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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...

The fifth international crime fiction festival, Les Printemps meurtriers de Knowlton, took place between May 19 and May 22 and hosted the Tenebris Prize during its closing ceremony.

This year, Les Printemps meurtriers de Knowlton introduced a Tenebris Prize for best Quebec novel in the “roman noir” genre, celebrating its...

The Forest of Reading presented its awards for French-language literature at the Festival of Trees, held on May 19 in Toronto. A group of children aged between four and eight awarded an honourable mention to author Lili Chartrand and illustrator Annie Rodrigue for the picture book Millie Rose,...