2026 BLUE METROPOLIS INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL, MONTREAL

Relive some of the most powerful moments of the Festival with our 2026 Festival Replay. Videos, podcasts and other recorded content from the 2026 edition give you access anytime, anywhere, to the rich and thought-provoking exchanges, ideas and voices that brought this year’s Festival to life.

Watch the REPLAY of spring 2026 Festival events

https://bluemetropolis.org/2026-virtual-programming

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Jardin des Noix, 511 Rang Kildare, St-Ambroise de Kildare, P.Q.

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The Théâtre de Verdure in Parc La Fontaine, Plateau de Montreal, offers a FREE outdoor program of events all summer long. Music, dance, circus arts, plays and films are presented in this 2,000-seat amphitheater. Shows and films are presented Wednesday to Saturday from June 11 to August 26, 2026.

https://festivalcinemania.com

https://montreal.ca/en/places/theatre-de-verdure

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Gabriel Safdie’s latest book, Affair with China, shares insights into his experiences in China over 4 decades. His work offers a rare, lived perspective on China’s evolution—including his time in Beijing leading up to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests—one that moves beyond headlines to reveal the nuanced realities of a rapidly changing society. This unique body of work bridges photography, memoir, and cultural reflection.

https://www.gabrielsafdie.com/biography

Canadiensis – Letters from Canada/Lettere dal Canada

A bilingual (ENGLISH/ITALIAN) newsletter by Arianna Dagnino and Stefano Gulmanelli on Canada’s past, present, and future.

Newsletter bilingue sul Canada in un mondo che cambia

https://canadiensis.substack.com/archive

https://canadiensis.substack.com

CANADIENSIS is a bilingual (ENGLISH/ITALIAN) space, dedicated to independent journalism and socio-cultural analysis of contemporary Canada, created by Dr. Arianna Dagnino and Dr. Stefano Gulmanelli. We are journalists, writers, and researchers (University of British Columbia) with over thirty years of experience documenting the political and cultural transformations and socio-economic trends of the places where we have lived and travelled — from South Africa to Australia, from China to Jordan — always with the belief that rigorous, independent storytelling can contribute to knowledge and foster dialogue.

https://www.infinitheatre.com

Mona Lissa Chanda has graced the stage at renowned festivals such as the Montreal International Jazz Festival and POP Montreal, showcasing her ability to connect with diverse audiences through her versatile and engaging performances.

Beyond her interpretations of standards, Mona Lissa shines as a composer in her own right, crafting modern-day torch songs and lounge-pop music inspired by timeless classics.

Visit the website:

https://monalissamusic.com/home--2

Welcome to the 2026 academic year!

WEBSITE: https://thomasmore.qc.ca 

COURSE PROGRAM: https://courses.thomasmore.qc.ca/product-category/spring-2026 

Our MAILING ADDRESS is: THOMAS MORE INSTITUTE, 3405 Atwater Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal, QC H3H 1Y2 Canada 

Montreal Serai

Montréal Serai is a non-profit webzine focused on arts, culture and politics. We began in 1986 as a local theatre and arts collective that went on to produce a print magazine before going digital. Our driving force: creating new communities, new arts, new solidarities, where voices once relegated to the margins take centre stage.

http://www.montrealserai.com

I read a fascinating illustrated memoir, by artist Géraldine Sadlier, entitled MADAME D.

Visit her FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/geraldinesadlier

Visit her web site: https://geraldinesadlier.com

Between 1870 and the late 1930s more than 100,000 children from orphanages and ‘homes’ in the British Isles were sent to ‘distribution homes’ in Canada where they were indentured as farm hands and servants to families in need of cheap labour. These little immigrants became known as ‘home children’.

Among them was Joseph Henry Hughes.

FREE DOWNLOADS

FREE DOWNLOADS: The FUNLIT SERIES of MILLENNIUM TALES, Interactive Version. Four original fairy tales, featuring illustrated story text, audio story narration, music and sound effects, factual and discussion questions, literacy exercises and skill sheets, reproducible worksheets, answer key, teacher's guide, teacher and student scoresheets, corresponding classroom play script, and more.

DOWNLOAD the complete FUNLIT SERIES, in Interactive PDF format.

WEBSITE: https://princechameleon.com/HomePage

Compliments of Prince Chameleon Press

Guernica Editions, Toronto, 2019

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42254799-the-afrikaner

Welcome to Gryphon Bakery

Producing quality products for over 25 years

5833 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, QC H4A 1X4. (Corner Regent Avenue)

https://www.gryphonbakery.com

WALDENSONG SATURNALIA

Tribute to the Mythic Years

Abandoned by her vast chaotic family, a young girl recreates them into legend. The novel is a fusion of memory and imagination, both humorous and dramatic. Shifting between Old Europe and the New World, it features the idiom of London’s East End, blending into the language of poetry and myth.

An excerpt from WALDENSONG SATURNALIA was short-listed for the Eastside Stories Competition, London, U.K.

FREE DOWNLOAD

88-page Self-Publishing Workbook from Prince Chameleon Press

The Self Publishing Workbook From Prince Chameleon Press

NATIVE-IMMIGRANT: A personal journey into our home and native land tells the story of discovering that, as an immigrant, I have much more in common with First Nations. Immigrants are the Last Nations; together, we are the ongoing human flow of the displaced, the multicultural offspring of colonization.

From Carleton University: Consult and download from among its shared academic collections: Theses and Dissertations in English Literature.

WEB SITE: Carleton University Research Dissertations English Literature

BAGLADY

BAGLADY Novel Chapter One

FREE DOWNLOAD

Baglady Novel MEDIA KIT

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Read more about the BAGLADY novel at Prince Chameleon Press

THE BAGLADY CHRONICLES

BAGLADY-IN-WAITING

BAGLADY-AT-LARGE

BAGLADY-IN-FREE-FALL

Param des Arts proudly presents the 11th Edition of Montreal Natyanjali, a vibrant showcase of Indian classical dance.

Behind the Moon, 3-19 April, 2026

Teesri Duniya Theatre

Cité-des-Hospitalières 251 Avenue des Pins Ouest, #148, Montreal, QC H2W1R5

Website: https://teesriduniyatheatre.com/project/behind-the-moon