POPPING THE BUBBLE
This year’s theme, Popping the Bubble, is about breaking with the insularity of activist subculture and the political isolation that keeps movements small, fragmented, and difficult to enter.
We ask:
What becomes possible when we start from connection and not separation? What are we building that people would want to belong to? Who is included?
We do not see anarchism as a fixed identity. We see it as a set of evolving practices rooted in mutual aid, collective liberation, and shared responsibility toward each other and a common goal.
We recognize that anarchist and activist spaces can reproduce the same exclusions we are trying to challenge. Popping the Bubble means naming and working against those patterns while building more accessible and accountable ways of gathering. It is an invitation to a political orientation towards a shared struggle across borders, migrations, and histories of colonialization.
If you want to table or facilitate an event at the 2026 bookfair, simply fill out the appropriate form below:
- For a table:
2026 Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Table Application - For an event:
2026 Montreal Anarchist Bookfair Event Application
Check our site for more info soon!
Want to volunteer at the bookfair? If you want to lend a helping hand before or during the event, we would be stoked to have you! Send us an email at info(AT)anarchistbookfair.ca
