
Illustration by Oliver Gadoury
Oliver Gadoury is a Montreal-based illustrator and designer with a passion for visual storytelling, human-centred branding, and beautifully crafted websites. His work is inspired by everyday life – urban landscapes, personal interactions, and the communities around him.
Arjun Basu's novel is is a love song to Montreal in all of its gritty complexity and contradictions.
By Ami Sands Brodoff

Illustration by Oliver Gadoury
Oliver Gadoury is a Montreal-based illustrator and designer with a passion for visual storytelling, human-centred branding, and beautifully crafted websites. His work is inspired by everyday life – urban landscapes, personal interactions, and the communities around him.
Lambert's gaze is oceanic, homing in on individuals and zooming out to the systems within which they operate.
By Marisa Grizenko
Fiction
By Kimberly Bourgeois
By Phoebe Yì Lǐng
By Alexandra Sweny
Non-fiction
By Sruti Islam
By Nora Loreto
By Brooke Lee
Graphic Novels
By Sasha Khalimonova
By Emily Raine
By Billie Gagné-LeBel
Young Readers
Poetry
By Carlos A. Pittella
By Carlos A. Pittella
By Carlos A. Pittella
News and Announcements
The mRb launches its Fall 2024 issue on Wednesday, October 30th at P'tit Ours (formerly Ursa)! Join us for readings by Arjun Basu (The Reeds), Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (Hope is a Woman's Name) and Jacob Wren (Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim).
Robyn Fadden, a contributor to the mRb among countless other local cultural projects, died of cancer on September 23, 2024.
The Summer 2024 Issue of the Montreal Review of Books is out and in the world!
All our reviews and interviews are individually available online, and if you want to read them alongside the gorgeous cover art by Peter Krausz and inside illustration by Zoe Maeve, we also have a PDF of the issue available here for those interested.