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Maisonneuve and the CCA Co-Present "Montreal, City of Letters" for Nuit Blanche

Feb. 26, 2013

Illustration by Pascal Girard.

On the night of Saturday 2 March from 7 pm to 1 am, for the tenth edition of Nuit Blanche à Montréal, part of MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE, the Canadian Centre for Architecture invites Montrealers to celebrate their city with ABC : MTL, an exhibition that recreates the identity of our métropole. For this tenth edition of Nuit Blanche à Montréal, there will be ten activities on the programme, including musical performances in collaboration with POP Montréal, karaoke, public workshops, a family program, light shows, snow taffy, a public reading in collaboration with Maisonneuve Magazine, conversations with some of the contributors to the exhibition, guided tours, and more. Free admission.

The CCA is located at 1920 rue Baile. For more information of the evening's other events, click here.

From 8 to 10 pm, in collaboration with Maisonneuve Magazine, “Montreal, City of Letters” will feature some of Montreal’s best writers reading work, in French and English, about the city they call home. 

With readings by:

Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard 
Sarah Berthiaume 
Citta Magazine
Martine Delvaux 
Trevor Ferguson
Dimitri Nasrallah
Saleema Nawaz
Steph Rivard 
Gillian Sze

And featuring special readings by contributors to Maisonneuve’s Letter From Montreal section:

Melissa Bull
Crystal Chan
Sean Michaels
Guillaume Morissette 
Michael Nardone