In the footsteps of
JOCELYNE SAUCIER
Jocelyne Saucier
Writer
For a long time, I wandered around northern Ontario. I traveled by train, by car, for a while, I rented a room from people, I roamed around libraries, museums, cemeteries, I came and went without really knowing what was waiting for me. I was chasing a nebula, a novel that I might write one day, maybe never, how do I know? The novel is a mysterious affair for me who nevertheless writes it.
This resulted in not one but three novels.
I was fascinated by this part of the country with its turbulent history, the turmoil of which can still be felt among the people who live there. Northern Ontario has been the bearer of all hopes, it has attracted people from everywhere, it has been the crucible of a new and fiercely free life.
Now it’s up to you to experience this same fascination by following this route which will make you discover a new, little-known country, built on the song of freedom.
Start your journey here
Learn more about each of the 9 towns and cities in our literary, historic and tourist journey through Northeastern Ontario!
Christine Viens
Painter
A series of canvases both dark and luminous where the communication between the literary work and the pictorial work inspired by the novel “And the Birds Rained Down “, by Jocelyne Saucier perfectly translates the dramatic intensity of the novel.
Originally from Amos, in Abitibi, Christine Viens met Jocelyne Saucier on the benches of high school. Therefore, it was not the first time she was introduced to her when she read her friend’s novel “And the Birds Rained Down”. Her challenge, to paint a series of pictorial works based on the descriptions provided by the novelist. It is through her eyes that Christine Viens visually and brilliantly explores the work of the painter Boychuck.
Left: And the Birds Rained Down – 2014, acrylic on canvas, 122x122cm
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