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Druide informatique and its subsidiary Éditions Druide have announced their continued support for the Théâtre de la ligue nationale d’improvisation (LNI), extending it for another five years. By contributing to this well-known cultural institution, Druide intends to recognize the commendable use of French by participants in the LNI’s exciting...

The finalists for the 2018 Prix Adrienne-Choquette have been announced, and the book Et si on avait un autre chien ? by Jean-Paul Beaumier is among them. Established in honour of Adrienne Choquette, a pioneer of the short story as a literary genre in Quebec, the prize is awarded to...

On March 27, novelist, poet and essayist Pierre Ouellet was awarded the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec’s Prix du CALQ for creator of the year in the Montérégie region. It was presented at a ceremony organized by Culture Montérégie, attended by around 80 guests, mostly from the...

To mark International Francophonie Day, Druide informatique and Réseau Technoscience have established the first Antidote Prize for Quality of Language at the Hydro-Québec Science Fair. At the Science Fair’s 23 regional finals, as well as the Quebec final, the Antidote Prize will be awarded to the team with...

Druide informatique and Comnet Technologie are pleased to announce Antidote 9’s integration with Beenote, a new meeting management solution available in French and English.

Featuring all the benefits of cloud software, Beenote offers a user-friendly environment for drawing up an agenda, recording discussions, writing up and sharing minutes,...

L’astronome dur à cuire has just earned author Jonathan Ruel a nomination for the Prix de la Biennale littéraire des Cèdres. This year, the Biennale is set to honour first-time novelists. Between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, a list of 60 debut novels written by Quebec authors was...

Just before the holidays, the Court of Appeal of Quebec granted Druide informatique leave to appeal the Superior Court’s ruling regarding the application for injunction and damages sought by Québec Amérique (“QA”). In addition to granting Druide’s motion, the Court ordered a stay of execution of the monetary...

This week, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards announced its country-specific winners. We are pleased to announce that Les paradis de la bière blanche, by Martin Thibault and David Lévesque Gendron, was selected as the Canadian winner in the “Best Beer Book” category. 

The winners from each country...

On November 19, at the Salon du livre de Montréal, the Écrivains francophones d’Amérique (ÉFA) association presented its annual awards. At the ceremony, Alain Beaulieu received a distinction for excellence for his novel L’interrogatoire de Salim Belfakir.

Founded in 1936 as the Société des écrivains canadiens, the ÉFA...

As part of a contest presented by TD Bank Group and the CBC, children voted between September 26 and October 23 for their favourite book out of the five finalists for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Elaine Turgeon and Martin Laliberté’s picture book Aaah!bécédaire proved to be...