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Author and illustrator Sophie Escabasse got help from the audience during her interactive drawing workshop to create a tomato character who escapes certain death in a spaceship. (Photo by Danielle Burns)

IMAGINATION 2025: Graphic novelist wants kids to follow dreams at Imagination

IMAGINATION 2025: Graphic novelist wants kids to follow dreams at Imagination Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com French-born Sophie Escabasse lived for many years in Brooklyn, N.Y., working as an illustrator before taking…

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Fantasy author Coltrane Seesequasis gave a writing workshop on creating compelling characters during the Morrin Centre Imagination Writers’ Festival on April 23. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin)

IMAGINATION 2025: Fantasy writer Coltrane Seesequasis shares secrets of compelling characters

IMAGINATION 2025: Fantasy writer Coltrane Seesequasis shares secrets of compelling characters Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The Imagination Writers’ Festival invited fantasy author Coltrane Seesequasis to give a workshop about creating compelling…

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Mary Thaler authored an epic poem; Rachel Deutsch, a full-colour graphic novel; and Boum, a greyscale graphic novel. For all three authors, the format became an integral part of the story, not just a different way of telling the story. Linda Morra (far right) hosted the panel discussion. (Photo by Myriam Labbé)

IMAGINATION 2025: Imagination comes in all shapes and sizes

IMAGINATION 2025: Imagination comes in all shapes and sizes  Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com On April 27, as part of the Morrin Centre’s Imagination Writers’ Festival, authors Mary Thaler, Rachel Deutsch and…

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OBITUARY: Brenda Mae YOUNG (1959-2025)

OBITUARY

Brenda Mae YOUNG

1959-2025

In Quebec City, on March 26, 2025, at the age of 65 years and 10 months, Mrs. Brenda Mae Young passed away. She was the wife of Mr. Philip Grenon and the daughter of the late Mrs. Lila Melnick and the late Mr. Ted Young. She resided in Quebec City since moving there 44 years ago from her beautiful hometown of Oak Bay in Victoria, B.C.

A private religious service for family and close friends will be organized on June 14 at 11:30 a.m. at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in Old Quebec. The burial will take place afterward at Mount Hermon Cemetery.

Brenda had fond memories of her youth, splitting her time between Oak Bay, where she attended Oak Bay High, and spending her summers in the Okanagan with her late brother Evan and her cousins. She moved to Quebec City in her early 20s, where she spent her life with her loving husband, Philip, with whom she built a life full of love, surrounded by her sons and her best pet friends Bubbles and Brady.

In addition to her husband Philip, she is survived by her sons: Westley (Gabrielle Du- four-Pelletier), Tristan and Myles (Vanessa Gagnon); her grandchild Abigail Rose Grenon; her late brother Evan Young; her brothers-in- law and sisters-in-law: Barb Young Bareza, the late Sheelagh Grenon, Romney Grenon (Marie St-Germain), Stephen Grenon (Lynn Nicolas), Marc Grenon (Paul Bourcier); her nephews and nieces: Chelsea Young (Gilito Valade), Sean Young (Alyssa Furneaux), Sonia Grenon, Jean-François Grenon (Mélanie Auclair-Fortier), as well as many other relatives and friends.

Your expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of donations to the Canadian Cancer Society at cancer.ca.

Moderator Béatrice Provencher listens as Nathan Hellner- Mestelman answers an audience member’s question at the Imagination Writers’ Festival on April 24. (Photo by Ruby Pratka)

IMAGINATION 2025: Teen science writer takes Imagination audience on far-out ride

IMAGINATION 2025: Teen science writer takes Imagination audience on far-out ride Ruby Pratka editor@qctonline.com Teenage popular science writer Nathan Hellner- Mestelman took the Morrin Centre audience on a wild and…

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Sommelier Bianca Thériault presents the Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon wine that she selected to pair with Rachel McCrum and Amélie Prévost’s bilingual poetry book La Belle-mère/The Stepmother during the Imagination Writers’ Festival. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau)

IMAGINATION 2025: Pairing Books & Wine a delicious mix at Imagination

Pairing Books & Wine a delicious mix at Imagination Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com On April 25, one of the most popular events of the Imagination Writers’ Festival took place in the…

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On April 27, the Morrin Centre with Marc Garneau as part of the On the table, there are delicious pastries from a local bakery, Pâtisserie Chouquette, a house tea called Domestic Chemistry, Garneau’s book A Most Extraordinary Ride, and a meteor rock for the occasion.

IMAGINATION 2025: Living legend Marc Garneau shares life stories over tea and pastries

IMAGINATION 2025: Living legend Marc Garneau shares life stories over tea and pastries Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com What better way to spend a rainy Sunday morning than at the Morrin Centre,…

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On April 25, literary enthusiasts gathered for Books and Games at the Imagination Writers’ Festival, organized by Noora Heiskanen, cultural programming co-ordinator at the Morrin Centre. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin)

IMAGINATION 2025: Books inspire games at the Imagination Writers’ Festival

IMAGINATION 2025: Books inspire games at the Imagination Writers’ Festival Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com A group of curious festival-goers played a series of games inspired by books at the Morrin Centre…

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Outfielder Justin Gideon, seen here at last season’s Frontier League All-Star Game at Stade Canac, is one of six veterans from last season who will return with the Québec Capitales. (Photo by Luc Lang)

After three straight titles, Capitales still hungry for more championships

After three straight titles, Capitales still hungry for more championships Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The three-time and defending champions of the Frontier League, the Québec Capitales, held a press conference on…

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