Catalogues (PDF)
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Herbarium of MemoryJean-François Beauchemin
The long-awaited sequel to Le Roitelet, which has sold over 100,000 copies
Two years after the death of his brother, who suffered from schizophrenia, a man revisits their shared history as he goes about his daily life. Thanks to the love of those close to him – his wife Livia, their old cat Lennon, their neighbor Mrs. Vermeulen – and thanks also to the inexhaustible splendor of the world, he slowly relearns joy. His account here takes the form of a herbarium, that is, a collection of memories sown and then gathered in the vast flowered valley of his memory, destined, as in photo albums, for a kind of immortality.
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Exploding QuietlyGeneviève Jannelle
A moving, witty, and daring novel about the choices that shape our lives.
Claude is the mother of three daughters. Each day feels like an obstacle course, as the mental load, compromises, and exhaustion gradually wear away at the person she used to be. Until an inexplicable event propels her into a parallel reality where her children have never existed . . . and where she has never met the love of her life.
In this alternate reality, Claude discovers a thriving career, extraordinary freedom, and a long-forgotten sensuality. But beneath this ideal life, a quiet threat looms. What if the real vertigo lies not in losing everything, but in having to choose what truly matters?
Already widely praised for her previous novel—with more than 15,000 copies sold and an exceptional response from readers—Geneviève Jannelle returns with a luminous, fast-paced, and authentic work, without losing any of the emotional power that made her a success. Driven by lively, precise prose and infused with disarming dark humour, Exploding Quietly shatters preconceived notions about happiness, relationships, and personal fulfilment. Blending everyday realism with a drift into the strange, the story transcends mere testimony to become a true existential odyssey.
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Almost AliveCatherine Larochelle
A haunting work where grief, the past, and unspoken truths intertwine
On the evening of his daughter Charlotte’s seventh birthday, acclaimed novelist Paul-Émile Cyr is involved in a collision that kills his wife, Évelyne Thibault, and shatters the family’s world. In the weeks that follow, Paul-Émile drowns his grief in scotch, unable to write or function. Charlotte, traumatised and terrified of losing her father too, draws obsessively violent, haunted scenes she claims she cannot remember producing, blaming shadowy figures that visit her bedroom at night.
As an investigator and a psychologist circle the family searching for answers, the novel slowly peels back the polished surface of Paul-Émile’s life. He is charming, eloquent, and masterful at controlling a narrative—but the story he tells about his marriage may not be the whole truth.
Drawing on the conventions of psychological suspense, Catherine Larochelle explores the consequences of trauma, intimate partner violence, and the transmission of wounds from one generation to the next. Led by a protagonist who is as vulnerable as she is courageous, the story builds remarkable tension while offering a feminist reflection on women’s place in society, the recognition of their voices, and the weight of silence
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Television in the #MeToo eraAnne-Sophie Gravel
A fresh feminist look at three series everyone is still talking about.
Television has changed dramatically over the past two decades. We have bid farewell to cable TV and the strictures of fixed schedules, embracing streaming platforms and web-based television. This televisual revolution, together with growing demands for on‑screen diversity, has profoundly reshaped how stories are told.
In 2017, the #MeToo movement exposed just how widespread many women’s experiences are—and how often they have been softened or distorted by the cultural imagination. The audiovisual industry responded with a renewed determination to show the world through the eyes of more realistic, nuanced female characters.
In this essay, Anne-Sophie Gravel examines three hugely popular series of the 2010s—The Handmaid’s Tale, Big Little Lies and Outlander—to show how adopting a feminine perspective behind the camera sheds light on a wide range of feminist issues. In tune with the post‑#MeToo social climate and firmly rooted in popular culture, these three series prompt a fundamental rethinking of how femininity is represented on television and of the subversive power of mass media when women’s perspectives move to the forefront.