One eRead Canada

One eRead/Un livrel Canada is an annual digital book club connecting readers and libraries from across Canada. This year’s pick is Valid/Valide by Chris Bergeron and translated from French to English by Natalia Hero.

For the month of April, library members have unlimited access to Valid/Valide (in French and English) in eBook and Audiobook formats with no holds or waitlists.

About the Book

Valid by Chris Bergeron - “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.”

Chris Bergeron is diverse and fluid: after beginning a career in journalism and eventually winding up at the helm of the weekly cultural magazine Voir, she now dedicates her artistic vitality to Cossette, a leading global marketing agency. She offers speaking engagements on leadership, diversity, inclusion, and trans rights. Chris lives in Montreal.

Live virtual event

Interview with author Chris Bergeron with host Mattea Roach (CBC)
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 7:00pm Eastern Time
Hosted by: Ottawa Public Library
Link to Event Registration Page

Join the conversation online

We encourage you to join in the conversation on Facebook and Instagram, as well as browse the official One eRead Canada website to learn more about this initiative.

Thank you to the Canadian Urban Library Council (CULC) for creating another opportunity for all Canadian public libraries to participate in this Canada-wide bilingual digital reading program.