Name: Michael Finnerty Book Launch
Start: 2025-10-23T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-23T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 2220 McGill College Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada, Quebec H3A3P9

𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 and 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 present a Book Launch for 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒆: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒕𝒆́ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑭𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍 by 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲,
Host: 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚
Please join us as 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 discusses his new book, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒆: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒕𝒆́ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑭𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍, with Global TV's 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 live and in-person, with an autograph session to follow.
Admission is free.
𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊:
In dire need of change, journalist Michael Finnerty found himself ushered into the elusive world of cheesemongering and from there, forever transformed.
A quest for passion and community meets deep knowledge and learning in Michael Finnerty’s The Cheese Cure. A renowned journalist and radio presenter, Finnerty found something deeply lacking in the flavour of his life. What followed was a life-changing sabbatical in the historical halls of Borough Market filled with cheese-borne wisdom, eccentric characters, and a tale as gripping as it is heartfelt.
Convinced that salvation lay in the rich world of cheese, Finnerty reconsiders his successful career with the CBC after training as an apprentice cheesemonger in London. Immediately immersed into a completely unexpected universe, his love for cheese went even further than his unimaginably growing knowledge. From learning each cheese’s history, complexities, and preferences – Castillon Frais must sit in its box underneath some waxed paper, while Comté often needs a quick saline bath before bed – and believing that cheeses are infused with a living spirit, to injuries, allergies, and physical exhaustion, he experienced it all. And when a devastating attack sent people fleeing Borough Market, Finnerty realized that in cheese he had found something even more important – his community.
A thriving mosaic of eclectic stories, passion, know-how, and serendipity, The Cheese Cure depicts a life lived to the fullest.
𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑:
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 is a well-known London-based cheesemonger, journalist, and writer. After almost 30 years of success and acclaim in broadcasting at the CBC, BBC, and The Guardian, he found a zeal for cheese at Borough Market in London.
𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓:
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 is a proud second generation Italian-Canadian born and raised in Montreal’s Saint-Leonard borough. She graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. Laura began her broadcasting career in 2007 as a reporter and overnight newscaster on CJAD. She was also a producer for the Tommy Schnurmacher Show. In 2011, she began working as the station’s morning news reporter, while at the same time freelancing for CTV Montreal. Some of the big stories Laura has covered throughout her broadcasting career include the 2012 Quebec student protests over tuition fee increases, floods in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and the papal conclave in Rome, Italy.
Prior to becoming part of the Global News family, Laura worked at BT Montreal as a co-host and anchor. When not at the news desk on Global News Morning, Laura is an active member of her community and a doting mother to Ella and Gia. On weekend mornings, she also hosts the Beat 92.5.