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.
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 ...
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.
A local library cited Quebec's language laws in refusing a Montreal author's request to host an English-language book club, he says.
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.