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, we will have unlimited access to Valid/Valide (in French and English) in eBook and eAudiobook formats with no holds or waitlists. You’ll be able to borrow this book along with countless others in Barrie and across Canada!
How to Join In
Read the eBook
Using your library card, you can borrow the eBook in English and French through CloudLibrary. You can access CloudLibrary on your web browser, your mobile device or an eReader to get reading.
Listen to the eAudiobook
The eAudiobook is available in French on Cantook Libraries To listen on your computer or mobile device, get started with Cantook Libraries.
Borrow a print copy
If you prefer reading print books, we also have copies of Valid in English and French to borrow from our locations.
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.
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.”
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.