The short scale crowned best children’s publisher in North America
The award for best children’s publisher in North America was once again awarded to a Quebec company. After Mr. Ed last year, it was the turn of The Short Scale to win this prestigious title at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair. The largest fair dedicated to children’s literature was held from March 6 to 9 in Italy. Other finalists in this category included Canadian publishers Owlkids and Orca Book Publishers, as well as US publishers Abrams and Red Comet Press.
Veronique Larocque, The Press
Mini-Jeans on screen
The clone of the popular Agent Jean continues to follow in his footsteps. Recently, Mini-Jean is also the star of a cartoon. In the company of his friend Mini-Bulle, he lives amazing adventures. Featured on ICI Tou’s Extra. tv since February 28, the series Mini-Jeans and Mini-Bubble is based on the book collection of Alex A. which has sold over 400,000 copies. Ludivine Reding, Lauriane S. Thibodeau, Anne Dorval and Bernard Fortin lend their voices to the various characters. The episodes of this series intended for 5 to 8 year olds will also be available on ICI Télé starting April 16.
Veronique Larocque, The Press
Looks at Quebec and its love stories
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L’amour à 10 sous – The sentimental novel in post-war Quebec
What did Quebec housewives dream of during the 1940s and 1950s? Professors Marie-Pier Luneau and Jean-Philippe Warren, co-authors of Love as a novel – The sentimental novel in Quebec from yesterday to today, tell us in their new book about post-war society through their “dimes novels”, these thirty-page booklets that sold like hot cakes. With its small practical format and its color illustrations, it is an entertaining read that teaches us as much about the fantasies of the time as about this aura of glamor that Montreal and its nightlife had.
L’amour à 10 sous – The sentimental novel in post-war Quebec, Marie-Pier Luneau and Jean-Philippe Warren. North, 258 pages.
Laila Maalouf, The Press
A great book for a great cause
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Nengo – A fight for dignity
World-renowned photojournalist Nick Danziger traveled to the Central African Republic to collect the testimony of survivors of sexual violence, which he shares with us in this beautiful book published specially on the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day. In addition to these poignant portraits, these are stories of resilience that we discover with emotion, as well as all the work behind the Nengo project, which comes to the aid of victims. The preface is signed by surgeon, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Congolese activist Denis Mukwege, who is also the author of The strength of women (published by Gallimard in 2021).
Nengo – A fight for dignity, Nick Danziger. Éditions du Passage (co-published with Privat), 144 pages.
Laila Maalouf, The Press