Montreal Tastemakers: Q&A with author Toula Drimonis

As the annual Salon du livre de Montréal kicks off this week, we recently sat down with Montreal author Toula Drimonis about her new book entitled We, The Others.

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November 24, 2022- Read time: 4 min
Montreal Tastemakers: Q&A with author Toula Drimonis

As the annual Salon du livre de Montréal kicks off this week, we recently sat down with Montreal author Toula Drimonis about her new book entitled We, The Others.

The Main (TM): It’s a pleasure to meet you. We’ve been readers of your columns for years and were inspired by your latest work addressing the recent rise of anti-immigration sentiment in Montreal and beyond.

What was it about all the news recently that inspired you to write this book?

Toula Drimonis (TD): Primarily personal reasons: my dad died in 2013 and I was thinking of his life as a first-generation Greek immigrant and how hard he and my mom worked to give us a better life. But also, as a journalist, I was noticing a troubling increase in anti-immigrant talk here and across Canada. I wanted others to pay attention to it too.

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