Le Salon du livre de Montréal 2012
November 14-19, 2012
This annual event - Le Salon du Livre de Montréal - is very popular with the Montrealers and represents a unique pre-Christmas opportunity to purchase many Christmas or simply holidays' presents. As usual, it is being held at the Place Bonaventure exhibition area. Especially on the first day, in the morning and in the early afternoon, the place is filled with the schools' visits. The children are crowding the book stands and the spaces between the booth. They produce the specific type of commotion and noise levels that only kids can. But it is such a pleasure to see them get excited about the books, and to see their eagerness at searching for what they would like to read!
It is also a great pleasure to observe at the Salon the grow-ups' interest in books. They browse through various books and line up, at times in long queues, for book signing sessions
The Canadian cultural icons like the Canada Council for the Arts (see on the left) and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - MMFA (see just below) were also represented with their respective booth displays. The MMFA is one of the largest Canadian publishers of books on art, and had their numerous volumes displayed and available to look through.
A number of international publishers were also present at the Salon. For instance, Wallonie-Bruxelles large booth represented many Belgium publishers of that region.
In case you have missed this year's salon, I highly recommend to keep this event in your mind for the next year.
For more information, visit the Salon's website.
