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Antidote 11 Now Available for Network Installation

April 13, 2022 Announcements

Druide informatique announces the release of Antidote 11 v2 for network installation. Launched last October, the eleventh edition of Antidote introduced more than 100 new features for English and French. In addition to the functions specific to network operation, the free v2 update brings several...

Two Druide Books Selected by CJ, qu’est-ce qu’on lit ?

December 09, 2021 Announcements

Communication-Jeunesse (CJ) has unveiled its selection CJ, qu’est-ce qu’on lit ? for the month of November. We were pleased to learn that two titles published by Druide made the list: Pétronille inc. Tome 4 — Ongles d’orteils équitable, written by Annie Bacon and illustrated by Boum, and Les pe...

Pierre Ouellet Wins the Prix d’excellence From the Société des Écrivains francophones d’Amérique

December 02, 2021 Announcements

We are very happy to announce that the Prix d’Excellence from the Société des Ecrivains francophones d’Amérique has been awarded to Pierre Ouellet for his novel L’état sauvage (tied with Paul Serge Forest for Tout est ori)!

This prize is awarded each year to a Canadian author for the quality o...

Jean-François Beauchemin Receives the Claude-Henri Grignon Prize

November 29, 2021 Announcements

On October 17, the Association des auteurs des Laurentides (AAL) awarded the Claude-Henri Grignon Prize to Jean-François Beauchemin for his body of work and his contribution to national literature.

The Claude-Henri Grignon Prize, a prize created this year, aims to recognize an author’s contributio...

Joyeux ou triste? and Tombés dans... la gomme! Among the Official Selection of the Forêt de la lecture 2022 Prix Peuplier and Prix Mélèze

October 25, 2021 Announcements

The Forest of Reading program, an initiative by the Ontario Library Association (OLA), has announced the finalists for its various literary awards. We were pleased to learn that the picture book Joyeux ou triste?, written by Bertrand Gauthier and illustrated by Sabrina Gendron, is a finalist for t...

Les nouveaux mystères à l’école Announced as a Finalist for the Prix littéraires des enseignant.e.s de français AQPF-ANEL

October 25, 2021 Announcements

The Association québécoise des professeur.e.s de français (AQPF) and the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL) have announced the finalists for the 2021 Prix littéraires des enseignant.e.s de français. We were very happy to learn that the Les nouveaux mystères à l’école, edited by Ri...

De Pierres et de Sang Among the Selection of the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle

October 18, 2021 Announcements

We were pleased to learn that the French edition, published by Le mot et le reste, of André Jacques’s novel De pierres et de sang, has been selected for the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle.

Alexandre Jobin’s following investigations, La bataille de Pavie and Ces femmes aux yeux cernés, wil...

L’état sauvage Among the Jury Selection for the 2021 Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal

October 05, 2021 Announcements

The Grand Prix du livre de Montréal has unveiled the 10 titles that left a mark on the members of its jury this year. We were very happy to learn that L’état sauvage by Pierre Ouellet is part of this selection!

In its efforts to promote Montreal literature through its selection, the jury choose...

Pétronille inc. Tome 1 – Bave de crapaud bio Takes the Duel de Livres Summer 2021

October 05, 2021 Announcements

We were delighted to learn that the first volume of the Pétronille inc. Series, Bave de crapaud bio, written by Annie Bacon and illustrated by Boum, won the duel de livres for the summer of 2021 organized by the TD Summer Reading Club!

The TD Summer Reading Club program inspires kids of all a...

New Free Updates to Antidote

April 15, 2021 Announcements

Druide has released Antidote 10 v6.1, a free update that improves the dictionaries with 700 new words and expressions, 7000 new synonyms and 600 new etymologies. The corrector features increased accuracy, particularly on points brought up by users, the guides are enhanced with four new articles, a...