Salon du livre de Toronto

The Salon du livre de Toronto is an annual book fair in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, held to celebrate and publicize French language literature.[1] Launched in 1993 as the first French language book fair in Canada outside Quebec,[1] the event features a program of author readings, panel discussions and publisher exhibitions over the course of several days in the fall of each year.[2] It concentrates primarily on Franco-Ontarian authors, although publishers and writers from Quebec and France also participate.[2]

Due to the Franco-Ontarian community's relatively limited access to French language media and bookstores, it serves as an essential venue for promotion and networking between the publishing industry and French language school boards, post-secondary institutions, libraries and other community organizations in the province.[3]

The event was founded by writer and educator Christine Dumitriu Van Saanen, who served as its director general until 2006.

Awards

Since its inception, the event has presented an annual award to a work judged as the year's best work of French literature by a writer from Ontario.[4] Initially named the Grand Prix du Salon du livre de Toronto, it was renamed the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen in 1999 to honour the event's founder. Winners of the award have included Hédi Bouraoui, Marguerite Andersen, Aristote Kavungu, Franco Catanzariti, Michèle Matteau,[5] Melchior Mbonimpa, Gaétan Gervais, Antonio D'Alfonso, Esther Beauchemin, Louis L'Allier,[6] Gilles Dubois,[7] Andrée Christensen[8] and Claude Guilmain.[9]

In 2017, the Salon du livre introduced the Prix Québec-Ontario, an award administered jointly with the Salon du livre de Rimouski in Quebec and presented to two writers, one from each province, who have published their first book. The winners in 2017 were Mishka Lavigne (Ontario) and Christophe Bernard (Quebec).[9]

References
  1. "'Les livres' celebrated in Toronto". The Globe and Mail, October 8, 1993.
  2. "Book fair heavy on Franco-Ontarian authors". The Globe and Mail, October 2, 2003.
  3. "Tout droit de l’imprimerie au Salon du livre". L'Express, October 7, 2008.
  4. "Five nominees for the Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen Prize chosen among authors of 53 books submitted by 10 publishers". Canada NewsWire, August 27, 2001.
  5. "Le prix de la maturité pour Michèle Matteau". L'Express, February 9, 2006.
  6. "Louis L’Allier prix CDVS 2011". L'Express, December 6, 2011.
  7. "20e Salon du livre de Toronto: un grand cru". L'Express, December 11, 2012.
  8. "22e Salon du livre de Toronto: Andrée Christensen prix CDVS". L'Express, December 9, 2014.
  9. "Claude Guilmain, Mishka Lavigne et Christophe Bernard primés". L'Express, November 30, 2017.
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