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The show is coming to town
While we wait for the Montreal Book Fair, which will take over the Palais des Congrès in two weeks, the Salon dans la ville is offering a variety of book-related activities from Friday until November – readings, story times, book signings, discussions 26. Among other things A round table moderated by author Jennifer Bélanger with Élise Turcotte and Martine Delvaux (authors of “Self-portrait of Another” and “It Could Have Been a Film”) planned for November 15th at La Delivery bookstore, Ontario Street . Also not to be missed is the cabaret Accents Queers, which on November 17th at Usine C brings together Marc Bouchard, Anne-Sarah Charbonneau, Mathieu Leroux, Xénia, Marie Darsigny and Samuel Larochelle for short texts, which will be followed by a party, organized by Drag Queen DJ Barbada.
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Second season of Autofission for Patrick Senécal
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The author Patrick Senécal
Fans of Patrick Senécal may not have a new novel to put under the tree this year, but they can access the second season of his Autofission series, online on the digital literary platform Pavillons. In this fiction he gives the protagonist his name and lets him interact with characters from his novels. The Pavilions platform is a creative laboratory where readers can fund the projects of their favorite authors.
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New releases with voices from Quebec on Audible
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Léane Labrèche-Dor
There’s something new from Audible, which recently released Le voyage immobile, a radio play by science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer starring Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Patrice Godin and Marie-Evelyne Lessard. The audio book platform’s first original series has also been online this week: Meurtres sous le mistletoe, a thriller just in time for the holidays with Léane Labrèche-Dor, Frédéric Pierre and his daughter Charlie Pierre.
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Children’s literature: Paul Tom and Mélanie Baillairgé receive the TD Prize
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Mélanie Baillairgé and Paul Tom
Alone, a graphic novel that chronicles the moving journeys of three teenagers who left their homeland and family to find refuge in Canada, won this year’s TD Prize for Canadian Children’s and Young Adult Literature. In a video recorded when they heard the news, author Paul Tom and illustrator Mélanie Baillairgé appear very emotional. “It confirms the importance of documentary filmmaking, the importance of collecting these stories,” says the author. Seuls, published by La Courte Escale, is aimed at children aged 10 and over and is the adaptation of the documentary film of the same name. Accompanied by a $50,000 scholarship, the TD Prize, presented since 2004, is one of the most prestigious children’s literature awards in the country.
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The end of a chapter for Catherine Girard-Audet
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Catherine Girard Audet
Fans of the young adult series The Complicated Life of Léa Olivier will soon find out the outcome. The 18th and final volume will appear in bookstores next Thursday. “The last volume. The most beautiful. “The most moving thing,” author Catherine Girard-Audet wrote on Instagram in a message that included a photo of the book’s cover. In 12 years, the stories of Léa Olivier and her friends have sold more than 1.7 million copies worldwide. The novels, translated into 12 languages, are available in almost 30 countries.
The Complicated Life of Léa Olivier, Volume 18 – The Last, by Catherine Girard-Audet, Editions Les Malins, 312 pages
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The youth album through the decades
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On the trail of the Quebec album – an anthology
What did little Quebecers read in the 1940s? Which characters captured the imagination of children born in the 1980s? Which authors and illustrators stood out in the 2010s? Here, the author and literary critic Marie Fradette traces and analyzes the development of youth albums from 1940 to 2020 using a selection of more than 80 titles. A fascinating anthology that highlights the talent of all players in the world of Quebec children’s literature. We can bet that the book, the first of its kind, will bring back childhood memories for many readers.
On the trail of the Quebec album – an anthology, by Marie Fradette, Comme des Géants editions, 220 pages
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