The Latest Books News from Montreal: Launch Party Tonight

The Montreal Review of Books has been around for perhaps 15 years, and has become a major cultural institution.  Started as a way to get some attention for Quebec writing in English, it has gone far beyond its beginnings as a quasi-promotional publication.  It features some tough reviewing and some in depth interviews, and the Spring 2014 issue (included in this morning's Globe and Mail in the Montreal area) is no exception.

It will be launched tonight at Librairie Drawn and Quarterly, 211 Bernard West in Mile End with readings by several of the writers featured this time around: Evelyn Kalman Naves (the cover interview), Christopher Di Raddio. and Ann Charney.

And there are also reviews of books by David Homel, Arjun Basu, Trevor Ferguson, and  Mark Lavarato plus one of a graphic novel about feminist and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger by Peter Bagge.  A great line-up from a vibrant literary scene!  Think I'll drop everything this afternoon and read.