Each year, Montreal’s Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival is structured around one theme; in 2025 the Festival brings together Time, The Tree, and Literature for its 27th edition, offering an exploration of patience, transformation and the delicate balance between nature, culture and humanity. The tree, a silent witness to centuries, embodies both the patience of time and the memory of the world. « Trees are their own language; it is their form that speaks; their entire form that carries their meaning, » writes Alexis Jenni, inviting readers to reflect on their relationship with time, literature and the environment.
Time slips away, accelerates, is wasted, and savoured. It is both a threat and a promise, urgency and contemplation. It shapes nature as much as it shapes our lives. Writing takes time; as does reading. Could time be a gift we give ourselves?
As with every Festival, public discussions, roundtables, debates, readings, master classes and podcasts provide a rich display for both authors and the public to enjoy.
The Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will take place online as of April 14 (on site April 24-27, Hotel 10)
