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Alain Beaulieu Wins the 2023 Prix France-Québec for His Novel Le refuge
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Éditions Druide applauds author Alain Beaulieu, winner of the Prix France-Québec literary award for his novel Le refuge. The Fédération France-Québec/francophonie (FFQ/f) announced the good news at the Salon du livre de Montréal on Saturday, November 25. The annual award recognizes excellence in contemporary Quebec fiction by...
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Communication-Jeunesse Includes Les Abysses, tome 1 — La mine in its Book Selection
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Communication-Jeunesse (CJ) has unveiled the books featured in its CJ, qu’est-ce qu’on lit? selection for Fall 2023, revealing that Les Abysses, tome 1 — La mine, written by Annie Bacon and illustrated by Mathieu Benoit, is among them!
CJ’s mission is to promote reading and thereby introduce...
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Catherine Lafrance Named a Finalist for the 2023 Prix Saint-Pacôme
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The Société du roman policier de Saint-Pacôme (a non-profit that presents annual literary awards for French-language crime novels) revealed the three finalists for its 2023 Prix St-Pacôme. For the second consecutive year, Catherine Lafrance garnered the jury’s interest—this time for her novel Le dernier souffle est le...
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Communication-Jeunesse Includes Les nouveaux petits mystères à l’école in its Book Selection
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Communication-Jeunesse (CJ) has unveiled the books featured in its CJ, qu’est-ce qu’on lit? selection for Summer 2023, revealing that Les nouveaux petits mystères à l’école, edited by Richard Migneault, is among them!
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Alain Beaulieu’s Le refuge named a finalist for the 2023 Prix France-Québec
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Friday morning, the finalists were announced for the 2023 Prix France-Québec literary award, and Alain Beaulieu’s Le refuge is among them! The shortlist of three titles was selected by professionals from the publishing industry in both France and Quebec.
Over the coming months, hundreds of bookworms belonging to...
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Johanne Pothier: Finalist in the Arts Excellence Awards for her Novel Mulos
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Culture Mauricie has announced the finalists for the twenty-fourth Arts Excellence awards. We are pleased to announce that Johanne Pothier is among those selected for the Création en littérature category for her novel Mulos!
The winners for each category will be announced on March 29 2022.
The...
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Two of Druide’s Books Selected by Communication-Jeunesse
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Communication-Jeunesse (CJ) has unveiled its spring 2023 selection of books entitled CJ, qu’est-ce qu’on lit?. We have learned that two of our titles made the list: Les vilaines comptines de tante Vermine by Lili Chartrand and Camille Pomerlo as well as Tombés dans… l’aventure! by Julie Rivard...
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Tombés dans… la frousse! Selected for the TD Summer Reading Club 2023
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The TD Summer Reading Club unveiled its Top Recommended Reads for its next session. We were very pleased to learn that Tombés dans… la frousse! by Julie Rivard and Rémy Simard made the list!
Starting in mid-June, thousands of young people across the country will be able to...
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Pétronille inc. Selected by Communication-Jeunesse
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Communication-Jeunesse (CJ) has just unveiled its winter reading list, CJ, qu’est-ce qu’on lit ? (What are we reading?) for 2022. We were pleased to learn that the list includes Pétronille inc. Tome 5 — Sirènes écoresponsables written by Annie Bacon and illustrated by Boum. CJ’s mission is to...
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Mon été haïku Named Winner of the Prix littéraires des enseignant.e.s de français in the Picture Book Category
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The Prix littéraires des enseignant.e.s de français were awarded on November 9, at the Hotel le Victorin in Victoriaville, as part of the AQPF congress. A prize was awarded for each of the five categories: Picture book for 5- to 12-year-olds, Novel for 9- to 12-year-olds, Novel for...