One eRead Canada / Un livrel Canada
One eRead / Un Livrel Canada is connecting readers to one another and to their libraries. This year’s pick is Valide / Valid by Chris Bergeron, published by Les Éditions XYZ Inc. in French and House of Anansi in English, translated by Natalia Hero.
About the Book
Set in a disturbingly transfigured Montreal in the year 2050, Valid is a monologue delivered over the span of eight hours by Christelle, a seventy-year-old trans woman forced to live as a man in order to survive. Speaking to her captor, an ever–more powerful AI, she turns the tables and mounts her own revolution by showing her truest self. Part autofiction, part dystopic speculation on an all-too-possible future characterized by corporate power, ecological collapse, and political havoc, Valid is an ambitious work that is as much philosophical as it is confessional.
How to Participate
Fill in the online form by February 28th to indicate your library’s participation.
Like last year, we will be encouraging participating libraries to join our promotional efforts. We encourage you to take photos of the book with your library branches or local landmarks as backgrounds. We’ll also be doing a cross-Canada reel!
For more information, please check out 1ereadlivrelcanada.ca