Summer Readings | What will our writers read?

Visit Franசois Place again

Chandel hand
Press

I always make use of summer for fun, finding or rediscovering a writer. The tragic death of writer Franசois Blaze, considered by many to be a worthy successor to Region Duchas, prompted me to return to his work – especially his first novel, Iphigenia in the upper city, I have not read yet. Because I already knew I would gladly read it again Manual1A gem and brilliance that makes fun of itself can only be achieved by a talented writer of the place.

Iphigenia in the upper city

Francois Place

That moment

204 pages

Everything is Ori, By Paul Serge Forest

Mark Kasivi
Press

I was waiting to dive into St. Lawrence Bay beach for summer vacation. Everything is Ori, A mysterious story set in the North Shore community, around a family business that specializes in processing seafood. Paul Serge Forrest, nicknamed the Montreal Physician from the North Shore, was the first to win the Robert-Clichy Prize in 2021. The novel was unanimously written “intelligently and humorously,” according to my colleague Iris Paradis-Cognan, who described the book as “abundant and elusive and inevitably disruptive.” Sold out!

Everything is Ori

Paul Serge Forest

VLB editor

456 pages

Take me homeWritten by Isabel Tore

Mario Girard
Press

The first buzz came from friends who told me it was “really good”, especially when someone was interested in the play. Isabel Tore, who signed this book, lived in this red and gold world. Actress Charlotte Boise Jolie and director Fernand Doren’s daughter, the divine daughter of Franுவாois Croton, the wife of Gilles Bellettier, Isabel Dore wanted to talk about them in her own way. To this end, he deviated from the biographical framework and created paintings made from memories and observations. The language is beautiful, true and expressive.

Take me home

Isabel Door

Full moon

320 pages