Émile Zola was a prominent French novelist, journalist, and playwright widely regarded as a key figure in the development of literary naturalism. His work profoundly influenced both literature and soc…
The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
Author and journalist Don Gillmor was born in Fort Frances, Ontario in 1959 and presently lives in Toronto, Ontario. Don possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University o…
Born in Buchans, Newfoundland, Crummey grew up there and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family in the late 1970s. He went to university with no idea what to do with his life and, to make…
Gaétan Soucy est né à Montréal, le 21 octobre 1958. Après des études en physique et en mathématiques à l’Université de Montréal, il termine des études littéraires à l’Université du Québec, puis obtien…
French writer Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac), a founder of the realist school of fiction, portrayed the panorama of society in a body of works, known collectively as La comédie humaine.
Larissa Lai has authored three novels, The Tiger Flu, Salt Fish Girl and When Fox Is a Thousand; two poetry collections, sybil unrest (with Rita Wong) and Automaton Biographies; a chapbook, Eggs in th…
Deux fois lauréate du Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général (Le Ravissement, 2001, et Bondrée, 2014), récipiendaire du prix Arthur Ellis et du prix Saint-Pacôme du roman policier pour Bondrée, ainsi q…
Larry Tremblay is a writer, director, actor and specialist in Kathakali, an elaborate dance theatre form which he has studied on numerous trips to India. He has published more than twenty books as a p…
Michel Jean est un écrivain innu de la communauté de Mashteuiatsh, au Québec. Il a publié onze romans. Kukum, publié chez Libre Expression au Canada, Depaysage et Points en France, a remporté le Prix …
Autrice (romancière, nouvelliste et poète), Mireille Gagné est née à l’Isle-aux-Grues et vit à Québec. Elle travaille dans le domaine de la culture et des communications.
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette is a Canadian novelist, film director, and screenwriter from Quebec. Her films are known for their "organic, participatory feel." Barbeau-Lavalette is the daughter of filmmaker…
Waubgeshig Rice grew up in Wasauksing First Nation on the shores of Georgian Bay, in the southeast of Robinson-Huron Treaty territory. He’s a writer, listener, speaker, language learner, and a martial…
Geneviève Pettersen est née en 1982 à Wendake, après que sa mère ait été prise de contraction en magasinant de l’artisanat Huron. Elle a grandi entre Québec, Jonquière, Chicoutimi, St-Honoré et Falard…
Née à Montréal en 1984, Dominique Scali est romancière, journaliste et nostalgique de toutes les époques qu’elle n’a pas vécues. Son premier roman, À la recherche de New Babylon (2015), a été…
Omar El Akkad is an author and journalist. He was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. The start of his journalism career coincided with t…
Akim Gagnon est l’auteur de trois romans aux éditions La Mèche : Le cigare au bord des lèvres (2022), Granby au passé simple (2023) et La dèche (2025). Il signe également trois recueils de poésie : Jouer…
Jean-Philippe Pleau est sociologue. Né en 1977, il travaille à la radio de Radio-Canada depuis 2005. Il a coanimé l’émission C’est fou… avec Serge Bouchard de 2014 à 2021, et il anime depuis l’automne…