The city of Montreal has apologized to a local author whose English-language book club was refused the use of a public ...

Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo says he's disappointed after a municipal library told him he's not allowed to hold his ...

Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo says he's disappointed after a municipal library told him he's not allowed to hold his monthly book club there because it would violate Quebec's new language law.

The City of Montreal says it needs more guidance from the Quebec government in applying the province’s language laws after a ...

A Montreal author is speaking out after a local library cited Quebec's language laws in refusing his request to host an ...

Christopher DiRaddo, the author behind the Violet Hour book club, says the city told him on Friday that he can hold his club meetings at the library after all ...

After requesting space from the Père-Ambroise library in the Ville Marie borough for his English book club, Chris DiRaddo ...

A Montrealer hoping to host a book club in English in a Montreal public library has been told that he cannot use their space unless he provides a French translator. Christopher DiRaddo, who organizes ...

Christopher DiRaddo says he recently approached the Pere-Ambroise library in the Ville-Marie borough to host gatherings for the Violet Hour book club, which focuses on LGBTQ+ literature.

Christopher DiRaddo founded the Violet Hour Book Club in 2018, with the goal of bringing together anyone interested in discussing LGBTQ2+ literature. “I wanted to create a place where people ...