In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8th as the UN Day for women’s rights and world peace. The theme colour for today’s International Women’s Day is purple. The theme for this year’s day is: “Gender equality today for […] See more
A poem from Colin McGregor from the anthology It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn – available from the publishers Editions TNT.com Cruel Tube Oh toothpaste, why won’t you go back? I hope and hope and hope and hope And hope again I’ll squeeze you in […] See more
By Colin McGregor The reflections of Raymond Viger, who has devoted 35 years of his life to counselling amrginalized youth, are now finally available in English. « Marginal and Proud Of It, » translated by Colin McGregor, is currently up on the editionstnt.com website. Editionstnt.com is the […] See more
By Colin McGregor On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 2023: Selena Fortier, who gives conferences (as she puts it, « showferences ») on domestic violence, offers the following different solutions to domestic violence situations: The importance of witnesses: Offering compassion to people who experience domestic violence. […] See more
By Colin McGregor For an hour and a half from the stage of Bistro Le St-Cath, Selena Fortier took her audience through a wide range of emotions, from laughter to sadness, from rage to tears, even including incomprehension. And above all, there was humor as […] See more
Axelle (not her real name) still can recall the vicious look that the man who asked her to dance for the first time gave her. Proud of the attention it brought her and delighted to have him all for herself, she jiggled in the 100% […] See more
By Dominic Desmarais At the time of the new millennium, in the year 2000, Michele experienced a descent into hell. Traumatized by the death of two of her friends in a road accident in the Gaspé, she left for Quebec City. And there, she lost […] See more
By Arianna Noera India Desjardins is a phenomenally popular Québec author whose works are devoured by readers of all ages and all genres. Her greatest success is the series Aurélie Laflamme, written for teenagers and young adults. The protagonist of this series has become a […] See more
By Raymond Viger I’ve already told you, in these columns, of the macho education that men got in the 1950s and 60s when it came to romantic relationships. Think of James Bond during the Sean Connery era, or Humphrey Bogart. A star would kiss a […] See more
By Arianna Noera I had the opportunity to talk with India Desjardins, a Québec author best known for her young adult series of books on the life of her character Aurélie Laflamme. Her nine-book series Aurélie Laflamme’s Diary has been adapted for the big screen […] See more
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