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Laila Maalouf
The Press

pavilions

A platform for local authors

Local authors now have a new showcase to give free rein to unique literary creations. Developed by Myriam Comtois, Marie Lamarre and Annabelle Moreau, the Pavillons platform already hosts the writing projects of 4 creators, while 10 others are expected soon. Offered in the form of serials, these writings will take various avenues – essay, fiction, narrative, poetry, criticism, chronicle, comic strip… –, in solo, duet or collective in English and French. You can access the platform for free or subscribe to be entitled to all the content (from $2 to $4 per month). On the June menu, texts by Martine Delvaux, Marie-Sissi Labrèche, Maya Ombasic, Sophie Voillot, Catherine Voyer-Léger, Patrick Senécal and Mélissa Verreault, among many others.

Event

Aboriginal literature in the spotlight in June

On the occasion of the second edition of the In June: I Read Native! initiative, more than thirty talks and literary activities are being organized this month in public libraries and independent bookstores across the province. Among many other events, we note the launch of new titles Welcome, Alysonby JD Kurtness, and Wriggling and agile, by Jocelyn Sioui. Meetings with Maya Cousineau Mollen, Isabelle Picard and Joséphine Bacon are also planned, in addition to a literary and musical cabaret – the Cabaret du Trickster, on June 14 in Montreal and June 20 in Quebec City.

Event

The Montreal Poetry Festival announces the winner of its annual prize

I used to say

Jean Porter

PHI Editions

It was the Luxembourgish poet Jean Portante who won the International Francophone Prize at the Montreal Poetry Festival for his collection I used to say. It was chosen from 10 titles retained in the second selection and among which included in particular My forestsby Hélène Dorion, and At the sunset of the promised land, by Jean Sioui. The Montreal Poetry Festival runs until Sunday – the last day to take advantage of its Poetry Market in Mile End.

Mobile devices

A handy app for Digital Loan

The Pretnumerique platform now has a brand new application for mobile devices that is much simpler and easier to access. The number of steps to go through to gain access to a digital book has thus been reduced in order to facilitate borrowing and consultation of the books. Launched in 2012, the service is used by the majority of public libraries in Quebec and New Brunswick, as well as by several colleges and universities in the province. It provides access to 480,000 French-language titles (including more than 51,000 Quebec titles) and 464,000 English-language titles.

Novelty

An Armand Gamache in the fall

The 18^e investigation by the famous Armand Gamache, created by Louise Penny, will not take long to see the light of day. baptized A World of Curiosities, this new title will be released on November 29 in its original version in English, announced the author. The date of the French publication remains to be confirmed. The latest novel featuring the chief inspector of the Sûreté du Québec (The Madness of the Crowds) was published last November in French, by Flammarion Québec.

Blackwater

A saga in six volumes at Alto

Flood (from the Serie Blackwater)

Michael McDowell

Alto

The Quebec publishing house will publish the six volumes of the family saga by July Blackwater, by American Michael McDowell. This epic fresco which unfolds over five decades, in southern Alabama, promises a unique atmosphere, imbued with fantasy, at the crossroads of the worlds of Gabriel García Márquez and Stephen King. The first two books in the series Blackwater have already appeared, while the next two are scheduled for June 7 and the last two in July.