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.
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.
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.
Christopher DiRaddo, the author behind the Violet Hour book club, which focuses on LGBTQ+ literature, said the city told him Friday that he can hold his club meetings at the library after all.
Christopher DiRaddo says he recently approached the Père-Ambroise library in the Ville-Marie borough to host gatherings for the Violet Hour book club, which focuses on LGBTQ+ literature. He was told ...
Montreal author Chris DiRaddo outside Bibliothèque Père-Ambroise. “What’s crazy is that we also read French books,” DiRaddo says of the language controversy over his book club. Dave ...
Author Christopher Diraddo is seen at the Blue Met Book festival in Montreal, Friday, May 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz MONTREAL — A Montreal author is speaking out after a local ...