Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo American-born translator Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo came to Quebec speaking only high-school French but after successfully pursuing a career as a professional artist and teaching drawing and painting [...]
Six, yes, SIX, of our members are finalists for the 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards! Congratulations to Sophie Voillot, Daniel Grenier, Lazer Lederhendler, Sonya Malaborza, Arianne Des Rochers, [...]
The next Here is Elsewhere event is set for Friday, April 30th at 7:00 pm EST. This series, now in its third instalment, is the brainchild of Beatriz Hausner, who [...]
Aleshia Jensen Image credit: Julie Delporte Aleshia Jensen is a French-to-English literary translator and former bookseller living in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her translations include Explosions by [...]
Here is Elsewhere is the brainchild of Beatriz Hausner, who conceived of it as a space for the reading, discussion, performance and promotion of world literature in translation. [...]
In our world of Translation, of which I must admit having only a theoretical and quasi-experiential knowledge, the reasons why a literary work is translated into another language [...]
During this year’s translation residency at the Maison de la littérature in Quebec City, translator Katia Grubisic will spend the month of March 2021 working with Haitian-Québécoise writer Marie-Célie [...]
We are glad to announce the launch of a new series of talks on poetry and translation! The first event, Here is Elsewhere, is this Friday, February 19 [...]
Robert Paquin recently published at Quattro Books Le calendrier des vieux / An Old Man's Calendar, an artistic, bilingual, illustrated calendar for the 12 months of the year [...]
The AfterWords Literary Festival and the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada are jointly presenting a bilingual conversation between award-winning Nova Scotian playwright Daniel MacIvor and Jean-Philippe Raîche, Moncton’s [...]