On Jocelyne Cazin’s bedside table

Former journalist Jocelyne Cazin carried out a real field investigation to write her second novel which has just been published, Bad harvestsa plot set on a farm where foreign workers mysteriously disappear. She shares her current readings with us.

Me, Quentin Rubio, guide oak

“Bertrand Laverdure is my collaborator in my novels, but if I tell you about this book, it is because it takes us into the history of Montreal, which is told by an oak tree that has lived on Mount Royal for 200 years . Obviously, making a tree talk makes it tell, on the one hand, all the human stupidities, but also the developments that Montreal has experienced over the last two centuries. It’s illustrated by the drawings of Catherine Filteau and it’s absolutely magnificent. It’s definitely a reflection through the voice of an oak tree and that’s what’s original. It is an ecological fable and a philosophical reflection which addresses, among other things, existential questions through a new perspective. »

Me, Quentin Rubio, guide oak

Bertrand Laverdure and Catherine Filteau

The Car

72 pages

Marcel Tessier tells…

“I had the great pleasure of working with Marcel at the time of Hi Hello. I was a news anchor and Marcel told the story in his columns. And like thousands of viewers, he made me love the story. He died recently and I wanted to reread his columns. It covers a variety of topics that touch on the history of New France, the explorers, the first settlers up to the British conquest. And he revisits important moments like the arrival of Jacques Cartier and the founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain, notable figures like Jeanne Mance… He wrote a second volume where he continues his journey from the period of colonization until the Canadian Confederation. »

Marcel Tessier tells…

Marcel Tessier

Editions de l’Homme

288 pages

Globetrotting cameraman

“ It’s a book that has just come out and was self-published, you won’t find it in bookstores. There are thousands of writers who work in the shadows and who, in my opinion, would be worth publishing out in the open. The author was my cameraman among others on the show I and the news, and he tells his life on the news, IAt Match of life. He has covered international events in Israel, Tanzania, the Philippines, Thailand, he has covered provincial and federal elections, and many other topics throughout his career. So these are the covers written by a cameraman, and that makes the story even more fascinating. »

Globe-trotting cameraman: my life filled with “ordinary” “extras”

Roger Lacasse and Christine Lamontagne

BouquinBec

178 pages