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A future worth shaping starts with a present we want to grow.
Our NEXT program put some weight behind that bit of wisdom.
WORKING FICTIONS
Ecology, sustainability, social inequalities, age and time wearing on—a few important subjects. And to address them, original short stories that combine imagination and intuitions, invention and the music of language. And just as many indispensable literary perspectives. Literature, here, gets the last word. With Working Fictions, imagination takes on urgent explorations, and reality gets a little brighter. It becomes a bit more singular, a bit more puzzling, a bit more joyous, a bit more worrisome. Fodder for more stories, more listening.
TIO’TIA:KE/MONTREAL LITERARY WALKING TOUR
Tio’tia:ke, meaning “where the rivers meet” in Mohawk, has had many names, been a gathering place for many First Nations, and is now a point of confluence for Indigenous people and many other peoples alike. And yet, the history of Tio’tia:ke/Montreal most of us know is a white settler story—an often selective, sometimes doctored, at best incomplete account. In Tio’tia:ke/Montreal, Indigenous and settler of colour authors, members of communities underrepresented by the telling of that story, begin to contribute necessary perspectives, personal records, and missing chapters to the history of the place they’ve called home.
RELIVE OUR NEXT 2021 PROGRAM
For this latter celebration of the 2021 edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, we presented 4 events from Montreal’s burgeoning literary community leaders. A showcase of recent and upcoming releases from Metonymy Press, a revisiting of Kama La Mackerel’s Gender B(l)ender events with librairie L’Euguélionne, a celebration of emerging talents in translation with Metatron Press, and an afro-futurism spotlight with librairie Racines. All representing a world of hybrid possibilities—an effervescent mix of refreshed digital formats and safe in-person experiences.
HOPE TO REMEMBER
The fight against racism and exclusion is indeed a lasting struggle faced by our societies. Presented by Blue Metropolis, Hope to Remember Days took place during the Salon du livre de Montréal in 2020.
INTERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Recruitment is no longer available. See you next year !
THANKS TO THE BLUE METROPOLIS FOUNDATION’S MAJOR PARTNERS WHO SUPPORT THE 2023 FESTIVAL AND OUR 2022-2023 EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MERCI AUX PARTENAIRES MAJEURS DE LA FONDATION METROPOLIS BLEU QUI SOUTIENNENT LE FESTIVAL 2023 ET NOS PROGRAMMES ÉDUCATIFS ET SOCIAUX 2022-2023
