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Illustration by blare coughlin

May 1, 2025 | blare coughlin, may 2025, Illustration

blare coughlin is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Born in 1993, he is based in Montreal and heavily entrenched in the city's DIY scene, both musically and artistically.

Illustration by Noka Palm Trees

April 1, 2025 | Illustration

Born and raised in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, By

Spring 2025 Issue Out Now

March 17, 2025 | Announcements

The Spring 2025 Issue of the Montreal Review of Books is out and in the world! Featuring interviews with Rachel McCrum and Amélie Prévost, Leila Marshy, Jamie Jelinski and Karine Glorieux.

Needle Work

March 12, 2025 | Featured, Jamie Jelinski, Non-Fiction, Interviews, Non-Fiction

As such, we are introduced to Canada's rich and complicated history of commercial tattooing.

By Yara El-Soueidi

My Thievery of the People

March 12, 2025 | Baraka Books, Featured, fiction, Leila Marshy, Fiction, Interviews

My Thievery of the People helps us believe 2025 might not be that bad after all.

By Léa Murat-Ingles

First Times: Short Stories About Sex

March 12, 2025 | Featured, Groundwood Books, Karine Glorieux, Interviews

An anthology of stories about first sexual experiences from a diverse group of Montreal writers.

By Sruti Islam

La Belle-Mère / The Stepmother

March 12, 2025 | Amélie Prévost, Éditions l’Hexagone, Featured, Poetry, Rachel McCrum, Interviews, Poetry

This is a feminist project, one which imagines new modalities for intimate cohabitation and kinship.

By Klara du Plessis

Tsunami

March 12, 2025 | Featured, graphic novel, Ned Wenlock, pow pow press, Graphic Novels

Tsunami is a book whose modest fame deserves to spread far beyond New Zealand.

By Ian McGillis

Coup de Grâce

March 12, 2025 | Featured, fiction, penguin random house, Sofia Ajram, Fiction

A modern horror story marrying classic mythologies with creepypastas, all unfolding in the bowels of the Montreal STM.

By Alexandra Sweny

The Inferno

March 12, 2025 | Dante Alighieri, Lorna Goodison, Poetry, Vehicule Press, Poetry

Goodison’s lines bristle with colloquialisms and music.

By Brennan McCracken

No Big Deal

March 12, 2025 | Dean Brownrout, Guernica Editions, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction

A memoir that is aimed directly at music fanatics.

By Johnson Cummins

The Bigamist

March 12, 2025 | Felicia Mihali, fiction, Linda Leith Publishing, The Bigamist, Fiction

The novel illustrates how real life can dull the fairy tale of searching for new beginnings, falling in love, and ultimately finding happiness.

By Sharon Morrisey

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