Catherine Leroux

Sep 27, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Catherine Leroux |Duncan Lawie |LeeAnn Perry |Jennifer Mace

A stranger comes to town, and everything changes, including the stranger. It’s an old story. But before that change can happen, we need to know what is. We need to grasp the sense that the characters in this novel don’t feel they can change—or, at the least, that they have insufficient agency in their own lives. This sense of stuckness makes the first section of The Future a frustrating read.

Sep 23, 2024 | cbc.ca | Heather Aimee O'Neill |Catherine Leroux

BooksLeroux's previous novel The Future, translated by Susan Ouriou won Canada Reads 2024, championed by writer Heather O'Neill. The Montreal-based writer's fourth novel is set in Montreal in the near futureCBC Books · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 1:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes agoCatherine Leroux's latest novel will be published by Simon & Schuster in fall 2026.

Mar 7, 2024 | quillandquire.com | Catherine Leroux

The 2024 Canada Reads battle of the books concluded with The Future by Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou and championed by novelist Heather O’Neill, named as the winner. The novel, published last fall, is only the second book in translation that has won the contest in 23 years. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Detroit where everyone speaks French and a community of children create their own cooperative society in the woods of Parc Rouge.

Mar 7, 2024 | open-book.ca | Shazia Hafiz Ramji |Vikki VanSickle |Catherine Leroux |Susan Ouriou

News and Interviews After four days of passionate debate and discussion, Canada Reads 2024 came to a dramatic conclusion, with The Future by Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou) taking the glory. Championed by acclaimed author Heather O'Neill (whose novel Lullabies for Little Criminals was the winning title in 2007), The Future told the story of one woman’s search for her missing granddaughters in a post-industrial landscape reeling from ecological collapse.

Mar 1, 2024 | thesudburystar.com | Catherine Leroux |Susan Ouriou

It goes Saturday at the Greater Sudbury Main LibraryAuthor of the article: Star Staff Published Mar 01, 2024  •  Last updated 5 minutes ago  •  1 minute read Local entrepreneur Liana Bacon will represent Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune at Sudbury’s version of Canada Reads on Saturday. Supplied  Article contentSudbury’s version of Canada Reads, the annual battle of the books competition, takes place Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Greater Sudbury Main Library.