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The Language
Bookshop

After 40 years on Saint-Denis street, our bookshop has moved to 5122 Parc avenue, close to Laurier metro station. We’re back to our regular operating hours and we look forward to seeing you at our new location!

To Place an Order

or for more information

contact us!

Selected titles are also available through our partner’s transactional website

leslibraires.ca

250 +
languages

62000 +

references

14000 +

titles in stock


Your Bookshop for Learning
and Teaching Languages

Are you planing a business trip or a vacation? Are you looking to learn the basics of a language to discuss with hosts, guests, or colleagues?

Our booksellers are at your service!

Founded in 1982 in Montreal, librairie Michel Fortin meets the needs of language teachers, learners and aficionados across the world.

Our Products

Our database contains over 62 000 references for more than 250 languages. Combined, we carry over 14 000 titles, including:

  • monoligual and bilingual dictionaries;
  • conversation guides;
  • self-learning methods;
  • student books and workbooks;
  • teaching materials;
  • graded readers;
  • bilingual novels;
  • foreign language novels;
  • board games;
  • and so much more!

Whether you’re taking a language course or learning on your own, we’ll help you find the best method for you!

From the very beginning, we have worked closely with local and international publishing partners. We invite you to discover them by consulting the tabs below.

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CLE international

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Éditions MD

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Didier FLE

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Hachette FLE

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ELI

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Presses universitaires de Grenoble

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Larousse

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Le Robert

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Assimil

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Cideb

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ERPI

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Pearson

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Cambridge University Press

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Oxford University Press

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Collins

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Macmillan

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McGraw Hill

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Assimil

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ELI

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Black Cat

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Edinumen

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Edelsa

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Difusión

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enClave

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SM

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SGEL

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Anaya ELE

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Santillana

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Assimil

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ELI

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Cideb

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Edilingua

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ALMA edizioni

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Lœscher Editore

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Ornimi Editions

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Giunti

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Zanichelli

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Assimil

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ELI

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Cideb

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Hueber Verlag

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Cornelsen Verlag

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Ernst Klett Verlag

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Langenscheidt

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Duden

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Pons

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Assimil

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ELI

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Cideb

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Assimil

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L’Harmattan

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Hippocrene Books


Special Orders

We import books from everywhere in the world, some of which are only available through our bookshop.

Moreover, we offer a special order service for literature in Portugese, Italian, Spanish and German. Are you looking for a title in particular? Let us know and we’ll check its availability!

For more information, contact us or visit our bookshop!


They’re Talking About Us

Librairie Michel Fortin has recently been the subject of news articles in Journal de Québec, Les libraires and Le Devoir. Follow the links below to read them… and if you happen to be a journalist and wish to cover us, contact us: it would be a pleasure to answer your questions!

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Hébert-Dolbec, Anne-Frédérique (́June 17, 2023). Librairie Michel Fortin: fenêtres sur le monde. Le Devoir. www.ledevoir.com/lire/793026/secret-de-libraires-librairie-michel-fortin-fenetres-sur-le-monde.

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Paradis, Josée-Anne (́June 13, 2023). Une librairie des langues unique sur le continent. Les libraires, 137. revue.leslibraires.ca/articles/portrait/une-librairie-des-langues-unique-sur-le-continent.

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Leclerc, Yves (́October 24, 2020). Commandes inattendues. Spécialisée en langues, la librairie Michel Fortin s’étend. Le journal de Québec. www.journaldequebec.com/2020/10/24/commandes-inattendues.


Frequently Asked Questions

“Library” in English and “librairie” in French are what linguists call “false friends”: they are words that sound and look similar, but have different meanings. The French word for “library” is “bibliothèque” (which, by the way, can also mean “bookshelf”), whereas “librairie” translates as “bookshop” or “bookstore.”

Our bookshop does not buy used books and only sells new books. You may have more luck at Librairie l’Échange or at La Bouquinerie du Plateau!

If you’re looking for a book on this webpage, you’re not going to find it, as this is not a transactional website. We encourage you to contact us with the title of the book, and if you also happen to have its ISBN, that’s even better!

If you can’t find a book on michelfortin.leslibraires.ca, it probably isn’t there. To be honest, it would be a bit of a stretch to say that is our transactional website: though you can definitely buy books from us through it, it is not strictly speaking ours. We do not control what books show up on it, for instance, which means you may find books that are generally distributed in Canada, but not books that we import ourselves. To order those, it’s best to contact us instead!

Is it a book to learn a language? If it is, tell us more about it: we make no promises, but we’ll at least consider it! If it is not a book to learn a language, there are just so many other bookstores that would be a better fit for it; we encourage you to contact one of those instead!


Contact Us

You may reach us by phone, by email or by filling the form below.

Phone

514 849-5719 (local)
1-877-849-5719 (toll-free)

To contact a member of our team,

consult our directory!

Contact Form


We Moved!

After 40 years on Saint-Denis street, our bookshop has moved to 5122 Parc avenue, close to Laurier metro station. We’re back to our regular operating hours and we look forward to seeing you at our new location!

Service Area

Based in Montreal, our bookshop serves clients in Canada, the United States and worldwide.

Business Hours

Closed on December 25-26 and January 1-2.
Monday 9 AM - 6 PM
Tuesday 9 AM - 6 PM
Wednesday 9 AM - 6 PM
Thursday 9 AM - 9 PM
Friday 9 AM - 9 PM
Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM
Sunday Closed

Our Team

Librairie Michel Fortin owes its name to its founder, Michel Fortin, who was the owner from 1982 to 2020.

For most of these years, he was supported by Ronald Thibault, who started as a bookseller, then went from being a manager to an associate, to finally become the owner in 2020.

Ronald Thibault is also the president of the Association des librairies informatisées, known for the bookstore management software ALIBI.

Ronald Thibault

Owner and director

Mathieu Laflamme

Head of sales for schools, libraries & businesses

Sylvie Noë

Customer experience

Would you like to join our team?

Send your your resume to job@languagebookshop.com and include your availabilities!

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Librairie Michel Fortin is accredited by the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec.

Click here to learn more about the acquisition of books by institutions from accredited bookstores!

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