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Expozine 2026

Expozine 2026, the 25th annual edition of Montreal's international independent publishing festival, will take place from November 7 - 15 2026. The Expozine fair will take place on November 14 and 15, free admission, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., location to be announced shortly. Expozine presents a stellar line-up of independent small presses, writers, artists and collectives presenting new books and zines. To submit a table request for Expozine, please fill out the form between August 31 and October 11, 2026. This much-anticipated annual event for book lovers brings together hundreds of publishers, authors and artists from here and from around the world in Montreal. A full programme will be announced shortly, ranging from zine workshops, presentations, discussions and performances. ALSO : The Volume MTL international art publishing festival is back for its 9th edition in 2026! The Volume 9 MTL art book fair will take place on October 3 and 4; applications are open until September 13. You can sign up for the Expozine mailing list here. Instagram: @expozinemtl

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Lectures pop reads 2026

Lectures POP Reads 2026✈️ 23 Sept, 6pm-8pm, Rialto Hall (5711 av du Parc) 🌀🌀🌀🌀 Once again this year, Expozine and POP Symposium are joining forces for an evening of bilingual poetry showcasing independent Montréal literary organizations. This year, we’ve decided to bring together two young literary magazines that reflect Montréal’s emerging literary scene: Commo Magazine…
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Collective zines in Montreal from Fish Piss to Niche

As part of Expozine 2025, ARCMTL organized a panel discussion on collective zines as cultural artifacts and vessels for new and emerging talent in a local scene. The conversation centered around zines from the 90s, like Fish Piss, to the early 2000s’ Beaubien Magazine, to more recent publications like SUKO and Niche MTL. As editors…
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Owning Our Histories Programme

Owning Our Histories: Celebrating DIY Archives from Queer & BIPOC MTL Self-started. Self-made. Self-kept. A series of public events celebrating how Montreal’s queer and BIPOC communities create, share, and preserve their own histories through zines, oral traditions, grassroots collections, and independent publishing. 13 Feb – 29 March 2026 Montreal, Quebec, Canada All activities are free…
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Expozine 2013! – , 5035 Saint-Dominique, Montréal, Québec, free admission!

 

EXPOZINE, Montreal’s small press, comic and zine fair, is also Canada’s largest zine fair and one of North America’s largest small press fairs! Over the course of one weekend each fall, some 270+ different vendors and creators of all kinds of printed matter (in both English and French) present and sell their works to nearly 15 000 visitors.