2023 John Glassco Prize: call for submissions
Submissions for the 39th edition of the John Glassco Prize are now open! Every year since 1982, the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada has awarded the John Glassco [...]
Call for Applications: 2023 Jean Antonin Billard LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation
The Literary Translators Association of Canada and the Quebec Writers’ Federation are proud to announce the creation of the Jean Antonin Billard LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation, to be [...]
Écrire la fureur. Femmes poètes en traduction Podcast
In celebration of Women in Translation Month, the LTAC is proud to announce the podcast Écrire la fureur. Femmes poètes en traduction. This podcast, which aims to highlight the place [...]
August 2022
Karen Simon nous fait part de la parution de A Mom, une traduction du livre pour enfants Une Maman de Mathieu Lavoie. Genni Gunn has two new books to [...]
Annual General Meeting 2022
Dear members, This year’s Annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place on Sunday September 11, 2022 at 1pm EST. The meeting will take place virtually on Zoom [...]
Sur la traduction d’un poème de Mahmoud Darwish
Il faut traduire poétiquement la poésie. Cela peut paraitre allant de soi, comme un truisme, mais il n’y a rien de moins évident, car il faut d’abord s’entendre [...]
A Creative Journey Toward Otherness
I translate poetry because I cannot resist its charm, and because I wish others who do not know the language in which it is written can also appreciate its [...]
Karin Montin 1957-2021
The LTAC was recently saddened to learn of the passing of longtime friend and member, Karin Montin, after prolonged illness on August 9th at the age of 63. [...]
The 2022 Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation is set to take off
The LTAC is overjoyed to present our very first mentorship pair for the Karin Montin LTAC/QWF Mentorship in Literary Translation: mentor Jessica Moore and mentee Alex Boos. Jessica Moore is [...]
Spring 2022
We are overjoyed to offer a (late) congratulations to Marie Frankland for taking home the 2021 Governor General Literary Award for translation (English to French) for her book [...]