Hold
the Dates!
The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ)
&
Quebec
Writers’ Federation (QWF)
Present
Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair, 5th edition
Mark these dates in
your fall calendar
Sat.,
November 30 and Sun., December 1
This
free, two-day celebration of Quebec English-language books is back for
the fifth year! The Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair encourages booklovers of all ages and interests to
browse, buy and get books signed, just in time for holiday gift-giving. Quebec
publishers and authors will be on hand—expect
hundreds of new titles for sale including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, books for kids,
award-winners and bestsellers. Along with readings and other events happening
throughout the Fair, you can’t buy more local than this.
Holiday
Pop-up Book Fair hours are 11am to 5pm on both
days.
Both days:
11-12pm:
Free tours of the Mordecai Richler Reading Room at Concordia University
11-2pm:
Kids’ activity area
Saturday,
November 30:
12-1:30pm:
Panel on Getting Published in Quebec
2-3:30pm:
Paper City: A Literary Map, readings curated by Sean Michaels
4-5pm: Festive cocktail featuring special guest, award-winning author Sean Michaels

Sunday, December
1:
12:30-2pm:
Launch of Véhicule Press poetry anthology Resisting Canada
3-4pm:
Learn Real Good,
Book Fair edition—some of Montreal’s funniest improv performers spin local
nonfiction books into comedy gold
Authors
in attendance include: Taras Grescoe, Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Mark Abley, Mary
Soderstrom,
Amy
Fish and Susan Doherty
Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair- November 30 and December 1, 2019
In
the atrium of Concordia’s McConnell Building,
1400 Blvd. de Maisonneuve West