Starting April 24 and running until May 2, the spring programming of the 23rd Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will be in full swing, along with the TD-Blue Metropolis Childrenâs Festival.
Online and later outdoors, more than 50 eclectic events with 200 artists will delight eyes and minds around the theme, The Challenges of Our Times. Free multilingual events in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic take the form of captivating panels, debates and interviews. Events are added daily and will remain online.
âThis very special edition of the festival is presented during a pandemic which isnât letting up, but which has not got the better of our great energy and our endless will,â said William St-Hilaire, Blue Metropolis Executive and Artistic Director.