Nicolas Dickner Clint Hutzulak Tom Gilling Thomas Wharton Serge Lamothe Patrick Brisebois Paul Quarrington Alexandre Bourbaki Sophie Beauchemin Serge Lamothe CS Richardson Christine Eddie Rawi Hage Rights Catalog Fall 2011 Sébastien Chabot Marina Lewycka Dominique Fortier Howard McCord Alissa York Max Férandon Lori Lansens Toni Jordan Martine Desjardins Anne Michaels Sarah Waters Hélène Vachon Steven Galloway Karoline Georges Dominique FORTIER La porte du ciel Under the Louisiana sun, two young girls grow up, one in the shadows of the other. Eleanor and Eve will live different lives. One is white, the other one is black. It is the Civil War and the the country is torn apart. Dominique Fortier Someone builds in the middle of a marsh an impossible church. A forgotten Dominique Fortier was born in 1972. village falls asleep in a meander of the river. Very close, the clamour of the She holds a Ph.D. in literature from civil war rises. Brothers face each other under two star spangled banners. McGill University and is a respected editor and literary translator. On the In a lush and delicate prose, Dominique Fortier (Of the good use of stars, Les Proper Use of Stars, her debut novel, larmes de saint Laurent) offers a portrait of America of legend that tears itself was first published in Quebec in 2008 apart to be better reinvented. A maze-like novel full of twists and turns, a as Du bon usage des étoiles and was wonderful kaleidoscope, La porte du ciel transports its reader in a realm shortlisted for the French language between dream and history. Governor General’s Award for Fic- tion, the Prix des libraires du Québec, the Grand Prix littéraire Archam- bault, and the Prix Senghor. It is being adapted for the screen by Jean-Marc Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victo- ria). Dominique lives in Montreal. French rights: Éditions de la Table ronde World rights : McClelland & Stewart (The Cooke Agency) Karoline Georges Sous béton Karoline Georges Since its birth, the Child has been living in a narrow cell on the 5969th Floor Multidisciplinary artist Karoline Georges of the Building. has studied film and art history in Québec. Her body of work includes Around him, only concrete, no view on the outside. His father is becoming photography, audio and video perfo- more and more violent and his mother is scared of being expelled of the mances. Her first novel, La mue de Building. Motionless in his room, the Child is slowly experiencing a trans- l’hermaphrodite(Leméac) was critically formation that will open the doors toward an unexpected horizon. acclaimed and her second novel, Ataraxie, confirmed the truly unique In a slick prose, sharp and poetic, Karoline Georges explores what we might talent of this writer like no other on the be next through a visionary literary experience, part sci-fi and bildunsroman Québec literary scene. from the future. Nobody emerges intact from the discovery of the literary experience that is Sous béton. « A genetically modified literary tour de force (…) the alien book of the fall season. » Rights held : World Le Devoir « Karoline Georges may have invented a new genre : The claustrophobic novel. Only a writer like her can create such impossible worlds with the sole power of her imagination. » La Presse « A masterpiece ! » Dominike Audet FM 93 Robert Lepage Robert LEPAGE Director, writer, actor Robert Lepage is one of Canada’s most renowned figures inthe performing arts. His Marie MICHAUD astonishing oeuvre includes epic plays (The Dragons’ Trilogy, Needles and Opium), award winning films (Le Fred JOURDAIN Confessional, Far Side of the Moon), and even rock shows. A Quebec na- tive, Lepage has received many pres- tigious awards and honours, includ ing the Ordre national du Québec, the Denise Pelletier Prize, the Prix Europe, France’s Légion d’honneur, and the Governor Gen- eral’s Per forming Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Marie Michaud Marie Michaud is a leading Québé- Le Dragon bleu coise theatre actress. She has per- formed over fifty roles with top An evocative, beautifully illustrated tale of a Canadian expatriate in China directors including Robert Lepage from legendary theatre director and visionary Robert Lepage. and Denis Marleau. She is currently In this stunning graphic novel adap tation of Robert Lepage and Marie starring in the role of Claire Forêt in Michaud’s play, the personal meets the political, East meets West, and old meets the theatrical version of The Blue new. Claire, a Québécoise art dealer, arrives in China to adopt a little girl. There Dragon, which she co wrote with she visits her ex husband, Pierre, who after fifteen years in China has begun Robert Lepage. to question the new directions his adopted coun try is going in. Claire and Pierre’s lover, the young Chinese artist Xiao Ling, become fast friends. Through this classic love triangle, The Blue Dragonexamines aging, cultural confu sion, fertility, and creativity, and emerges as a fascinating examination of some of modern China’s most intriguing paradoxes. Fred Jourdain’s gorgeous, colour- ful, and cinematic drawings do full justice to the story’s genesis as one of Robert Lepage’s most daz zling theatrical constructions. A feast for the mind as well as the senses, The Blue Dragon is an extraordinary graphic novel for grownups. Fred Jourdain Fred Jourdain is an artist and de- « Utterly original, brilliant and magical.» signer, best known for his portraits of great jazz, rock, and film figures. His Le Journal de Montréal work is currently on dis play at the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa. Rights held : World Rights sold : English (World) - Anansi Martine DESJARDINS Winner - Prix Jacques-Brossard (Best science-fiction or fantasy novel of the year) Finalist - Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Finalist - Prix France-Québec Finalist - Prix Cinq continents Finalist - Prix des libraires du Québec Maleficium Forgive these seven men, hapless victims of a strange and evil spell, who, in seeking an attentive ear for the tale of their misfortunes in the privacy of the confessional, implored God for the salvation of their very souls, defiled by curiosity and the weakness of the flesh. Forgive too this much maligned woman, forced into cruel silence, for she knows all too well what she has done. Lastly, forgive the man of God who broke the confessional seal by transcribing the words of these individuals into an impious work of evil. Dear reader, you hold in your hands a new but unexpurgated version of the mythic Maleficium written by father Savoie (1877-1913), a sacrilegious priest of which we know very little other than that he spent the last years of his life cloistered in a monastery having been mysteriously struck deaf. Know that by simply reading this deleterious work the pure of soul may suffer greatly for it excites the senses and awakes desires too shameful to mention. By Martine Desjardins giving into its charms, you risk nothing less than excommunication. You are The second of six children, Martine thus forewarned. Desjardins was baptised and received confirmation in Mont-Royal, Quebec, The author of Le cercle de Claraand L’évocation(Prix Ringuet de l’Académie where she still lives with her husband des lettres du Québec) offers up a baroque fresco in eight parts, an invitation and her fox-terrier Winnie. After to travel to the very limits of pleasure and pain. A rare work of the fantastic, studying languages, Russian and both exotic and erotic, borne by a prose of sumptuous beauty. Never will sin Italian, as well as comparative have seemed so irresistible. literature, she began free-lancing for several magazines. Today she is the literary critic for L’actualité. She no longer goes to church and hates travelling. “The author of Le cercle de Clara (1997) and L’évoca- tion (2005) has offered up a daring and singular book, dipping her quill into ink from another era, a time when nature and its mysteries had not yet been Rights held : World deciphered; where desire was an obscure force to be guarded against. The result is an extraordinary feast Rights sold : for the senses, which takes its rightful place among the English (Canada) - Talon Books rare and curious objects of present day literature.” France - Éditions Phébus Voir “A superb book of the finest quality and one that we rarely find under our latitudes.” Le Devoir Dominique FORTIER Finalist - Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction Finalist - Prix des libraires du Québec Finalist - Prix Senghor for first novel Du bon usage des étoiles A sparkling, inventive debut novel inspired by Sir John Franklin's grand — but ultimately failed — quest to discover the Northwest Passage and by his extraordinary wife, Lady Jane. Originally published in Quebec as Du bon usage des etoiles, Dominique Fortier's debut On the Proper Use of Stars is as fresh and imaginative as anything published in recent years. It weaves together the voices of Francis Crozier, Sir John Franklin's second in command, who turns a sceptical eye Dominique Fortier on the grandiose ambitions and hubris of his leader, and of Lady Jane Dominique Fortier was born in 1972. Franklin and her niece Sophia, both driven to uncommon actions by love and She holds a Ph.D. in literature from by frustration as months then years pass with no word from the expedition. McGill University and is a respected Fortier skilfully accents the main narratives with overheard conversations editor and literary translator. On the and snippets from letters and documents that bring two entirely different Proper Use of Stars, her debut novel, worlds — the frozen Arctic and busy Victorian London — alive. was first published in Quebec in 2008 as Du bon usage des étoiles and was shortlisted for the French language Governor General’s Award for Fic- tion, the Prix des libraires du Québec, the Grand Prix littéraire Archam- « Captivating.