Coming from different backgrounds, different generations, different styles, cultures and genres, they will take the stage to present themselves and their creations. An inclusive evening with readings from indigenous people as well as the LGBTQ+ community. Poetry and slam will be in the spotlight.
Interviews, with questions from the audience, will allow us to get to know them better both in personal and career terms.
A public reader will offer a personal reading to those interested. At the end of the reading, the book will be given fee to the spectator who participated.
The artists participating in Nuit blanche have very full résumés. They are artists from every generation, capable of working as a team.
Moderator: France Bonneau
She has published three poetry collections, and over 70 pieces in different literary reviews. The many awards she has received include two Paroles des poètes prizes, a prize from the association international de la francophonie, and the Paulette Chevrier prize from the Fédération québécoise du Loisir Culturel. She is a member of UNEQ, the Société littéraire de Laval, the Société St-Jean-Baptiste, the Fédération québécoise du Loisir Culturel, Carquois literary magazine, the Parole-création literary group, and SOCAN.
Some of the authors who will be present include:
Jean-Paul Daoust, still very active on the poetry scene and a prolific author with more than 60 books to his credit.
Marie-Josée Falardeau
Uasheskun Bacon, to make the voice of our First Nations heard.
Claudine Bertrand
Chhannavath Lmut
Claire Dion
Vicki Laforce
Manuel Laroche
Yolande Guérard
Réal Lavigne
Brigitte Therrien
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