Estrie all about literature
As the capital prepares to host the Québec Festival in full (October 12 to 22), the Estrie Book Fair will be held from October 12 to 15 at the Sherbrooke Fairgrounds Center. Rafaële Germain, Louis Hamelin and Camille Toffoli are among the guests of honor for this edition which includes, among other things, a long interview with Michel Tremblay, a round table with Emmanuelle Pierrot and a teen evening with Patrick Senécal. Knowlton will host its annual literary festival, sponsored by Louise Penny. The American crime writer Kathy Reichs will be there during this event in the language of Shakespeare.
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Launch of À GO, we read!
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Kevin Raphael
The À GO, we read! campaign is back for its sixth edition with new ambassadors – Kevin Raphaël, Maude Landry and Charles Brunet. The digital platform will allow adolescents and young adults to discover their reader profile thanks to the online quiz, which has been reworked to be even more precise. The section for mentors has also been improved, all with the aim of helping young people discover the pleasure of reading.
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Prizes… and more prizes
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The writer Dominique Fortier
Dominique Fortier received the Malesherbes prize, the King’s Bookseller, in France, for The white shadowscontinuation of his book Paper towns published by Alto. This work about Emily Dickinson is also a finalist for the Ringuet prize from the Académie des lettres du Québec, alongside Kevin Lambert for May our joy remain (Heliotrope) and Dominique Scali for Sailors don’t know how to swim (The People). The Ringuet prize will be awarded on October 18.
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Meeting with François-Henri Désérable
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François-Henri Désérable
French writer François-Henri Désérable will be visiting Quebec next week, for two meetings, in Montreal and Quebec. Winner of the Grand Prix du roman of the French Academy in 2021 for My master and my conquerorhe will come to present his most recent book, The wear and tear of a world (published in June by Gallimard), which recounts his 40-day stay in Iran in the fall of 2022, during the demonstrations surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini.
At the Gallimard bookstore in Montreal, Wednesday, October 18 at 5:30 p.m.
At the Maison de laliterature de Québec, Thursday, October 19 at 5 p.m.
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Sweet poetry at Héritage Jeunesse
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Excerpt fromBefore you are herewritten by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Nahid Kazemi
Poetry for children paired with sweet illustrations. Here is what the publishing house Héritage Jeunesse offers with its new collection Monark. The first title in the series, Before you are here, signed by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Nahid Kazemi, tenderly describes the wait preceding the arrival of a child in the lives of future parents. An album with the sounds of a lullaby likely to touch adults and children and to reach both biological and adoptive families.
Before you are here
Youth Heritage
28 pages
Véronique Larocque, The Press