Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Azure Scratchings: The End

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Just a note to say that I have resigned my post as Director of Programming at Blue Metropolis after six Festivals. What an amazing six years...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

The Battle in Seattle and its Legacy: Sunil Yapa

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I was living in Asia when the Battle for Seattle suddenly took over the news. This was 1999 and the WTO were holding their semi-regular meet...
Friday, March 25, 2016

Blue Metropolis Premio Azul: Valeria Luiselli

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I was very happy when Blue Met's Premio Azul was awarded to Mexican writer, Valeria Luiselli. I'd been trying for years to get her t...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Stories are All We Are

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I've never really been able to understand how people who don't read books negotiate life. Yes, it's true today we have to carve ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Anne Carson wins 2016 Blue Metropolis Literary Grand Prix

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When The Autobiography of Red came out, this book traveled from friend to friend in my little circle of poetry nuts. Almost like a novel in...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Blue Met announces its 2016 Festival lineup in Montreal

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This morning we announce our entire 2016 lineup for the Blue Met 2016 Festival and wow are we excited! For one thing, an amazing roster of C...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Art and our Fears: The Witch and Bus Stops

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I saw two events last week that  both seemed to explore our fears as a society but from very different eras and it's been something on m...