The Montreal Review of Books launches its Spring 2026 issue on Wednesday, March 11th at Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke Street West), in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival! mRb readings begin at 6:00. Admission is free.

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"Like a good joke, like a good poem, its impact resounds beyond its last line." Alexandra Sweny reviews 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/all-...

"While food is a source of nourishment, the stories in the collection certainly show how food choices are also political choices. " Priscilla Jolly reviews 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢'𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/anna... @dundurnpress.bsky.social @veenago.bsky.social

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"The book is a resounding, honest call in a world that’s silenced Palestinian voices for the past seventy-seven years." Nayibe Siwady reviews 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/gaza...

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"This book, for its interest in glitch, intimacy, beauty, anachronism, and the voice coming from inside of the computer, is striking, difficult, and altogether magnetic." mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/i-am... @pslycnrd.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

"Temporally and geographically expansive, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦’s apparent digressions sediment into uncanny layers." Madelaine Caritas Longman in conversation with Stephanie Bolster. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/long... @effervescentvoid.bsky.social

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"Author Michael Carin dares not only to reopen some of the biggest wounds in readers’ collective memory, but to illuminate a not-so-bright future, weaving together scientific, spiritual, and political worlds." mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/edis... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

"...demonstrates a keen understanding of pacing in her form, and imbues even quiet moments with tempo and depth." Jules Brown reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-...

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"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 is explicitly, urgently feminist, but class analysis and intersectionality factor in, too." Emily Raine reviews 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-...

"Fiction makes experience flesh in a way non-fiction and anecdotes do not." Ingrid Phaneuf reviews 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/tune...

"Her poems carry an ease of camaraderie, a voice to commiserate with, lightly..." Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘸. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/were... @biblioasis.bsky.social @pslycnrd.bsky.social

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"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘌𝘹 is ultimately a hopeful, triumphant story." Ami Sands Brodoff in conversation with Andreas Kessaris. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-... @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

"Homel sets up the story for an exploration of making art that offends, and what it means to be an artist who is scorned." Pamela Hensley reviews 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/priv...

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"Suleman’s work exposes and counters the sensationalist narratives about religion in our society..." Aishwarya Singh reviews 𝘈 𝘋𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩. Read the rest the at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/a-di...

"These lines capture the book’s tension: mastery of grammar and syntax cannot guarantee belonging." Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/prop... @pslycnrd.bsky.social

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Felix Chau Bradley speaks to Lee Lai on writing 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘯. Read the rest at the following link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/cann... @dandq.bsky.social

Karolina Roman reviews 𝘔𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. Read the rest at the following link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/my-c...

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"This poetry is urgent and alive, a work of observation and invention that bends the formal and the lyrical..." Paisley Conrad reviews 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘈 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/an-o... @pslycnrd.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social

"...quality of recognition is not something that can be forced; it’s something that arises, if we are fortunate." Elise Moser discusses 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 with Madeleine Thien. Read the rest at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-...

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Stay tuned for our kids round-up coverage!

Thanks to everyone who came out for the launch yesterday! Looking forward to showcasing some good books and writing in the next few days!

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Come say hi tomorrow evening!

Congratulations to Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall, and @dandq.bsky.social for their translation of Muybridge, featured in the 2025 list of Governor General's translation awards! Read our review at the link! mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/muyb...

Congratulations to @mabdelmoumen.bsky.social and @biblioasis.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards! Check out our review here:https://mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/baldwin-styron-and-me_melikah_abdelmoumen/

Congratulations to Eric Andrew-Gee on being selected for the 2025 Concordia University First Book Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction! Read our review at the link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/the-...

Congratulations to Fred Anderson and Baraka Books on being shortlisted for the 2025 Concordia University First Book Prize! Revisit our review at the following link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/eyes...

Don’t miss our Fall 2025 issue launch! Featuring readings by Stephanie Bolster, Veena Gokhale and Andreas Kessaris. October 30, 2025 P’tit Ours (5585 Parc ave) Doors at 6:30 Readings at 7:00 @dundurnpress.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @veenago.bsky.social

Fall issue sneak peek!

Online review out now! mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/stan...

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"Composed of eleven pieces, 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑙𝑦, 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 is itself a love letter to the city," writes Emma Dollery. Read the rest at the following link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/quie...

...there is no denying that the heyday of Fish Piss was a special time..." writes Malcolm Fraser in his review. Read the rest at the following link: mtlreviewofbooks.ca/reviews/why-...

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