Readings : À quatre voix

A Quebec poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist, Louise Dupré has published some thirty works, which have earned her numerous awards and honors. Among her most recent poetry collections are the trilogy *Plus haut que les flammes*, *La main hantée*, and *Exercices de joie* (Le Noroît and Éditions Bruno Doucey), as well as the reissues of *La peau familière* (Éditions du remue-ménage, 2025) and *Une écharde sous ton ongle* (Le Noroît, 2026). Her works have been translated into some fifteen languages. She is a member of the Académie des lettres du Québec and the Parlement des écrivaines francophones.

Born in 1993 in Dinant, Belgium, Aurélien Dony is a poet and playwright. He leads numerous writing workshops in schools, prisons, and community organizations, and frequently organizes literary events. He is also co-director of Ravages Publishing and the Absolu Théâtre company, with which he has been creating and writing since 2020. He regularly performs on international poetry stages, introducing audiences to his rhythmic writing style, which combines emotional power with a sense of humor. After publishing several poetry collections in Belgium, he released *Désir dingue* (2026, Éditions Bruno Doucey).

Skandar is a Franco-Lebanese writer, performer, and director. His work in theater and writing feed into and intertwine with one another to create hybrid forms that can be seen, read, or heard. King Kong en marcel blanc (King Kong in a White Tank Top) is his first published book.

Born in Belgium to a writer father (Pierre Coran), Carl Norac has published some fifteen books of poetry and numerous children’s stories, which have been translated into 49 languages worldwide to date. He received the Grand Prix from the Société des gens de lettres in 2009. His poetic works on music have been performed at the Châtelet, La Monnaie, the Opéra-Comique, and the Philharmonie de Paris. He served as the official writer for Mons 2015, the European Capital of Culture. Since 2017, the French school in Neuville-aux-Bois in the Loiret has borne his name. From 2020 to 2022, he served as Belgium’s National Poet (Poète National/Dichter des Vaderlands). After 20 years in the Loiret, he now lives in Ostend, surrounded by the waves. Latest collections (2026): *Le livre de la lueur* (Editions Bruno Doucey), *J’ai un poème à te dire* (Pastel-Ecole des Loisirs).

Ariane Lefauconnier was born in 1995. For the past decade or so, she has devoted most of her time to publishing and promoting contemporary poetry, particularly through Éditions Bruno Doucey. At the same time, she co-directs the non-profit publishing house 10 pages au carré. One of her works, *Des hortensias à la place des poumons*, was the subject of an artist’s book created with Robert Lobet, published by La Margeride in 2023. *Érotiques, 69 poétesses de notre temps* marks her debut as an anthology editor.