Guernica Editions’ Montreal Book Launch 2026
Located in the Rotunda, Casa d’Italia
With:
- Marie-Josée Poisson, Blood Bound: Unlacing Secret Ties
- Robin Blackburn McBride, River of Dreams
- Jay Quint, Village Dreams
- H. Nigel Thomas, And Then Again Begin
- Hélène Rioux / Jonathan Kaplansky, The Love of Man
Moderated by Connie Guzzo-McParland
Join us for a vibrant literary celebration at the Read Quebec Book Fair for Guernica Editions’ annual Montreal Book Launch. Enjoy lively readings from our authors, browse and buy fresh new titles, and enter our book‑bag raffle. After the event, join us for a friendly AELAQ‑ and QWF-sponsored cocktail, where writers, publishers, and book lovers gather to mingle, toast, and celebrate Montreal’s literary scene.
Connie Guzzo McParland, President and Co-director of Guernica Editions, holds a BA in Italian Literature and an MA in Creative Writing from Concordia University. She is the author of the novels The Girls of Piazza d’Amore (2013) and The Women of Saturn (2017), the latter translated into Italian as Le donne di Saturno (2019). Her nonfiction work includes the biography An Opera in 3 Acts, translated into French as Un opéra en 3 actes (2021). She also translated The Twelfth Room, the English edition of La Dodicesima Stanza. Her latest work, Stitch by Stitch, Punto per punto, De fil à aiguille, launching in March 2027, is a collection of stories and testimonials about Italian immigrant women who laboured in the garment industry in Quebec.
Her writing has been recognized with numerous distinctions, including the Concordia University David McKeen Award in Creative Writing (2008) for her thesis Girotondo; a shortlist nomination for the Quebec Writers’ Federation First Book Award for The Girls of Piazza d’Amore (2013).