Maison de la littérature to Host its Very First Translation Residency
The Literary Translators' Association of Canada is honoured to support the Maison de la littérature's very first translation residency and, in doing so, to foster a space for [...]
April 2019
Anne McLean’s English translation of Juan Gabriel Vásquez's The Shape Of The Ruins (Quercus, MacLehose Press) has been shortlisted for 2019 Man Booker International Prize. The shortlist was selected [...]
March 2019
Since last June, Genni Gunn has been Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission, which distributed larger cheques to authors and translators this year. Her new position having kept [...]
February 2019
Join us in welcoming new LTAC member K.B. Thors who was recently included on the longlist for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation for the translation from Icelandic [...]
January 2019
From Michelle Hartman: My newest translation, A Sky So Close to Us, has just been published by Interlink books. Here are some details from the promotional material: “Interspersed with [...]
Members Making Waves at the Blue Met Festival
This Sunday, May 5, four of our members, Katia Grubisic, Paul Gagné, Phyllis Aronoff, and Howard Scott, will be taking part in a round-table discussion at the 21st edition [...]
LTAC at the Frye Festival
The Literary Translators’ Association of Canada has partnered with the Frye Festival for three upcoming events in three Atlantic Canada cities: Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 6:30 PM to [...]
Last Call for BCLT Summer School Applications
The deadline for the British Centre for Literary Translation’s International Summer School in Literary Translation & Creative Writing is this Monday, April 22nd. Founded in 1989 by W.G. Sebald [...]
Joyce Marshall – 1913-2005
We learned with shock last April that one of our founding members who was also an honorary member died in September 2005. Joyce Marshall was a distinguished writer and [...]