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News, new releases, author meetings, interviews… The Press tells you what’s happening in the world of books.

Spotlight on Indigenous literature

While the Rimouski Book Fair is in full swing until Sunday, Quebec is preparing to host the 13^e edition of the First Nations Book Fair. From November 14 to 17, around thirty Indigenous authors will be part of the event which will take place mainly at the Maison de laliterature, the Morrin Center and the Multi de Méduse room. Among these, Isabelle Picard, Marie-Andrée Gill, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau, Marco Collin, Marie-Josée Bastien, as well as several English-speaking authors from other provinces, including Eden Robinson. Shows are scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, starting with Kwaweyih/Together, where feathers of local indigenous literature will be on stage alongside musicians Sandrine Masse-Savard and Catherine Lefrançois. The evening of Friday will offer the first literary happening indigiqueer, Monoqanol, while the Cabaret littéraire Kwahiatonhk ! will be back on Saturday evening. Interviews with Cyndy Wylde and Jean Sioui are also on the program with numerous round tables, as well as new youth events in the city’s libraries (in particular with Valérie Richer O’Bomsawin, Shayne Michael and Moira-Uashteskun Bacon).

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A prestigious award for Élise Turcotte

The author ofSelf-portrait of anotherÉlise Turcotte, received last week the Athanase-David prize, which rewards the remarkable contribution of a writer to Quebec literature and all of their work. This is the highest literary distinction in the province. Her story, published last year by Alto, is also in the running for the Janette-Bertrand Literary Prize, which will be awarded for the first time on November 27 at the Montreal Book Fair.

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For fans ofLive from the universe

France Beaudoin and the show team Live from the universe recently launched a book inspired by the popular show where, every Saturday, we dive into the musical universe of a guest on ICI Télé. The book looks back on many songs performed over the course of 15 seasons through quotes from artists who are fans of them or who created them. Thanks to a questionnaire to fill out, the reader can in turn delve into their memories and visit the soundtrack of their life.

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Live from the universe – Songs told and a book to answer

France Beaudoin and the teamLive from the universe

KO Editions

272 pages

The video game epic in comics

Having become a true social phenomenon and a flourishing industry, video games have experienced many vicissitudes since their infancy and the birth of Pong in 1972. This large fresco is brought to us by the video game specialist Jean Zeid and the designer Émilie Rouge, in the form of a consistent comic strip listing the major stages marking out this recent, but abundant, history. A light and amusing narration does not prevent us from getting to the bottom of things and really informs us on the subject by presenting the various pioneers of programming, the life and death of the big companies and consoles and, of course, the big titles and heroes who forged memories. Very informative while being entertaining, both for those immersed up to their necks in pixels and for those uninitiated in video games, this comic strip proves to be a well-crafted and popularized encyclopedic concentrate.

Sylvain Sarrazin, The Press

Once upon a time there was a video game

Text by Jean Zeid, illustrations by Émilie Rouge

Éditions Édito

230 pages

Come on, what are we reading?

What are boxer Kim Clavel, host Kevin Raphaël and comedians Jo Cormier and Douaa Kachache reading? For several weeks, young people (and those not so young) have been able to discover their favorites on the À go, on lit! website. The four personalities are the ambassadors of the seventh campaign of this movement which promotes the pleasure of reading among adolescents and young adults. Once on the site, visitors can also fill out a questionnaire to find out their reader profile and get some suggestions for books to devour.

Véronique Larocque, The Press

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Forty years of trying

Éditions du Boréal very recently highlighted the 40^e anniversary of their Papierscollés collection, dedicated to literary essays, with the launch of three new works. It is about Collectionsa collection of short essays on our dreams and what defines us signed by Suzanne Jacob, of The heirs of Don Quixotea series of reflections on the art of the novel published by Louis Hamelin in various publications in the form of articles or columns, as well as Wanderingswhich brings together mostly unpublished texts on the “walks” of Robert Lévesque through literary works that are dear to him.

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The finalists for the Academy of Letters prizes

The Académie des lettres du Québec has revealed the finalists for the Alain-Grandbois, Marcel-Dubé, Ringuet and Victor-Barbeau prizes, which reward works in the poetry, theater, novel and essay categories respectively. The three novels in the running for the Ringuet prize are Muteof Pascale Beauregard (Boreal), The account is goodof Louis-Daniel Godin (La Peuplade), and Bloodskinby Audrée Wilhelmy (Leméac). The winners will be announced on November 19, during an evening ceremony hosted by Michel Désautels, in Montreal.

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A new collection for novellas

Alire editions have a new collection called Le Mitan, specializing in the publication of novellas – short novels of all genres. The first three titles, which have just been published, navigate the fantastical and the imaginary: The Devil’s Claw, by Roger Cantin; Dragon pearls, by Natasha Beaulieu; And The last journey of Khimarrhos, by Yves Meynard.

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