This year’s Blue Metropolis Literary Festival – held in Montreal from April 28 to May 4 – featured international programming and awards in six languages, including an evening dedicated to boxing literature and demonstrations.

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Blue Metropolis Festival president, general manager, and artistic director William St-Hilaire, Éditions Boreal director Pascal Assathiany, and author Richard Ford (photo: Jean Bernier)

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Actor Jocelyn Lagarrigue (right) throws a few punches in the ring at the Blue Met's Boxing & Literature event on May 1 (photo: Jean Bernier)

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Premio Metropolis Azul winner author Luis Alberto Urrea with prize sponsor Ginny Stikeman (photo: Jean Bernier)

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Jury chair Issa Boullata and author Habib Selmi, winner of the 2014 Blue Metropolis Al Majidi Ibn Dhaher Arab Prize (photo: Jean Bernier)

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From left to right: photographer Monique Dykstra, authors Carolina De Robertis and Monique Polak (photo: Jean Bernier)

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Author David Foenkinos and Radio-Canada host René Homier Roy (photo: Jean Bernier)

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