Linda Leith

The 49th Shelf has posted an excerpt from The Girl from Dream City.

The Westmount Public Library conversation between author Linda Leith and host Shelley Pomerance now on YouTube.

“How modern book retailing was invented here in Montreal. Linda Leith — founder of Blue Metropolis, author, and publisher — gave insight to the number of literary communities in various different languages in Montreal. The level of creativity and vibrancy is inspiring. Quite naturally, it produced great writers.” — Ian Ostroff, The Suburban, May 11, 2021

“This is what an artist is…. this is what constitutes a literary life, and it really is still subversive for a woman to stand up and assert such a thing for herself. To so fully own her story, and to dare to write her name on things.” — Kerry Clare, May 3, 2021

Linda Leith’s one-on-one Zoom session with an aspiring writer is planned for May 4! Look forward to meeting her!

Sunday, May 2, 2021.
The official launch of Montreal writer Linda Leith’s memoir, The Girl from Dream City, hosted by Steven W. Beattie.
This is a FREE event, now live-streamed on YouTube.

The Next Chapter, with Shelagh Rogers, posts a piece about Linda Leith’s The Girl from Dream City on CBC Books.

On Friday, April 30, 2021, the Ottawa International Writers’ Festival presents Peter Schneider interviewing author Linda Leith about her new book, The Girl From Dream City. (Podcast available.)

Thursday, April 29, 2021, 12:20-1: 30.
The Atwater Library Lunchtime Series, hosted by Ian McGillis.
Free, but please RSVP.

Claire Holden Rothman attended the April 15th event organized by Westmount Public Library and Paragraphe Books, and wrote to me that evening. Here are her comments, reproduced here with thanks.

National events include a one-on-one meeting on May 4, 5 – 6 p.m. for an aspiring writer with author, publisher, and Blue Metropolis founder Linda Leith.

Linda Leith goes from ‘betwixt and between’ to the pages of her memoir, ‘The Girl From Dream City’ — Deborah Dundas, Books Editor, Toronto Star, April 10, 2021

“Leith has made a significant contribution to the literature of family.” — Ian McGillis, The Gazette, April 9, 2021

Kenneth Radu, who was a colleague of mine for two decades and who is an award-winning author and a friend, posted this note on Facebook on March 13, 2021, and has kindly given me permission to reprint it here.

Thursday, April 15, 2021.
On-line conversation between host Shelley Pomerance and Linda Leith, author of The Girl from Dream City.

“A woman’s life is often complicated in ways that a man’s life is not.” — Linda Leith

“All serious daring comes from within,” said Eudora Welty, and life holds both risk and possibility for women who dare to dream.

“We, in Canada, are fortunate to have such a person as Linda Leith active in the Montreal and CanLit literary scene.” — James M. Fisher

“The romance of writing and arts and literature and culture. That’s my world.”

Linda Leith on The Bridge! The interview will air on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 5 pm on 88.5 FM. Host Nantali Indongo