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Sruti Islam

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Sruti Islam reads. She runs a literary newsletter: Weird Era, partnered by Librairie Saint-Henri Books, while also freelancing in literary and cultural coverage. She is a Libra.
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3 books to read this month: Audition, My Documents, Care and Feeding

3 books to read this month: Audition, My Documents, Care and Feeding

May 27, 2025 Sruti Islam

Katie Kitamura’s third consecutive banger, the Asian American take on the U.S. response to terrorist attacks and a fascinating peek behind the curtain of foodie culture.

Books to read this month: Stag Dance, No Fault, The Wickedest, Something Rotten

Books to read this month: Stag Dance, No Fault, The Wickedest, Something Rotten

March 27, 2025 Sruti Islam

Stories about gender and sexuality, politics and masculinity, a divorce memoir and poems about a marathon house-party.

3 books to read this month: Can the Monster Speak, Wicked, Owlish

3 books to read this month: Can the Monster Speak, Wicked, Owlish

February 11, 2025 Sruti Islam

The books we read over the holidays were provocative, inspiring — wicked, even.

Best Used Book Stores in Montreal

Best Used Book Stores in Montreal

January 30, 2025 Cult MTL

Montreal has spoken.

Montreal author Jacob Wren on the role of art in a world full of war, injustice and political upheaval

Montreal author Jacob Wren on the role of art in a world full of war, injustice and political upheaval

January 2, 2025 Sruti Islam

“I feel I need to be an artist, but I don’t think what the world needs right now is art. I think it needs activism and it needs people who are really able to get out there and fight.”

Best Bookstores in Montreal

Best Bookstores in Montreal

December 9, 2024 Cult MTL

Montreal has spoken.

CONTEST: Win a pass to the Salon du Livre and a curated stack of books from Read Quebec

CONTEST: Win a pass to the Salon du Livre and a curated stack of books from Read Quebec

November 21, 2024 Cult MTL

The 47th edition of Montreal’s largest book fair will take place at the Palais des Congrès from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1. 

3 books to read this month: Good Want, How It Works Out and The Coin

3 books to read this month: Good Want, How It Works Out and The Coin

July 30, 2024 Sruti Islam

Brilliant new titles by Domenica Martinello, Myriam Lacroix and Yasmin Zaher.

3 books to read this month: Who’s Afraid of Gender, Small Fires, Alphabetical Diaries

3 books to read this month: Who’s Afraid of Gender, Small Fires, Alphabetical Diaries

May 23, 2024 Sruti Islam

The latest novels by Judith Butler, Rebecca May Johnson and Sheila Heti.

3 books to read this month: The Vulnerables, The Librarianist, Open Throat

3 books to read this month: The Vulnerables, The Librarianist, Open Throat

December 30, 2023 Sruti Islam

Light in the darkness of lockdown, Benjamin Button meets Revolutionary Road and the story of a queer mountain lion.

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