A new player in the world of children’s literature
A new Quebec publishing house specializing in children’s literature is born. From February 2023, Gründ Québec will offer 10 to 15 titles per year written and illustrated by local talent. The Scrapbook Little Otters on the runby blogger Lucie-Rose Lévesque and illustrator Lucile Lesueur, the sound book My first Quebec songsas well as the documentary What is Quebec?signed by Patrick Couture and illustrated by Paul Martin, are the first planned releases.
Veronique Larocque, The Press
The France-Quebec Prize awarded to Louis-François Dallaire
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It is the author Louis-François Dallaire, who is also a social worker and teacher of family medicine, who won the France-Quebec literary prize last week for his third novel, The day my best friend was arrested for murdering his wife, published last year by Éditions de Mortagne. Against a backdrop of murder and suspense, it addresses, among other things, the issue of domestic violence against men. Endowed with a grant of 5,000 euros (approximately 7,000 Canadian dollars), this French readers’ prize, created in 1998, aims in particular to promote Quebec literature in France. The other two finalists were The astonishing destiny of Pierre Boucherby Nicole Lavigne (Quebec America), and 1542 the accursed colonyby Raymond Rainville (La Plume d’Or).
The preliminary list of the Booksellers’ Prize is revealed
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The winners of the Prix des libraires du Québec will be announced at the gala on May 11.
The 52 titles in the running for the Prix des libraires du Québec were unveiled last week at the Salon du livre de Montréal. Among these, The end of the beginningby Fadi Malek and Anne Villeneuve (New address), was selected in the category of Quebec comics, while The white shadowsby Dominique Fortier (Viola), We have all fallby Juliana Léveillé-Trudel (La Peuplade), and Penances, by Alex Viens (August Horse), are among the 12 Quebec titles in the novel-short story-narrative category. Outside Quebec, The Kremlin Mageby Giuliano Da Empoli (Gallimard), and Dear asshole, by Virginie Despentes (Grasset), were notably chosen by booksellers. The finalists will be announced in January and the winners on May 11.
Award-winning children’s writers
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Isabelle Picard received the French Teachers’ Literary Prize in the “9 to 12-year-old novel” category for the first volume in her series. Nish.
The award ceremonies follow one another in the literary world lately and the youth sector is no exception. The Association of Quebec Writers for Youth awarded the 2022 Céline-Gagnon Prize to Alexandre Gauthier for volume 1 of his series fat ninja. After receiving the Children’s Book Prize from the Libraries of Montreal, author and illustrator Orbie also won the 2022 TD Prize for Canadian Literature for Children and Youth thanks to her album The end of lice?. The French teachers also awarded their prizes. The awarded titles are: Nish, volume 1 – The North and the Southby Isabelle Picard, my haiku summerby Jeanne Painchaud, Parasitesvolume 1 – Waspby Marie-Eve Bourassa, Of Roots and Words: The Persistence of Languages in North AmericaÉmilie Guilbeault-Cayer and Richard Migneault, as well as Nin AuassJoséphine Bacon, Laure Morali and Lydia Mestokosho-Paradis.
Veronique Larocque, The Press
Pretnumerique.ca celebrates its 10th anniversary
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Over the past 10 years, nearly 18 million digital books have been borrowed (for free) by more than 885,000 Quebec users on the Pretnumerique.ca platform, which has nearly 1.5 million. And, surprise, 9 digital books among the 10 most borrowed are from Quebec. Four of them are by Louise Tremblay-d’Essiambre, while first place on the list goes to Pierre-Yves McSween with Do you really need it?. kukumby Michel Jean, and A better manby Louise Penny, have also risen in the rankings.
Laila Maalouf, The Press
A reference work on the book industry in Quebec
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If the book industry is so abundant in Quebec today, it is thanks to the individuals and institutions who, from New France to the present day, have contributed to building the worlds of publishing, printing , translation or even distribution. the Historical dictionary of book people in Quebec (published by the Presses de l’Université de Montréal) retraces in nearly 400 notes the evolution of the book trades in the province since its beginnings, under the direction of Josée Vincent and Marie-Pier Luneau, full professors in the Department of arts, languages and literatures from the University of Sherbrooke. An important work that bears witness to the emergence of a historic industry.
Laila Maalouf, The Press
A specialized French publisher sets up in Quebec
French publisher Mobidys, which uses patented technology to adapt books for young people with reading difficulties such as dyslexia, has opened its first offices in downtown Montreal. The first partnerships have already been set up with five local youth publishing houses with the aim of adapting Quebec works and making them accessible locally.
Laila Maalouf, The Press