Salon du livre 2015: Awards

Last day November 23, 2015

A number of prizes for literary excellence are awarded at Le Salon du Livre de Montréal. These events are open to the public, and the majority take place at Espace Archambault. On the very first day of the Salon, right after the official opening ceremony, the prestigious PRIX MARCEL-COUTURE 2015, that has been awarded annually for 15 years, was presented by La Presse. It included an ad placement worth of $10,000.

The Prize went to the SEPTENTRION Publishing house for the first volume of CURIEUSES HISTOIRES DE PLANTES DU CANADA by Alain Asselin, Jacques Cayouette et Jacques Mathieu (Éditions Septentrion). The photo of both volumes is just below. Volume 1 is on the left.

Another prestigeouse Prize at the Salon du livre is PRIX QUÉBEC/WALLONIE-BRUXELLES for Children's Literature. It is awarded every two years concurrently to authors or illustrators from Quebec and also the those from French Community of Belgium. This award comes with a cash prize of $ 3,500 for the winners and an additional financial assistance of $ 6,000 to their publishers so that they can ensure the book's promotion and marketing in their respective regions. This year, the award specifically targeted the category "First novel for beginning readers".

The winners of thee PRIX QUÉBEC/WALLONIE-BRUXELLES 2015 for Children's Literaturefor:

For Wallonie-Bruxelles, author and illustrator Mélanie Rutten (photo just below on the left) for her book L'ombre de chacun (éditions MeMo).

For Québec, author Alain M. Bergeron (photo just below on the right) and illustarator Pierre-Yves Cezard (bottom photo) for the book Le géant qui sentait les petits pieds (éditions Québec Amérique).

If you are planning to visit the exhibition, check the Salon's website first:
Salon's website.