Mélissa Labonté

Originally from Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, Mélissa Labonté is dedicated to writing and publishing in the city of Montreal. She holds a master's degree in literary studies from UQAM, and her thesis focuses on the poetry of the militant magazine Fermaille. Her research has been published under the title "Faire maille" (L’instant même, 2017) and in the anthology "Enjeux du contemporain en poésie au Québec" (PUM, 2022, winner of the Gabrielle-Roy Prize). Having worked in the publishing industry for over ten years, she currently heads the Bibliothèque québécoise publishing house and co-directs the literary section of Le Noroît alongside Charlotte Francoeur.