BPC Bulletin: New Book on Free Expression Wins a Prize

News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee.

In Quebec, a new book about freedom of expression has won a literary prize.

Dominique Payette’s Les brutes et la punaise: Les radios-poubelles, la liberté d’expression et le commerce des injures (The Bullies and the Bug: Trash Radio, Free Expression and the Marketplace of Insults) has won the Prix des Libraires du Québec 2020 for best Quebec essay.

Les brutes et la punaise won the prize on May 7, 2020.

Read the publisher’s description of the book:

https://www.luxediteur.com/catalogue/les-brutes-et-la-punaise/

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In Le Journal de Montréal, Gabriel Beauchemin writes:

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/05/18/un-essai-sur-la-liberte-dexpression-recompense

In Le Soleil, Normand Provencher writes:
https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/livres/la-propagande-radio-mise-au-pilori-par-dominique-payette-73dd6b5466a80f96ee06e0d9469a53a3

Thanks go to Charles Montpetit who forwarded the news.

The Book and Periodical Council was formed in 1975 as the Book and Periodical Development Council to provide a venue for members to discuss industry issues, address mutual concerns and undertake projects for the benefit of Canadian writing and publishing.