{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-reeds-a-novel","title":"The Reeds: A Novel [Stamped by Author]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA single summer changes the trajectory of each member of this close-knit family, changing their lives — and the family — forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Sharp, wildly hilarious, touching, and profound … Maybe art can’t be perfect, but Arjun Basu comes as close as it gets.” — Chris Harding, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePickard County Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reeds are a very loving, slightly dysfunctional family — but a summer of individual changes is about to shake their tight family unit. Bobby, the father, loses his job while his wife Mimi’s lucrative business leaps ahead. Their adopted son, Abbie, leverages his internet stardom into the makings of a career, while their adopted daughter, Dee, discovers who she really is. They’ll have to navigate the shifting landscapes of money and fame in the age of the internet, office politics, gender dynamics, and sexuality in a world that has just seen political upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Montreal’s west end,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an ultimately optimistic story about the middle class, hope and love, and nostalgia, while exploring the dehumanization of work and the power of art against a backdrop of shag carpeting, the relentlessness of change, gentrification, and Japanese fried chicken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArjun Basu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of the Giller-longlisted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(ECW Press). He loves bourbon and plays beer league hockey very poorly. A former magazine editor, he owns his own brand and content consultancy and is the host of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Full-Bleed\u003c\/i\u003e, a podcast about the future of magazines. He lives with his wife in Montreal. 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Beau Type Vol. 1 is the first print collection of work from designer Steve St. Pierre—part photo book, part love letter to the city’s overlooked signage and typography. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShot entirely on walks through Montreal, the images document the handmade, the half-faded, the un-designed but unforgettable. Paired with a new interview and original portraits, this book captures a project that’s as much about noticing your city as it is about healing through it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails, because we notice things:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5” x 8.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 44 full-colour pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted in Quebec\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExtras:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterview with Steve St. Pierre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal portraits by Philip Tabah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\" aria-label=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Main Dépanneur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47850673766640,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/1709\/0544\/files\/Beau_Type_Vol1_1.jpg?v=1753372902"},{"product_id":"beau-type-vol-2","title":"Beau Type Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat started as a personal archive has become one of Montreal’s most quietly compelling design diaries. 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Through interviews and photography, this special edition from The Main documents the people who feed Montreal through slices of their lives: the island's own agricultural history and the fruit it forgot; farmers planting in and plucking from  fields in the Townships, Parc-Ex alleys, and Chinatown backyards; a chef whose menus pivot at a moment's notice; cider and winemakers capturing Quebec's cold climate terroir in bottles; and an Italian family that's spent fifty years teaching Montrealers to can tomatoes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is not only a chronicle, but also a guide, as it provides readers a reason to keep a copy handy in their kitchen with its month-by-month manual to eating seasonally in Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable locally in Montreal at the following retailers:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClark Street Mercantile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppetite For Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLibrairie Gourmande\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePort de Tête\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDe Stiil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Main Dépanneur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50560373653744,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/1709\/0544\/files\/IMG_0592.heic?v=1791215364"}],"url":"https:\/\/field-office-development.myshopify.com\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"The Main Dépanneur","version":"1.0","type":"link"}