Etiket: Writers
UNEQ and the House of Writers
According to Robert, the word “writer”, in the ordinary sense, designates since 1275 a “person who composes literary works”. The word “author” designates, in the etymological sense, since 1174, not…
[Opinion] Selling the Writers’ House, really?
On December 23, the editorialist of the Homework Louise-Maude Rioux Soucy was surprised at the unpreparedness of the Union of Quebec Writers and Writers (UNEQ) in the dissemination and implementation…
Remedial Guide | Our editorial writers recommend
Our editorial writers offer you three outstanding works of the past year. Posted at 8:00 a.m. state of terror State of Terror Louise Penny and Hillary Rodham Clinton (translated from…
A symbolic writers’ union | The duty
In the article devoted to writers published in The duty of December 15 (“All writers will be on the same footing”), we read that the Union of Quebec writers “was…
All writers on the same footing
Whether they are novelists, authors of best-selling books or cookbooks, whether they are self-published or write a collection of poetry every 10 years, whether they are authors of psycho-pop or…
Montreal Book Fair | What do our editorial writers read?
Our editorial writers tell you what they’re reading this fall. Posted at 11:00 a.m. The falling shadows What would our life be like without energy sources allowing society to function…
Review of The Writers’ Sanatorium | Tribute to the imagination
Novels that really make people laugh are rare. This new book by Suzanne Myre, which puts a smile on our face from the first 10 pages, comes as a blessing…
the ever-renewed imagination of JRR Tolkien delights the writer’s fans
One could imagine them stamping with impatience. But no, not quite. It is a particular universe that of fans of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, or more simply JRR Tolkien. Series…
The cursed writers | The Press
I was still a teenager when Ayatollah Khomeini issued his fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989, after the publication of his novel satanic verses. I didn’t know anything about either…
“Writers in the Trenches” Series: Small Apocalypses
The war that is currently raging at the gates of Europe awakens the ghosts of other conflicts that have marked literature. Both writers and soldiers, they recounted what they saw,…
The 4th edition of “Writers at Gonzague Saint Bris” will take place on August 28, 2022 in Chanceaux-Près-Loches
“Writers at Gonzague Saint Bris” announces the literary start, a start that promises to be rich. Icons, in different fields, and who have published a book this year, will come…
Writers and misfortune | The Press
In Quebec, this year, May 14 was to be nothing more than a big party. Posted at 7:00 p.m. Remi Villemure Author and MA student in History After two years…
[Critique] “Correspondence with writers”, Truffaut, letter writer
Access behind the scenes of a lover of the letter who wanted to “make films that look like novels”. You have read all your free articles Do you like our…
The Le Neuf bookstore in Saint-Dié celebrates its 50th anniversary with a fine line-up of writers
Eight writers are present today at the Le Neuf bookstore to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, perpetuating the tradition of author/reader encounters dear to this independent bookstore, which is now ranked…
“Face to face”: writers meeting their character
How does a character spring up in the mind of its author? What pushes the latter to make suffer, to put in trouble, even to kill, sometimes, his creation? And…
[Entrevue] The 3rd volume of the writer’s “Childhood Memories” is brought to the big screen by Christophe Barratier
many remember the Choristers, by Frenchman Christophe Barratier, box-office champion in 2004. Young boys in rehabilitation saw themselves saved there by learning choral singing in France in 1949. We also…
Southern Writers Festival
France Bleu Provence is a partner of the Festival of Southern Writers from March 17 to 20, 2022 in Aix-en-Provence. The Festival des Écrivains du Sud welcomes around fifty authors…
The pandemic favorable to Quebec writers
(Montreal) Fewer novelties on the shelves but more books in the baskets: from children’s literature to comics, via novels, Quebecers have rediscovered the pleasure of reading and especially their authors…
The pandemic favors Quebec writers
Fewer novelties on the shelves but more books in the baskets: from children’s literature to comics, via novels, Quebecers have rediscovered the pleasure of reading and especially their local authors…
Great writers under beautiful covers
The publishing house Les Belles Lettres de Paris offers us all at once five very beautifully crafted books, under a clear cover, fluffy cardboard, flaps, with embossed and silver illustrations…