Haunt VillerayGabrielle Caron
This is the first novel by the comedian and podcast creator I made a humaninspired by her book in which she confided about her entry into motherhood. Maude, her character, is dead, but she is still here. While discovering her new daily life as a ghost, the young woman confides about her fears and insecurities and reflects on the meaning of life — with a good dose of humor.
Haunt Villeray
Stanké
288 pages
The Ink BoyMarie-Christine Chartier
This seventh novel by Marie-Christine Chartier, who has sold more than 100,000 copies of her previous books, continues to explore human relationships. This time, it is through the story of a 24-year-old woman who reluctantly returns to her village in Lac-Saint-Jean after her father dies. A surprise awaits her there: she will only be able to collect her inheritance if she spends two months in her childhood home, in the company of a young man her father had taken a liking to.
The Ink Boy
Hurtubise
224 pages
It all comes back to me nowJean-Michel Fortier
The author of Agnes’ Revolution tells the story of two teenagers from Sainte-Foy, in 2003, who spend their time much like all the other young people their age. But Colin listens to Celine Dion in secret and hides his preference for boys. A reflection that is sometimes serious, sometimes light, around the question of “to be or not to be fake”.
It all comes back to me now
The wick
312 pages
I work in noiseYannick Marcoux
Poet and columnist Yannick Marcoux drew on his own experience to imagine this novel set in the late 1990s. His alter ego, Félix, is a waiter in a Mile End bar where jazz musicians perform. This place becomes his whole life until the day the neighborhood is transformed and the survival of the place is threatened. A universe reminiscent of that of Diverby Stéphane Larue.
I work in noise
XYZ
224 pages
Love the earthJean Désy
Poet Jean Désy, who is also a doctor in Nunavik and on the North Shore, returns with a new collection as refreshing as a walk in nature. River descent, dream of lichen and moss or partridge cry, his poems recall the “song of the forests” and read like a breath of fresh air.
Love the earth
Inkwell Memory
144 pages