Salon du livre de Toronto

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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]

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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. The award was renamed the Prix Alain-Thomas in 2020, following the death of influential Franco-Ontarian academic Alain Thomas. [5]

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) for Cinéma, and Christophe Bernard (Quebec) for La bête creuse. [6] The award has not, however, been presented again in the years since 2017.

Grand Prix du Salon du livre de Toronto (1993-1998)

YearAuthorTitleRef
1993 Daniel Poliquin [7]
1994 Gabrielle Poulin Le livre de déraison
1995 Maurice Henrie Le balcon dans le ciel [8]
1996 Marguerite Andersen La Soupe [7]
Robert Fortin Peut-il rêver celui qui s’endort dans la gueule des chiens
1997 Andrée Christensen Sacra Privata
1998 René Dionne Histoire de la littérature franco-ontarienne, des origines à nos jours
Hédi Bouraoui

Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen (1999-2019)

YearAuthorTitleRef
1999 Pierre Raphaël Pelletier Il faut crier l'injure [7]
2000 Hédi Bouraoui Ainsi parle la Tour CN
2001 Gaétan Gervais Les jumelles Dionne et l'Ontario français
2002 Esther Beauchemin Maïta
Nicole V. Champeau Ô Saint-Laurent - Le fleuve à son commencement
Jean-Louis Grosmaire Paris-New York
Michèle Matteau Cognac et porto
Melchior Mbonimpa Le totem des Baranda
2003 Aristote Kavungu Un Train pour l'Est
2004 Franco Catanzariti Sahel [9]
Andrée Lacelle La lumière et l'heure [7]
Melchior Mbonimpa Le dernier roi faiseur de pluie
2005 Michèle Matteau Un doigt de brandy dans un verre de lait chaud [10]
2006 Melchior Mbonimpa Les morts ne sont pas les morts [7]
2007 Andrée Christensen Depuis toujours j'entendais la mer [11]
Maurice Henrie Le chuchotement des étoiles [12]
Hélène Koscielniak Marraine
2008 Antonio D'Alfonso L'Aimé [7]
Paul-François Sylvestre Toronto s'écrit : la Ville Reine dans notre littérature
Michèle Matteau Passerelles
2009 Claude Tatilon La Soupe au pistou
Jean Mohsen Fahmy Frères ennemis
Claire Rochon Fragments de Sifnos
2010 Daniel Soha L'Orchidiable [13]
Daniel Castillo Durante Ce feu si lent de l'exil [7]
Françoise Lepage Soudain l'étrangeté
2011 Louis L'Allier Les Danseurs de Kamilari [14]
Claude Desmarais Trois saisons [7]
Joëlle Roy Xman est back en Huronie
2012 Gilles Dubois L'Enfant qui ne pleurait jamais [15]
Pierre Léon Le Mariage politiquement correct du Petit Chaperon Rouge [7]
Monia Mazigh Miroir et mirages
2013 Marie-Josée Martin Un jour, ils entendront mes silences
Céline Forcier La critique
Michel Thérien La fluidité des heures
2014 Andrée Christensen Racines de neige [16]
Jean Mohsen Fahmy L’ultime voyage [17]
Daniel Marchildon Le sortilège de Louisbourg
2015 Michel Dallaire Violoncelle pour une lune d’automne [18]
Hélène Koscielniak Frédéric [7]
Blaise Ndala J'irai danser sur la tombe de Senghor
2016 Didier Leclair Pour l'amour de Dimitri
Marie Gingras La poulette grise [19]
Michèle Laframboise L'Écologie d'Odi
2017 Claude Guilmain AmericanDream.ca [6]
Gabriel Osson Hubert, le restavèk [20]
Paul-François Sylvestre Ma jumelle m'a quitté dans la dignité
2018 Daniel Soha Chroniques tziganes : La légende de Joe Magarac [21]
Michelle Deshaies XieXie
Michel Thérien Des vallées nous traversent
2019 Jean Mohsen Fahmy La Sultane dévoilée [22]
Andrée Christensen L'Isle aux abeilles noires
David Ménard Poupée de rouille
2020Award not presented

Prix Alain-Thomas (2021-present)

YearAuthorTitleRef
2021 Gabriel Osson Le jour se lèvera [23]
Nicole V. Champeau Niagara…la voie qui y mène
Éric Mathieu Capitaine Boudu et les enfants de la Cédille
2022 Janine Messadié Lettre à Tahar Ben Jelloun [24]
Soufiane Chakkouche Zahra [25]
Michèle Laframboise Le secret de Paloma
2023 Hélène Koscielniak Mégane et Mathis [26]
Elsie Suréna Amours jaunies/Miscellanées
Nancy Vickers Capharnaum
2024 Jean Mohsen Fahmy Par-delà les frontières [27]
Roger Levac L’odeur de l’oubli
Michèle Vinet JAZ

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  2. 1 2 "Book fair heavy on Franco-Ontarian authors". The Globe and Mail , October 2, 2003.
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