MONTREAL — The City of Montreal says it needs more guidance from the Quebec government in applying the province’s language laws after a local library refused to offer space for an English-language ...

The City of Montreal says it needs more guidance from the Quebec government in applying the province’s language laws after a local library refused to offer space for an English-language book club.

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.

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 ...

Christopher DiRaddo says he recently approached the Père-Ambroise library in the Ville-Marie borough to host gatherings for ...

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 library ...