Name: The Gabriel Safdie Event: Jerusalem of the Mind—The Groundwork for the Day After
Start: 2025-04-27T14:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-27T14:30:00-04:00
Location: Hotel 10

24 Apr − 2 May

2021 Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival: The challenges of our times?

April 24 to May 2, 2021, the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will open … More info Read more

28 Apr − 8 May

Blue Metropolis International Festival 2022

What age is this ? Earth, Society, People The Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival … More info Read more

27 Apr

Writing/Righting the World

In this event, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman speak with writer and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda, Linda Morra, about their award-winning book, Valley of the Birdtail—a revision of past accounts from two neighbouring communities (Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo) — which illuminates a better path towards reconciliation.

27 Apr

Eighty Thousand Steps

CBC presents a first-of-its-kind literary experience, powered by you. Eighty Thousand Steps is a cinematic podcast/audiobook specially designed to listen to while you walk and starring international bestselling author Denise Chong. Writer Crystal Chan presents this work, inviting the audience to step into the shoes of a refugee and journey into a land of fable and mystery.

12 Mar

Blue Metropolis: 2025 Spring Program Unveiling

Join us as we unveil the 2025 program of the Blue Metropolis Festival. We can’t wait to share with you the highlights of this year’s edition. Be among the first to discover our line-up of guests and the highlights of our spring edition.

18 Mar

Challenges Facing Writers of Middle Eastern Origin

A discussion between three writers on their works, their origins and the various degrees of connection between the two.

24 Apr − 27 Apr

Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival

April 24-27, 2025Hotel 10, 10 Sherbrooke St. W., MontrealOnline starting April 14 The Blue … More info Read more

26 Apr

Writers Out Loud: To Care for the Earth—In Conversation with Alice Irene Whittaker

Novelist Ian Thomas Shaw interviews author Alice Irene Whittaker to explore the profound act of finding home in nature at a time of heartbreaking change. In her book, Homing: A Quest for Care for Myself and the Earth, Alice Irene weaves the wisdom of leading environmentalists with her journey of embracing nature’s cycles in a cabin in the woods, where she strives to shed perfectionism and cultivate a life rooted in regeneration and care.

27 Apr

The Gabriel Safdie Event: Jerusalem of the Mind—The Groundwork for the Day After

How do we continue living through endless conflict in the Middle East? How do we lay the groundwork for the day after? What role do we have as writers, poets, storytellers and journalists in the arduous and grassroots task of dialogue toward peace building? We must first explore ways toward building empathy among enemies.