One eRead/Un Livrel Canada: Valid by Chris Bergeron Online
One eRead Canada is a digital book club connecting readers and libraries from across Canada.
This year's One eRead Canada pick is Valid by Chris Bergeron, with the English version translated by Natalia Hero. The ebook will be available in French and English and the audiobook in French from April 1st – 30th.
Join Chris Bergeron as she discusses the book's themes and characters with a host from CBC on April 23rd at 7 pm. Watch the livestreamed event from your home!
The Zoom link to register for the event is available here.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://1ereadlivrelcanada.ca/
- Audience:
- Adults Older Adults
- Categories:
- Reading & Writing
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. - House of Anansi Press
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Join the conversation
Launched in 2019, One eRead Canada is an annual initiative by the Canadian Urban Libraries Council to promote digital reading through public libraries, while also raising awareness about issues that libraries face in providing access to ebooks and audiobooks.
By registering for a program or attending a drop-in program provided by St. Catharines Public Library, participants agree to abide by the programming waiver.