Blue Metropolis Literary Festival offers up events for book lovers

The 2016 Blue Met Literary Festival runs from April 11 - 17, 2016 and CBC/Radio-Canada is once again offering up a variety of events for their CBC Blue Literary Series.

CBC Blue Literary Series - A complete listing:

Surviving illness, the resilience of the brain, exploring reconciliation, and more. Featuring: Nalie Agustin Liam Durcan Max Eisen Rupi Kaur Heather O'Neill Murray Sinclair, chair, Susan Wener

• When: Wednesday, April 13 2016 at 6 p.m. 
• Where: Alumni auditorium (H-110) Concordia University (1455 Maisonneuve West, Montreal)        

Les Empires de Bernard Werber: interviewed by Marie-Louise Arsenault, host of Plus on est de fous, plus on lit!    (This event is in French)

• When: Thursday April 14 at 5:30 pm
• Where: Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal)

First People's Literary Prize: Thomas King with Rosanna Deerchild, host, Unreserved       

• When: Friday April 15 at 5:30 pm         
• Where MOOT COURT, Room 100, McGill University (3660 Peel St., Montreal)

​The Other Side of the Mic: Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with Will Aitken

• When: Friday, April 15 at 5:30 pm 
• Where: Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal)

Prince of a Miami Childhood: Richard Blanco with Paul Kennedy, host, IDEAS

• When Friday, April 15th, 2016 at 7:00 pm 
• Where: Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St.West, Montreal)

A Renaissance of Fiction: Three Irish Writers with Jeanette Kelly, host, Cinq à six (Christine Dwyer-Hickey, Anakana Schofield and Paul Lynch)

• When: Saturday, April 16 2016 at 12:30 pm
• Where: Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal)

My Life in Numbers: Daniel Tammet and Paul Kennedy, host, IDEAS 

• ​When: Saturday, April 16th at 2:00 pm            
• Where: Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal)

Blue Met's 2016 Grand Prize Event: Anne Carson Interviewed by Eleanor Wachtel, host, Writers & Company 

• When: Saturday, April 16th 2016 at 4:00 pm                   
• Where: Main Auditorium of Montreal's Grande Bibliothèque (1746 Avenue Savoie, Montreal)

Masters of Form: Thomas King & Joseph Boyden at the MAC Interviewed by Charles Bender, animateur, 8e Feu

• When, Saturday, April; 16th 2016 at 6:00 pm
• Where: Musee d'art contemporain (185 St-Catherine Street West, Montreal)

The Empire of Self: Jay Parini on the Life of Gore Vidal with Michael Enright, host, The Sunday Edition

• When: Saturday, April 16th 2016 at 8:00 pm
• Where: Hotel 10 (10 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal)

Visit the Blue Met Website for full schedule and ticket info.