Join 2025 One eRead Canada: Valid by Chris Bergeron!
- leungk207
- Apr 1
- 2 min read
One eRead/Un Livrel Canada is back this year from April 1 – 30. This year’s One eRead Canada pick is Valid by Chris Bergeron, translated into English by Natalia Hero. Whether you read in English or French (or both!), this is an incredible opportunity to engage with other readers from all across Canada.
Digital copies of the book will be available from public libraries across Canada with no holds or waitlists.
About 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.
- House of Anansi Press
How to Read
The book will be available for free through your local library during the month of April, with no waitlists or holds. This means you can download it and start reading right away!
When? Available from April 1st – 30th in both eBook (English & French) and audiobook (French).
Where? Download Valid through Libby or Bibliothèque numérique. Learn how to access both on our eBooks & eAudiobook resource page.
A few physical copies are also available for borrowing, check out the catalogue.
Save the Dates for Author Events!
Chris Bergeron will participate in two upcoming events to talk about her book:
April 23rd at 7 pm –an English-language discussion hosted by CBC.
April 24th at 7 pm –French-language program hosted by Radio-Canada.
For more information on the events and to register, visit: https://1ereadlivrelcanada.ca/
Borrow an eReader
Need an eReader? We’ve got you covered! You can borrow an eReader from the library! More info.