The Language Bookshop
Breaking down the barriers of communication since 1982 !
250 +
languages
62000 +
references
14000 +
titles in stock
Selected titles are also available through our partner’s transactional website
leslibraires.caYour One-Stop 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.
CLE international
Éditions MD
Didier FLE
Hachette FLE
ELI
Presses universitaires de Grenoble
Larousse
Le Robert
Assimil
Cideb
ERPI
Pearson
Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press
Collins
Macmillan
McGraw Hill
Assimil
ELI
Black Cat
Edinumen
Edelsa
Difusión
enClave
SM
SGEL
Anaya ELE
Santillana
Assimil
ELI
Cideb
Edilingua
ALMA edizioni
Lœscher Editore
Ornimi Editions
Giunti
Zanichelli
Assimil
ELI
Cideb
Hueber Verlag
Cornelsen Verlag
Ernst Klett Verlag
Langenscheidt
Duden
Pons
Assimil
ELI
Cideb
Assimil
L’Harmattan
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!
Hébert-Dolbec, Anne-Frédérique (́June 17, 2023). Librairie Michel Fortin: fenêtres sur le monde. Le Devoir. www.le
Paradis, Josée-Anne (́June 13, 2023). Une librairie des langues unique sur le continent. Les libraires, 137. revue.les
Leclerc, Yves (́October 24, 2020). Commandes inattendues. Spécialisée en langues, la librairie Michel Fortin s’étend. Le journal de Québec. www.journal
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
Phone
514 849-5719 (local)
1-877-849-5719 (toll-free)
To contact a member of our team,
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Address
5122 Parc Avenue, Montreal (Quebec) H2V 4G5Indeed, we moved in January 2023 after 40 years on Saint-Denis street!
Public Transit
We are located close to the 51, 80 and 711 bus lines and about 20 minutes from the Laurier metro station.
Service Area
Based in Montreal, our bookshop serves clients in Canada, the United States and worldwide.
Business Hours
| 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.
Mathieu Laflamme
Head of sales for schools, libraries & businesses
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