue Metropolis Festival celebrates writers and reading with a special focus on international authors this year. [read more]