Literary Nonfiction. Art. Montreal writer Dany Laferrière became "Immortal" in 2015, when he was inducted into the Académie française, the highest honour in all French literature—and the first Quebecer and only second Black writer to receive such an...
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Fiction. Women's Studies. Translated by Katia Grubisic. DAUGHTER OF HERE is an experiment in memory, desire, and time. As she sifts through her international whirlwind romance with Célestin, her larger-than-life love for her daughter Mo, and her own...
Children's Literature. African & African American Studies. Part fable, part metaphor, LITTLE GIRL GAZELLE is an extraordinarily beautiful picture book focused on discrimination and equality—and presenting parents' subtle efforts to ready their black...
Literary Nonfiction. Women's Studies. Memoir. Translated by Liedewy Hawke. In this memoir, the distinguished feminist author and poet Louise Dupré conjures up the tragedies and joys of her mother's life—and does so not only in the personal context o...
Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. The characters in these ten stories are longing for escape and attempt to leave home, but inevitably and perhaps ironically find themselves homesick. Chih-Ying Lay, a Montreal-based expatriat...
Fiction. Women's Studies. Translated by Anita Anand. Told with startling, unapologetic honesty and in a haunting, minimalist style, LIGHTNESS is the story of a woman's profound sense of alienation, beginning with her own physical body and its desire...
Literary Nonfiction. Are Quebecers less tolerant than other Canadians? Ongoing debate about secularism and religious symbols has led many observers to ask that very question. Premier François Legault denied that racism or Islamophobia exists in Queb...
Children's Literature. Nonfiction. Photography by Bruno Ricci. Translated by Katia Grubisic. Montreal spelled out in a mosaic of haiku, descriptive text and full-colour photographs. From A to Z, every letter introduces a different aspect of the city...
Fiction. How to survive the unthinkable? This is the question nine-year-old Tom has to face after witnessing his parent's murder-suicide. After the horrific event, Tom refuses to speak. At first, he moves in with his childless Aunt Sonya, but she is...