Etiket: Literature
A column in support of the #MeToo movement signed by around a hundred men from cinema, theater and literature
“It is revolting that theater and cinema serve as a cover for abuses that have nothing to do with art,” says the forum. This is signed, among others, by Reda…
Quebec literature is gaining ground in France
(Paris) Authors winning prestigious prizes, guest of honor status at the Paris Book Festival… Quebec literature has made a place for itself in France, at a time when publishers from…
children’s literature attacking stereotypes and in search of new images
Princesses to save, intrepid boys… many children’s books base their plots on clichés. At the Paris Book Festival, Talents Hauts fights to create new representations. A battle not without difficulty…
The vitality of Quebec literature celebrated at the Paris Book Festival
The Paris Book Festival, which puts Quebec in the spotlight this year, represents an exceptional showcase for local writers, but also for publishers, an increasing number of whom are exporting…
The AQPS Guide denies the sovereignty of literature
In his text published on Wednesday April 10, Patrick Moreau rightly denounces the publication, by the Quebec Suicide Prevention Association (AQPS), of a support guide intended for fiction authors. He…
Paris Book Festival | Quebec literature in the spotlight
(Paris) With Quebec as guest of honor, the Paris Book Festival returns Friday with the desire to rejuvenate its audience, against a backdrop of young people’s disaffection for reading. Published…
Playing the blame card in literature
The preterition is a well-known rhetorical figure that the Gradus defines as follows: “Pretend not to mean what you nevertheless say very clearly. » Bernard Dupriez presents following this definition…
Children’s literature | Our suggestions
Among the books for children or adolescents published recently, here are six titles that caught our attention. Updated yesterday at 2:00 p.m. For little ones: funny choices “When the others…
The little seduction of Quebec literature in Paris
Avenue Duluth, in Montreal, in a bar named after a woman and a song by Leonard Cohen. Claudia Larochelle and I wait before the arrival of representatives of the Paris…
Literature | Freshly arrived at the bookseller
Among all the books that have recently arrived in bookstores, here are a few that caught our attention. Updated yesterday at 1:00 p.m. Marie LaFlamme, Chrystine Brouillet The three volumes…
the adaptation of the 1924 Nobel Prize for Literature, in an extraordinary animated film
Authors of “The Van Gogh Passion”, DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman adapt “The Peasants” after Władysław Reymont into an animated film full of grace. France Télévisions – Culture Editorial Published…
Children’s literature | Our suggestions
Among the books for children or adolescents published recently, here are six titles that caught our attention. Updated at 12:00 p.m. For little ones: lessons from nature Seeing his habitat…
Romance explodes in literature in Quebec
The number of books sold in Quebec is holding steady, as is Quebec publishing. Foreign romance explodes in literature. Travel guides are recovering ground lost during the pandemic. And library…
Literature, the school of movement
Like many, I have long deplored the fact that literary studies have more or less handed over works to specialized knowledge and, as a result, have alienated readers who come…
For the love of literature
David Goudreault will present the Montreal premiere of his new show next week at the Théâtre Maisonneuve In the margin of the text. He thus resumes his role as ferryman,…
Faced with censorship in children’s literature, we must ignite minds, not books
Is this book in the hand of the young child a weapon or a key? Forgive the misappropriation of a title by Dany Laferrière, but the question is nagging these…
JoeyStarr returns to the stage to take on the great writings of anti-racist literature
Four years after “Elephant man”, JoeyStarr returns to the theater, in Lille, with the same director. A literary and poetic epic, from the beginnings of colonialism and slavery to the…
The Gérardmer Fantastic Film Festival under the sign of literature
Welcome Culture Movie theater The 31st edition of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival (Vosges) opens Wednesday evening and returns to the foundations of literature. The festival will see long…
This winter, in Montreal, the theater gives pride of place to literature
Novels on stage The winter season gives pride of place to literature. Several shows bring a romantic work to the stage, starting with that of Catherine Mavrikakis In The sky…
Kevin Lambert, the new face of Quebec literature
The young thirty-year-old author Kevin Lambert has joined the greats of French-speaking literature. He is our Personality of the Year 2023, “Culture” category. Kevin Lambert has carved out a place…