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Druide recently published a connectors update to improve the security of Antidote on Windows. Antidote has already invited owners of single-user versions to perform the required update, and now invites owners of multi-user licenses to do the same. Owners of older editions of Antidote, such as Antidote HD...

The shortlist for the Prix littéraire France-Québec was revealed today and Jelly Bean by Virginie Francoeur is among the eight works selected.

Organized by the Fédération France-Québec, the Prix littéraire France-Québec is awarded every year for the best Québec novel. The three finalists will be announced at the Salon du...

The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, an international competition that honours the best food and wine books, revealed its winners by country this week. We are pleased to announce that Treize à Table, a collection edited by Chrystine Brouillet and Geneviève Lefebvre, is the Canadian winner in the “Food...

Apple is preparing to release a new edition of its operating system for Mac, called macOS 10.14 Mojave. As is the case every year, this edition adds new protections to the system, designed to improve its security. This year, however, the new restrictions are very rigorous, causing communication...

With Quebec preparing to pay its last respects to M. Gérin-Lajoie at the state funeral, Druide extends its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of this exceptional man. Having first trained as a lawyer, he contributed to the founding of Quebec’s Ministry of Education in 1964, also...

Communication-Jeunesse’s top picks for youth books were revealed this morning. _Aaah!bécédaire _by Elaine Turgeon (text) and Martin Laliberté (illustrations) clinched second place in the 5 to 8 age category. The picture book from the Motif(s) collection won the hearts of a jury of young readers from Communication-Jeunesse and Réseau...

Each year, Crime Writers of Canada presents the Arthur Ellis Awards to the cream of the crop in Canadian crime-writing. This year's finalists have just been announced, and Maryse Rouy has been nominated in the Best Book in French category for her historical whodunnit La mort en bleu...

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...

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...