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<body text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#008080" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <table border="0" width="626"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="192" bgcolor="#E8CAEE"><h4><a target="_parent" href="MicheleEnglish.htm"><img src="../pics/Mich_AmiralTresPetit.gif" border="0" alt="Retour à ma page d'accueil" WIDTH="109" HEIGHT="136"></a> <font size="4"><b><br clear="all"> </b></font><small><small><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> </small><a target="display" href="news.htm">news</a> <br clear="all"> <img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <a target="display" href="../fr/mesbd.htm">Comics</a> <br clear="all"> <img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <a target="display" href="../fr/mesprod_f.htm">Books</a><br clear="all"> <img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <a target="display" href="../fr/bd_f.htm">Comic links</a><br> <img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <a target="_top" href="../fr/illustrations_sf.htm">Illustrations</a> </small></h4> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/Savantefolle">Twitter</a></p> <p><b><font size="4"> </font></b><a href="mailto:bd@michele-laframboiseENLEVER_CECI.com"><img src="../pics/mailbox3.gif" alt="Mail Box" border="0" WIDTH="49" HEIGHT="53">contact</a></p> <p><font size="4"><b><a href="http://www.vif.com/fr/" target="_parent"><img src="../pics/viflogo.gif" border="0" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="28"></a> <br> <br> <img src="../pics/1x1.gif" width="188" height="1"> </b></font><a href="http://www.fichtre.qc.ca/"><img src="../pics/LogoFichtre.gif" alt="LogoFichtre.gif (623 bytes)" border="0" WIDTH="135" HEIGHT="40"></a></td> <td valign="top"><h2><a href="../default.htm" target="_parent"><img src="../pics/but_left.gif" WIDTH="14" HEIGHT="12"></a> <em><font color="#000080">News : what is Michèle doing?</font><font color="#FF00FF"> </font></em><a href="news_f.htm" target="_parent"><img src="../pics/but_noframe.gif" WIDTH="14" HEIGHT="12"></a> <a href="news.htm" target="_parent"><img src="../pics/but_frame.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="11"></a></h2> <p><img src="../pics/MicheleCourtSeuleWeb.gif" alt="Michele running" WIDTH="263" HEIGHT="204"></p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> September 19-20th : Guest at the <a href="http://www.montrealcomiccon.com/english/home.htm">Montréal Comic-Con</a></p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> August 7th: My novel Les vents is awarded an <a href="http://sundayartist.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/les-vents-de-tammerlan-reaps-an-aurora-award/">Aurora Prize</a></p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> Check-out my new <a href="http://sundayartist.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">English blog</a> !</p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> My French blog has moved to <a href="http://www.savantefolle.sffq.org">savantefolle.wordpress.com</a> </p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">My novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><a href="Chaaas_English.htm">La quête de Chaaas</a></i> is among the 17 books nominated for the prestigious <strong><a href="http://www.omdc.on.ca/Page5452.aspx">2009 Trillium awards</a></strong></span></p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> May 9-10, 2009 <a href="http://www.torontocomics.com/tcaf/guests">TCAF</a>, with my new comic, The General's Garden, at the Toronto public library. </p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> My last novel <a href="../fr/Chaaas.htm#Vents">Les Vents de Tammerlan</a> (Winds of Tammerlan), the second novel of the Chaaas cycle, is a 2009 <a href="http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/English/home.html">Aurora Prize</a> Finalist!. </p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <strong>November 15-18 2008</strong>, <a href="http://www.salondulivredemontreal.com/">Salon du livre de Montréal,</a> <br>      public animations Thursday, Sunday and Monday</p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <strong>Novembre 2-5 2008</strong>, Lectures in Manitoba (<a href="http://www.communication-jeunesse.qc.ca/cj.php">Lire à tous vents</a>)</p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <strong><big>A blog at last! </big></strong></p> <p>My new blog <a href="http://www.savantefolle.sffq.org">www.savantefolle.sffq.org</a> is online! But in French, sorry! Consult the News here for some up-to-date English activities. </p> <p>I am currently searching for an English publisher, for a YA SF novel.  </p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"><strong>Coming this November</strong>: the lauch of my novel Les Vents de Tammerlan (The winds of Tammerlan), second novel of the Chaaas cycle</p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"><strong>April 2008  <a href="../fr/Chaaas.htm">La Quête de Chaaas</a> </strong><span lang="FR-CA">made it the short list for the <a href="http://radio-canada.ca/regions/prixjeunesse">Prix des lecteurs 15-18 ans</a> of Radio-Canada and Centre Fora</span></p> <p><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"> <strong>March 18-19, 2008</strong> - Salon du livre de Paris <a href="http://www.salondulivreparis.com/168/village_manga.htm">http://www.salondulivreparis.com/168/village_manga.htm</a></p> <p><font size="3"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><strong><small><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><small> </small></span></span></span></font></small>2-4 novembre 2007- Guest at the <a href="http://www.bookfestwindsor.com">Windsor BookFest</a> </strong></p> <p><font size="3"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><strong><small><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><small> </small></span></span></span></font></small>My new novel, <a href="../fr/Chaaas.htm">La Quête de Chaaas</a>, is on the tablets!</strong></p> <p><font size="3"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><strong><small><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><small> </small></span></span></span></font></small>August 18-19 -<a href="http://torontocomics.com/tcaf/">Toronto Comic Arts festival (TCAF)</a>  guest artist.  Launch of my graphic novel Ruego, special edition !</strong></p> <h2><font size="4"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><small><strong><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"> </span></span></span></font><small>June 8-9-10 2007 - Toronto <a href="http://www.torontocomicon.com/">Comicon</a>, "Women of Comics II" guest </small></strong></small></h2> <h2><font size="3"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><strong><small><small><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"> </span></span></span></font>25 mai 2007 - Journée Défilire à Burlington </small></small><br> <small><small>    </strong><small>J'ai signé 120 Nuages de Phoenix pour les élèves, ouf!</small></small></small></h2> <h2><font size="3"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><small><small><strong><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"> </span></span></span></font>april 23-29 2007 - Tournée des écoles, région de Moncton, Festival <a href="http://www.northropfrye.com/francais/index.html">Northrop Frye</a></strong></small></small></h2> <h2><font size="2"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><small><small><strong><font color="#ff0000"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><small> </small></span></span></span></font>avril 16-20 2007 - Lectures in schools, organised by Beaux Books, in the Toronto region</strong></small></small></h2> <h2><font size="3"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><small><small><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><font color="#ff0000"><strong> </strong></font></span></span></span><font color="#008000">october 19 2006 -  I launch my 7th comic book at the 7th RIBDG!</font></small></small></h2> <font size="2"><p><img src="../pics/SeanceCouvPartie.gif" alt="SeanceCouvPartie.gif (16376 bytes)" WIDTH="219" HEIGHT="182"></p> <p></font><small>_Séances de signatures_ explores the highs and lows of the average author at the signing table. Find out about the surrealistics questions asked by well-meaning fans. From the fan eager to meet a celebrity, to the paranoïdal fan convinced of an extra-terrestrial conspiracy... all a reunited in those pages!</small></p> <p><small>To order the comic book: <a href="http://www.fichtre.qc.ca">Fichtre</a> </small></p> <h2><font size="4"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><small><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><font color="#ff0000"><strong> </strong></font><small><font color="#000000">July 2006 -<small> </span></span></span><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Launch of La Plume Japonaise</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-fareast-language: FR-CA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> <small>at the Fantasia Festival !</small></span></b></small></small></font></small></small></h2> <p><img src="../pics/EnGardeSinistre256Web.gif" alt="EnGardeSinistre256Web.gif (23289 bytes)" WIDTH="352" HEIGHT="237"></p> <p><small>For my birthday, I decided to make a special edition in honor of the tenth edition of the <a href="http://www.festivalfantasia.com">Festival Fantasia </a>of Montréal. </small></p> <p><small>One hundred copies, numeroted, were on sale. </small><font SIZE="2"></p> </font><p><font SIZE="2">Infos: <a href="http://www.bdquebec.qc.ca">www.bdquebec.qc.ca</a> </font></p> <h2><font size="4"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><small><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><font color="#ff0000"><strong> </strong></font><font color="#000000">Avril 2006 - </span></span></span><small><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Michèle Laframboise wins </span></b></i><small><small><small><small><small><small><small><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-fareast-language: FR-CA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">the 2006 Solaris Prize!</span></b></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></small></font></small></h2> <p><font color="#000000"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-fareast-language: FR-CA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><small><small><small><small><small><small>The</small> </small><a href="http://www.revue-solaris.com">Solaris</a> Sf magazine holds this short-story contest each year </small>.</small></small></small></span></font></p> <h2><font size="4"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><font color="#000000"><small><strong><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003">October 2005 - Launch of Le Dragon de l'Alliance, tome 4 des Voyages du <em>Jules-Verne</em></span></span></span></strong></small></font></h2> <p><font color="#000000"><small><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003">This book ends the cycle of The Jules-Verne saga. </span></span></span></small></font></p> <h2><font size="4"><b><img src="../pics/ball_pur.gif" WIDTH="13" HEIGHT="13"></b></font><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"> <small><font color="#000000">July 2005 - </span></span></span><small><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Michèle Laframboise wins a <o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-fareast-language: FR-CA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">double science-fiction award!</span></b></i></small></font></small></h2> <p><small><span lang="FR-CA">(Extrait du communiqué) Science-fiction author   Michèle Laframboise, a Mississauga resident, won two Aurora 2005 awards, in the categories Best long-form text in French (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Les Mémoires de lArc</i> published at Médiaspaul) and best short-form text in french (for the short-story «Ceux qui ne comptent pas» published in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Solaris</i> 149). </span></small></p> <p><small><small><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR-CA;mso-fareast-language: FR-CA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">The Awards ceremony was held at the Calgary WesterCon the July first. IN the absence of Michele, MM. René Walling and Christian Sauvé accepted the awards in her name. </span></small><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><span class="210523615-25022003"><font color="#0000FF"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/">http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/</a></font></small><font color="#000000"><br> </font></span></span></span></p> <p><font size="2">Last updated Sept. 15th, 2009</font> </td> </tr> </table> </body>