Thanks for Geoffroy in the podcast Patreon (merci, Geoffrey!) my guest this week is Claire Trottier, owner of Joie de Livres, a romance and speculative fiction bookshop in Montreal, Canada. Hi Neighbors!
We’re going to talk about:
- Opening a romance and speculative fiction book store
- Wealth disparity!
- Seeing the world premiere of episode 1 of Heated Rivalry at the Image+National queer film festival in Montreal
- The effect of Heated Rivalry on Joie de Livres
Then we trade book recs and you get the scoop on the big event happening at Joie de Livres this September.
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You can find Joie de Livres at their website, and on Instagram @joie.de.libres.mtl!
Claire Trottier is on IG as @docreads and @clairetrottier_.
We also mentioned:
- Patriotic Millionaires Canada
- Patriotic Millionaires US
- Resource Generation
- Resource Movement
- Bookclub Bar, NY
- Image+Nation Film Festival
Music: purple-planet.com
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