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The Association des auteurs des Laurentides has announced the finalists of their Prix du livre de l’année 2021. We were happy to learn that La source et le roseau by Jean-François Beauchemin is among them!

The winning book will be announced on the 17th of November.

Every year, the Charles Biddle Award is presented by the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration in partnership with Culture pour tous. The highlights an individual who immigrated to Quebec and whose personal or professional engagement contributes to Quebec’s cultural and artistic development.

We were...

The Association québécoise des professeur.e.s de français (AQPF) and the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL) have announced the finalists to their Prix littéraires des enseignant.e.s de français 2022. We were happy to learn that Mon été haïku, written by Jeanne Painchaud and illustrated by Chloloula,...

We are pleased to announce that La source et le roseau by Jean-François Beauchemin is a finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Literary Awards in the non-fiction category!

La source et le roseau is an intimate story inspired by the author’s strong bond with his dog—his steadfast companion—and...

The Société du roman policier de Saint-Pacôme revealed the names of the three finalists for the next edition of the prix Saint-Pacôme. We are pleased to announce that Catherine Lafrance caught the jury’s eye with her novel L’étonnante mémoire des glaces!

The winner will be announced...

We were happy to learn that Tombés dans… la gomme! by Julie Rivard and Rémy Simard has made it to the top three for the prix Mélèze!

Young people from across the country made their voice heard and voted in large numbers for the first volume of this...

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 new linguistic and...

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...

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...

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 contribution to Quebecois literature. It...