It is the author India Desjardins who will host the major interview with Gary Victor, Haitian novelist, screenwriter and journalist who will be visiting the metropolis. The discussion will cover his career and his work, including his most recent novel, Le Violin d’Adrien, published in August by Mémoire d’encrier and which echoes his own childhood wounds.

The round table My father: my hero, my rival will bring together Simon Brousseau, Akim Gagnon and Marc Cassivi, respectively authors of Every wound is a promise, Granby with a simple past and Our sons, the time to delve into the multiple facets of the father figure and the father-son relationship. Catherine Voyer-Léger will moderate the discussion.

The French novelist Maud Ankaoua, who signed More ever without me, will discuss with Vanessa Bell (author of the book Fender les eaux, on swimming in cold water) as well as the psychoeducator, speaker and author Stéphanie Deslauriers about what “means” to take care “. A meeting focused on health and well-being, hosted by Valérie Chevalier.