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The picture book Une cachette pour les bobettes by author Andrée Poulin and illustrator Boum earned a place in the preliminary list for the Prix Jeunesse des libraires du Québec, in the 6-11 age category. The annual award is organized by the Association des libraires du Québec in recognition of...

The Ottawa Book Awards recognize the best work published by Ottawa authors during the last year. Pierre-Luc Landry joins the finalists in the category for best French-language literary creation with his novel Les corps extraterrestres.

The winners of each category will be revealed at the awards ceremony, which will...

Druide informatique announces the release of Antidote 9 v4, the third free update for the current edition of its renowned writing assistance software suite. Version 4 brings an enhanced set of dictionaries with expanded and refreshed content, including hundreds of new words in both English and French. The corrector’s accuracy...

This week, the Société du roman policier de Saint Pacôme unveiled the finalists for the Prix Saint-Pacôme, an award for the best Quebec French-language crime novel published in the last year. André Jacques caught the jury’s attention with La bataille de Pavie. Protagonist Alexandre Jobin’s previous inquiry, De...

The Prix des lecteurs is awarded to an author from Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. It recognizes the most popular book in the region’s accredited bookstores and public libraries, and according to readers of the newspaper Le Quotidien and internet users. Louise Portal, from Arvida, is among this year’s finalists with her...

The five finalists for the  TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award  have been announced. They include Aux toilettes, written by André Marois and illustrated by Pierre Pratt.

Established in 2004 by the TD Bank Group and the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the annual TD Award recognizes the excellence...

Druide informatique is delighted to announce that an improved version of Typing Pal Online is now available. The web-based typing tutorial application is easier to access, thanks in large part to the inclusion of Google Sign-In and personalized URLs, while also providing new ways of helping students increase...

This week, Druide informatique and its subsidiary Éditions Druide held their eighth annual golf classic for the Paul Gérin-Lajoie foundation. The event raised $40,000, bringing the total for the Foundation to more than $300,000 since the classic began in 2009.

The money raised this year will allow the...

Druide informatique is pleased to announce that its Chairman of the Board and CEO, André d’Orsonnens, won yesterday’s annual MÉRITIC Honoris Causa award from Réseau Action TI. The award recognizes exceptional people in the information technology sector who, throughout their careers, have distinguished themselves in terms of both...

Druide informatique is delighted to announce that it is among the first organizations in Quebec to earn VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE certification. This new award from Vélo Québec, a cycling advocacy group, celebrates efforts by companies or organizations to promote cycling.

Druide has taken several steps to facilitate bicycle commuting among...