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.

The one given by the mother of the gay son in Christopher DiRaddo’s debut novel — “It’s a very lonely life” — may not be the one her son, or the reader, expected. But in its ring of ...

Queering the newsroom. That’s how Christopher DiRaddo, BA 98, describes his aspiration when he was halfway through his Concordia communications and journalism major. For an assignment, he was asked to ...

On Monday, Montreal author Christopher DiRaddo was surprised and disappointed to receive a written refusal of his request to hold monthly meetings of his Violet Hour Book Club at Bibliothèque ...

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.

The Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) has announced Christopher DiRaddo as the winner of the 2024 Judy Mappin Community Award. The Judy Mappin Community Award is presented annually to a member of the ...

Author Christopher Diraddo is seen at the Blue Met Book festival in Montreal, Friday, May 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz MONTREAL — A Montreal author is speaking out after a local library ...

Read all 12 essays from the Warm Blanket series here. Christopher DiRaddo is the author of two novels: The Family Way and The Geography of Pluto. He lives in Montreal where he is the founder and ...

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Or sign-in if you have an account. The Geography of Pluto By Christopher DiRaddo Cormorant Books 280 pp; $21.95 In the late ’90s, slightly before having my own first queer relationship ...