Heather O’Neill captures Montreal in prose
In her new novel The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, the author who was voted #4 Best Living Author in the Best of MTL readers poll continues to depict this city’s magic.
The illustrated history of the photobooth
We spoke to Meags Fitzgerald about her autobiographical travelogue comic, Photobooth: A Biography, which tells the story behind the old-school selfie.
A tale of love, espionage & music pioneers
Launching in Montreal this week, Sean Michaels’ Us Conductors recounts the story behind one of the world’s weirdest musical instruments.
Anna Leventhal turns Montreal upside down
The local author’s new short story collection, Sweet Affliction, exposes some uncomfortable truths about this city, resisting the urge to romanticize.
This local novel is an art manifesto
You’ll recognize Montreal’s art community & activist scene in Jacob Wren’s Polyamorous Love Song, an accessible avant-garde work that asks a lot of big questions.
Finally, a new comic about lesbian love
We spoke to Montreal-based cartoonist and animator Diane Obomsawin about her latest book On Loving Women.
Everything you wanted to know about Pussy Riot
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot is an in-depth and incisive account of an activist art movement, and a political scandal that spurred its own global protest.
Visiting Montreal in the jazz age
Writer Mark Lavorato talks about his latest book, a story about artists living in Montreal in the 1920s.
James Franco is launching a book in Montreal
Love him or hate him, James Franco is in town, and this is news.
The best books of 2013
Here’s our picks for the year’s best books, for the long, cold winter ahead.