2026 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival

150 AUTHORS AND CULTURAL MEDIATORS, 110 EVENTS, 9 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
The 28th edition of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will revolve around the theme: “Words for Understanding One Another”.
As in past years, the Festival will be full of interviews, discussions, lectures, debates, masterclasses and more to delight our audiences. Discover all the festival has to offer below.
The Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is also a Youth Festival which takes place in April until early May. Across many libraries, schools and institutions in Montreal, there will be meet and greets, animated workshops and many more events with various children’s authors. Our new Draw Me A Sun exposition will also be on display in 4 libraries across Montreal. Learn more about what we have to offer for the youth by clicking the orange button below.
Blue Metropolis favours a diversity of viewpoints and freedom of expression. The opinions expressed by Festival participants are theirs alone.