Works of Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, existentialist, and feminist, include The Second Sex in 1949 and The Coming of Age, a study in 1970 of views of different cultures on the old.
Virginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker, born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. Her most famous novel, and film of the same name is Baise-moi, a contemporary example of the exploitat…
Élise Turcotte is a Canadian writer. She completed her BA and MA in literary studies at the University of Quebec and later received her doctorate at the Université de Sherbrooke.
Martine Delvaux est née en 1968. Romancière et essayiste, elle a publié à ce jour chez Héliotrope trois romans remarqués : C’est quand le bonheur ? (2007), Rose amer (2009) et Les cascadeurs de l'amou…
Kate Beaton was born in Nova Scotia, took a history degree in New Brunswick, paid it off in Alberta, worked in a museum in British Columbia, then came to Ontario for a while to draw pictures, then Hal…
Kim Thúy arrived in Canada in 1979, at the age of ten. She has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer and restaurant owner. She currently lives in Montreal where she devotes herself to writing.
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.
Hervé Le Tellier is a writer, journalist, mathematician, food critic, and teacher. He has been a member of the Oulipo group since 1992 and one of the “papous” of the famous France Culture radio show. …
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…
Naomi Fontaine, née en 1987, est une romancière et enseignante innue originaire de Uashat dans la région administrative québécoise de la Côte Nord, au Canada.
Born in Saint-Malo, France, in 1983, Julie Delporte lives in Montreal, where she publishes books and zines. Journal, a collection of her journal comics, was published by Koyama Press in May 2013. In 2…
Yara El-Ghadban est anthropologue, ethnomusicologue et auteure. Née à Dubaï dans une famille palestinienne, elle s’établit à Montréal en 1989 après un long parcours de migration. Elle a vécu à Londres…
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…
