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This #12aout, discover a book from here!

Check out what Quebecers are reading this month! We’ve compiled lists with our colleagues at BookNet Canada to show the bestselling titles in Quebec, both overall and amongst titles from Canadian-owned publishers. The Bestseller and Top Circulated Lists are compiled by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec from information […]

By Frances Grace Fyfe When I went to print out these interview questions at Zoubris photocopy in the Mile End, one of the owners recognized Leila Marshy’s name and warned me “she’s trouble.” I brought the questions with me to Caffe della Pace, on the corner of Van Horne and […]

By Brooke Lee Last month, local writer Brooke Lee sat down with Christopher DiRaddo–founder and host of the Violet Hour Book Club–to discuss his debut literary festival Lire Queer.  When did the idea for Lire Queer first come to you? It began with an invitation from fiction writer Nairne Holtz, […]

By Margot Berner I am not a spring-enjoyer.  I love summer for the festivals, autumn for the When Harry Met Sally sweaters, and winter for the complaining about winter. Spring in Montreal is all about the revealing of dog poop in ice-melt gutter-rivers and slipping on secret ice hidden under […]