• Tomorrow, but Tonight: Experiments in Flash Fiction

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    A workshop for writers aged 14 to 20 – come for 90 minutes, leave with a very short story – or two! No experience necessary. Bring a notebook or a […]

  • Guernica Editions’ Montreal Book Launch 2026

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    With: Robin Blackburn McBride, River of Dreams Marie-Josée Poisson, Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties Hélène Rioux and Jonathan Kaplansky, The Love of Man H. Nigel Thomas, And Then Again Begin […]

  • Opening Cocktail and Raffle

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Join us for a special edition of our annual Opening Cocktail, celebrating longtime partner, the Quebec Writers’ Federation, with new Executive Director Remy Attig and Director of Operations Zac Remple. […]

  • Speed Dating for Writers and Publishers!

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Writers, bring your pitch and present it to local and out-of-province publishers of poetry, adult fiction and nonfiction. Introduce yourselves, and then you’ll have three minutes to tell your publisher […]

  • Ah-Ma’s Home with Gillian Sze

    Poet and children’s book author Gillian Sze will read her beautiful new book, Ah Ma’s Home, to kids of all ages in the Babar Kids’ Book Nook. The story of […]

  • Poetry Lightning Round

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    With: Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt, The Hospitality of Trees Robin Durnford, At Beckett’s Grave Valerie Free, On Occasion contributor Leigh Kotsilidis, Some of Us May Live Erín Moure, On Occasion contributor Alexei […]

  • Véhicule Showcase: Who Gets Remembered?

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    What do a coming-of-age novel that takes place in Bombay, a collection of essays on forgotten women jazz musicians, and a novel that celebrates Montreal and a ghost have in […]

  • InfiniPRESS Showcase

    Casa d'Italia 505 rue Jean Talon est, Montreal, QC, Canada

    With: Leanna Brodie, Omi Mouna  Catherine Chabot, Clean Slate Mohsen El Gharbi, Omi Mouna Zach Fraser, Whalefall  Jennie Herbin, Clean Slate  Ashe Lang, Whalefall Riley Wilson, Whalefall  Come hear from […]

  • Seeing Things: Lee Lai and Arizona O’Neill in Conversation

    From spectral magpies to Frankenstein’s Monster (actually he much prefers “Frankie”), unsettling visions haunt the protagonists of Cannon and Opioids & Organs, two of the most talked-about graphic narratives this […]