The Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala will be held at Divan Orange, 4234 St-Laurent, on Friday, May 15 2015, 18h – 22h. Hosted by our illustrious Master of Ceremonies, Jean-Luc Bonspiel, followed by a free concert at 10 p.m. marking the 10th anniversary of Distroboto at Divan Orange, with : Cocobeurre, Nancypants, Nutsak. Click here for the Facebook event ! The finalists will be announced on the Expozine website shortly,

BLUE METROPOLIS literary festival 20h-21h, Friday, April 24, 10 Sherbrooke E. (corner St-Laurent), PETIT SALON MONTREAL 1975 / 2015, A DIFFERENT IMAGINARY Round-table discussion featuring Bryan Demchinsky, Endre Farkas, Anna Leventhal and Ralph Elawani. Click here for the Facebook event. Local small press promoters and archivists ARCMTL / Expozine present a reading and discussion exploring two Montreals: the city that local writers wrote about in 1975 and the entirely new

Arcmtl is a finalist for the 30th annual Grand Prix du Conseil des Arts de Montréal! From the press release: “Arcmtl’s Expozine became known across North America, offering the public a whole other way of seeing words and images. In addition to its archive centre and exhibits, the organization invents new ways of promoting culture, such as Distroboto: old cigarette machines that have since 2001 distributed tens of thousands of