Blue Metropolis

One of the most important multilingual literary festivals in North America, the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival was founded in 1997 with the mission of bringing together people of diverse languages and cultures around the pleasure of reading and writing, activities that foster greater creativity and intercultural understanding. For several days each year, Metropolis Bleu brings together writers from Quebec, Canada and many other countries around the world.

Metropolis Bleu also organizes the Children's Festival, which offers activities such as literary performances adapted for young readers, as well as meetings and workshops with children's authors. The Blue Metropolis Foundation presents educational and social programs for young people, encouraging them to discover or rediscover a taste for reading and writing. These activities encourage school perseverance, bilingualism, creativity and the development of social skills. The Lire pour guérir initiative reaches out to children in hospital or in specialized schools.

The Foundation recognizes that reading and writing are more than just entertainment: they are powerful therapeutic tools that can be used to address a range of mental health and well-being issues. That's why it offers a platform dedicated to mental health, with a wide range of activities suitable for all ages.

Power Corporation is proud to be a partner of Blue Metropolis, an event which provides pleasure to people of all ages—one book at a time.