Is Niche Literature the Future of Literature and Publishing?
Fondation Metropolis bleu presents

Is Niche Literature the Future of Literature and Publishing?

In-person Event
April 24th 2026
11:30 am – 12:30 pm / Doors: 11:15 am

10 sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Feminist, queer, Indigenous, specific languages and cultures: publishing catalogues are becoming increasingly specialised. Should this be seen as a response to commercial publishing and its inevitably global successes? Is niche publishing the future of publishing? What do the professionals say? A discussion between literary agent Patrick Leimgruber (Canada); Nuria Sublet (Switzerland), co-head of Programming and Communications of Les Journées littéraires de Soleure; Bel Olid (Catalonia/Spain), Coordinator of the Catalan Studies Program and an Assistant Instructional Professor at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department, as well as Affiliated Faculty at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago; Alberto Garlini (Italy), novelist and Programming Director of the Pordenonellege Festival in Pordenone (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region); and author and editor Djamila Ribeiro (Brazil).

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Until the event starts
Access for persons with mobility impairment
Yes
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Feminist, queer, Indigenous, specific languages and cultures: publishing catalogues are becoming increasingly specialised. Should this be seen as a response to commercial publishing and its inevitably global successes? Is niche publishing the future of publishing? What do the professionals say? A discussion between literary agent Patrick Leimgruber (Canada); Nuria Sublet (Switzerland), co-head of Programming and Communications of Les Journées littéraires de Soleure; Bel Olid (Catalonia/Spain), Coordinator of the Catalan Studies Program and an Assistant Instructional Professor at the Romance Languages and Literatures Department, as well as Affiliated Faculty at the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago; Alberto Garlini (Italy), novelist and Programming Director of the Pordenonellege Festival in Pordenone (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region); and author and editor Djamila Ribeiro (Brazil).

Refunds
Until the event starts
Access for persons with mobility impairment
Yes

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Transport collectif Public transportation
Métro Saint-Laurent – Ligne verte/Green line
Métro Sherbrooke – Ligne orange/Orange line
Autobus 24 ou/or 55 bus lines
Le transport collectif est le meilleur moyen pour
se rendre au Festival et se déplacer d’un site à l’autre.
Public transportation is the best way to get to
the Festival and from site to site.

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• Payant à l’intérieur de l’Hôtel10 Payable inside Hotel 10
• Dans les rues avoisinantes On the surrounding streets

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