The Montreal Review of Books launches its Summer 2026 issue on Thursday, July 2 in the Grande Gallerie of Teesri Duniya Theatre (Cité-des-Hospitalières, 251 Ave Pins). Please note that this is an outdoor venue with a covered roof, with three to four steps leading to the seating area. There will be signage indicating the way.

Doors open at 5:30 pm, and mRb readings begin at 6:00 with featured authors Natalie Doonan (Eating the Urban Wild, McGill-Queen’s University Press), Guy Rex Rodgers (What We Choose to Forget, ELAN) and Chanel Sutherland (Layaway Child, House of Anansi). The authors will be available to sign books after the readings. Admission is free.