Mélissa Labonté

Originally from Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, Mélissa Labonté is a writer and editor based in Montreal. She holds a master's degree in literary studies from UQAM, with a thesis on the poetry of the militant magazine Fermaille, leading to the publication of Faire maille (L’instant même, 2017) and contributions to Enjeux du contemporain en poésie au Québec (PUM, 2022, winner of the Gabrielle-Roy Prize). She currently heads the Bibliothèque québécoise publishing house and co-directs the literary section of Le Noroît with Charlotte Francoeur.