Montreal Posts

Phantom Texts
A recommended reading list by the author of Here Is Still Here.

2023 GGBooks Special: The Chat with Peter McCambridge
This year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation was awarded to Peter McCambridge, for Rosa’s Very Own Personal Revolution (QC Fiction, …

Beyond Two Solitudes: Montreal Fiction You Really Want to Read
A recommended reading list by author of the new novel A Real Somebody.

The Chat with 2022 Governor General's Award winner Judith Weisz Woodsworth
Judith Weisz Woodsworth is the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Award winner for Translation (French-English) for her translation of Pierre Anctil’s …

The Chat with Christopher DiRaddo
Christopher DiRaddo’s sophomore novel, The Family Way, is a dynamic and rich exploration of queer family, parenthood, and the deep bonds of love that …

Filling the Gaps, Minding the Gaps: the Unconventional (Mostly) Small Town Girls of CanLit
An amazing recommended reading list by Robin Durnford, whose new poetry collection is Gaptoothed.

humorous essays

The Edges of Identity
8 books dealing with issues of identity, sexuality, and mental health.

Irena Karafilly's Displacement and Misplacement List
What happens when the places where we once belonged—and the people we once belonged to—don't belong to us anymore?

Montreal's Mile End Comes of Age
Sigal Samuel on the setting for her debut novel.