From April 25 to 28, the 26th edition of Blue Metropolis will bring some 150 literary giants to Hotel 10, with participants gathering from around the world to share their writing, reflections, big ideas, and hopes for a better world.
Join writers as they explore this year’s theme of Dreams & Utopias through readings, conversations, interviews, Q&A sessions, award ceremonies, cocktail evenings, book signings, workshops, and more. Events are presented in a wide range of languages, both in person and online, in a selection of series that includes Indigenous Voices, Peace and War, LGBTQ+, a Children’s Festival, Ecology and Literature, and more.
Highlights include:
- An interview with British writer-explorer and Cambridge professor Robert Macfarlane, winner of the 2024 Blue Metropolis Planet Literature Prize
- Eleanor Wachtel interviewing award-winning German-American writer and illustrator Nora Krug
- The First People’s Literary Prize, presented to Tanya Talaga
- A Horror Fiction and Dystopia panel
- Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright Sky Gilbert receiving the Violet Literary Prize
- And the opportunity to hear and meet authors, including Yuri Androkoviych, Éric Chacour, Mikhail Iossel, Josip Novakovich, Brenda Navarro, Catherine Leroux, Kasia Van Schaik, Anuja Varghese, and more
You can also tune in for free online programming featuring:
- An online interview with French-Cameroonian novelist, playwright, and essayist Léonora Miano, winner of the Blue Metropolis Words for Change Prize
- The Bold&Creative podcast, featuring interviews with 6 Montreal creatives, with host Rachel McCrum
- Interviews with Margo Glantz, Sarah Polley, Akos Verboczy, and more
Festival passes and event tickets are on sale now here. Tickets can also be purchased on site.
