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MTL Lit Scene Links

Over the past few years there has been an explosion in Anglo literary activity in the city. Cactus Press is proud to be a part of this Renaissance and to celebrate all its many facets. For your interest and appreciation, please enjoy and make use out of the following links. 

Publishers

Anteism Books
Avant-garde, academic-adjacent publisher.
https://www.anteism.com/

AOS Publishing
https://www.aospublishing.com/

Cactus Press
An obviously legendary Montreal based poetry chapbook publisher.
https://www.cactuspresspoetry.com/​

DC Books
Historic but sleepy Montreal based publisher.
https://www.dcbooks.ca/

House House Press
Trendy but apparently defunct chapbook publisher.
https://www.facebook.com/HouseHousePress/

Linda Leith Publishing
https://www.lindaleith.com/en

Metatron Press
Hip, left-wing publisher.
https://metatron.press/ 

Montreal Publishing Company
https://www.montrealpublishing.com/

Turret House Press
Excellent poetry chapbook publisher run by James Hawes.
https://turrethousepress.ca/​

Vehicule Press
Montreal's flagship literary small press.
https://www.vehiculepress.com/​

 

Literary Journals

Ahoy Literary
New kid on the block. Bi-annual print literary journal.
https://ahoyliterary.github.io/index.html

carte blanche
Online literary journal run through the Quebec Writers Federation
https://carteblanchemagazine.com/

chouette literary
Another new kid. Online.
https://chouetteliterary.wixsite.com/magazine

Columba
Web based quarterly literary journal run by Emily Tristan Jones. Established in 2019.
https://www.columbapoetry.com/ 

Crab Apple Literary
Short lived, possibly defunct online journal.
https://crabapplelit.wixsite.com/crab-apple-literary

font
Online literary journal run by Linda Leith Publishing.
https://fontmag.ca/​

Headlight Anthology
Concordia University's Masters level student run literary journal.
https://headlightanthology.ca/​

The Imagist
Online journal primarily publishing the work of McGill students.
https://theimagist.wixsite.com/theimagist

Lantern Magazine
Sporadic, sputtering love-child of Cactus Press founder Devon Gallant. Print and online.
Publishes spontaneously.
https://www.cactuspresspoetry.com/lanternmagazine​

The Nelligan Review
Online literary journal run by the Montreal Publishing Company.
https://www.thenelliganreview.com/

Soliloquies Anthology
Long running undergraduate literary journal run through Concordia University.
https://www.soliloquies.org/

Stimulant
Upstart quarterly print mag. Mysterious submission process?
https://stimulant.bigcartel.com/products

Vallum Mag
Long running print and digital magazine that has recently gone on hiatus.
https://vallummag.com/magazine/

Yolk Literary
Trendy up and comer that has quickly rose to the top of the Montreal lit world.
https://www.yolkliterary.ca/

Live Events

Accent Open Mic
Bi-weekly reading series and open mic.
https://accentseriesmontreal.wordpress.com/

Soap Box Lit

Previously Plateau Symposium. Trendy, fiction forward series with sporadic events.

https://plateausymposia.org/

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Throw! Poetry Collective
Long running slam poetry reading series.
https://throwpoetrycollective.wordpress.com/

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Writers Read

Concordia University's reading series.

https://concordiawritersread.com/

Miscellaneous Organizations

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