Saint John Book Fair
Organizer
Salon du livre de Saint-Jean
Date
From September 27, 2018 to September 29, 2018
Beneficiaries
Francophone and French immersion students of Saint John ; French book lovers (1000)
Contact
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Sector
Arts and Literature
In our communities
Schools and educational environments
Francophonie and francophone education
In our communities
Schools and educational environments
Francophonie and francophone education
Project status
Passed projects
Partner
DSF-Sud, ARCf de Saint-Jean
Region
South
On September 27-29, the Centre scolaire-communautaire Samuel-de-Champlain welcomed the fifth edition of the Saint John Book Fair. Book lovers were able to browse through over 5000 French books, while a dozen Quebec and New Brunswick authors visited the French classes in the region.
School visits where held on Thursday and Friday with Diane Carmel-Léger (Memramcook), storyteller Louÿs Pitre (Bas-Caraquet), Arianne Gagnon-Roy (Fredericton), Mathieu Lippé (Montréal), Denis Boucher (Dieppe), Nicole Brideau (Tracadie), and Féeli-Tout (Dieppe).
Also, three meet ups/book launches happened on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Centre Samuel-de-Champlain, with Carolle Arsenault (Richibucto), author of Un protestant dans le salon, Nicole Brideau, author of Chaos et petits bonheurs, and Antoine Robichaud (Saint John), with his book Miracles et Souvenirs.
To conclude the event, Friday’s poetry night highlighted the work of internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and freestyle rapper Mathieu Lippé at the Five & Dime. The local poet Eric Kennedy (Saint John) opened the event.
