A new book documents the indie music scene eruption in Montreal & the ROC
We spoke with Michael Barclay, the author of Hearts on Fire: Six Years that Changed Canadian Music, ahead of the book’s Montreal launch.
The Maktaba bookstore and boutique in Old Montreal aims to inspire
“The concept is a bookshop and boutique, where we can be surrounded by the work of people who inspire us, and therefore offer that inspiration back to the city.”
Martha Wainwright gets personal about music, family, love and heartbreak in her new book
We spoke to the singer-songwriter about her memoir Stories I Might Regret Telling You, and having charted her own course in life, independent from the successes of her musical family.
Montreal author Rawi Hage on his wild-ride short story collection Stray Dogs
Hage spoke with us about how a fear of dogs and photography gigs informed his writing, life during wartime, Bill 21 and more.
Bianca Andreescu just launched her first picture book, Bibi’s Got Game
“I wanted to share my story and how meditation (and my dog, Coco) keep me focused.”
Anglo authors, gender, sexual & racial diversity at forefront of Montreal lit event
A wealth of work by emerging and established authors is being showcased at this year’s Read Quebec Holiday Book Fair.
Robin comes out as bisexual in Batman: Urban Legends comic series
After decades of wishful-thinking fan art, Batman’s sidekick comes out.
A Leonard Cohen graphic novel is on the way
The book is being published just ahead of the five-year anniversary of Cohen’s death.
Montreal author Christopher DiRaddo launches The Family Way this week
DiRaddo’s second novel chronicles the complexity of non-dad status after a gay man donates sperm to lesbian friends.
Rick Ross to release a business self-help book
This is the rapper’s second book, after his 2019 memoir.