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News, new releases, author meetings, interviews… The Press tells you what’s happening in the world of books.

Quebec in literature mode

Quebec City is preparing to host its literary festival, starting October 17. Québec in all letters marks its 15th this year^e anniversary and many activities are planned in various places in the capital, until October 27. A gourmet stopover with Jean-François Beauchemin is notably on the program at the La Liberté bookstore. The show River woman, by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, will be presented at La Nef. Jean-Paul Daoust is the spokesperson for the event, in which Catherine Mavrikakis will participate alongside numerous authors, including the French writer David Foenkinos and the Italian Piergiorgio Pulixi, who will be visiting La Belle Province for the occasion. .

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Estrie celebrates books

In Estrie too, we are preparing for the two fall literary events in the region. The Estrie Book Fair will take over the Sherbrooke Fairgrounds Center from October 17 to 20. Louise Dupré will talk, among other things, about her literary journey, while major interviews are planned with Marie Laberge, Fanie Demeule and Mariana Mazza, among many others. Meanwhile, Knowlton will also host renowned authors for its English-speaking literary festival, which will be held from October 17 to 19. The highlight of the program is a discussion between the godmother of the event, Louise Penny, and the “grand dame” of British crime fiction, Ann Cleeves.

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Radio-Canada Caroline Dawson Prize: the finalists revealed

The five finalist works for the Radio-Canada Caroline-Dawson Prize, created last May in tribute to the writer and sociologist Caroline Dawson, were announced this week by host Émilie Perreault, on the show There will always be culture. These are: The rhythms of dust, by Léa Murat-Ingles (Remue-Ménage), They looked at me, by Anya Nousri (Triptych), The heir, by Michael Gouveia (Bush Poets), Rebellious emergence, by Cyndy Wylde (Hannenorak), as well as Neither Like My Mother, Nor Like My Father: Chronicles of a Fierce Biracial Woman, by Magalie Lefebvre Jean (Howling Editors). The prize will be awarded on November 29 at the Montreal Book Fair, as part of a special edition – live from the Salon – ofThere will always be culture.

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Jean-Louis Blanchard, winner of the Saint-Pacôme prize

It was the author Jean-Louis Blanchard who won this year’s Saint-Pacôme prize, awarded to the best detective novel, for The butterfly woman (published in spring by Fides). The novel was chosen from around thirty titles, including the finalists The weight of the yearsby Guillaume Morrissette (Saint-Jean), and The Shame of Frank Whiteby Jacques Savoie (Free Expression). The prize includes a $3,000 scholarship. The Jacques-Mayer Prize for the first thriller was also awarded to Claude Guilmain for Welsford (Speaking).

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A beautiful book on our “venerable” personalities

Photojournalist Jacques Nadeau went to meet more than 80 Quebec personalities of “venerable” age, including Béatrice Picard, Fernand Dansereau, Armand Vaillancourt, Phyllis Lambert and Kim Yaroshevskaya. In addition to these portraits, short texts evoke their memories, reflections and confidences.

Venerables

Jacques Nadeau

Cardinal

284 pages

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A children’s novel by Farah Alibay

After retracing the path that led her to NASA in My Martian yearaerospace engineer Farah Alibay takes up her pen again, but this time, for children. The inspiring scientist launched last Wednesday Najma in the stars in a place ideal for the occasion: the Planetarium. This novel intended for ages 8 and up tells the story of a little girl who borrows the family space shuttle without permission and sets off to discover the universe. As Perseverancethe robot piloted by Farah Alibay, Najma will notably make a stop on the red planet. “It’s truly a project that comes from the heart. My boyfriend and I imagined this story during our trips when we go to the mountains,” the author said on Instagram. While she signed the text, her partner, Jeremy Tabor, did the illustrations for the book.

Najma in the stars

Text by Farah Alibay, illustrations by Jeremy Tabor

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From 8 years old

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Our authors who travel

The poets Denise Desautels and Diane Régimbald participated this week in the Caravan of women writers, in several cities in Morocco, alongside six other members of the Parliament of French-speaking women writers. They were also at the days Literature and memoirs in Rabat, October 4 and 5.

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