Thank you to participants, sponsors, volunteers and festivalgoers for making the 11th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, and the 2nd Blue Metropolis Children's Festival, a huge success!

Mark your calendars and join us for the 12th Festival, April 21 to 25, 2010, at the Delta Centre-Ville Hotel. 

Click here to view the Festival 2009 programme

Clik here to download the Festival 2009 schedule of events (PDF)

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Clik here to view the 2009 Children's Festival Programme

Click here to download the 2009 Children's Festival schedule of events (PDF)

Theme 2009: Words that Matter

Words do matter, today more than ever. Times of turmoil are times of danger, as we lose much of what we have valued. These are times of opportunity as well, as we rethink what we have taken for granted, discriminate between what matters more and what matters less, and create anew. The 11th Blue Met brings you words worth writing, works worth reading, writers worth quoting, texts worth teaching – all kinds of words that can make the world a better place. And what are those words? Inclusion and diversity, for a start. Fighting words. Respect, commitment, quality, innovation. And fun!  

Blue Met?
The world’s first multilingual literary festival – and the best five-day literary party there is. In 2008, Blue Met gathered about 350 writers, literary translators, musicians, actors, journalists and publishers from Quebec and from all around the world for five days of literary events in English, French, Spanish and other languages.  

Interested in becoming a volunteer?
You can find more information here about how to help during the Blue Metropolis Festival.

Blue Metropolis Arab Literary Prize
Blue Metropolis Foundation has created a new literary prize which is bestowed on an author attending the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival.

The Blue Metropolis Arab Literary Prize will be awarded annually for a lifetime of substantial literary achievement by an Arab writer working in any genre (poetry, fiction, etc.) in Arabic or another language. The winner will be chosen by a jury appointed by Blue Metropolis Foundation and chaired by the Artistic Director.
More information here