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 poet laureate. Raîche is currently translating MacIvor’s play “Best Brothers” into French for the Théâtre populaire d’Acadie in Caraquet. The two writers will talk about their work, the challenges and rewards of translation, and more with Sonya Malaborza, of the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada.
This conversation, offered in both French and English, with subtitles in both languages, will be presented virtually from Halifax on Thursday, February 25 at 8pm. Tickets are available free of charge, with advance registration. The event will be webcast through Zoom.
“This is our first foray into presenting a bilingual event,” says Ryan Turner, Festival co-executive director, “and the process of pulling it together has been fascinating. Our counterparts at LTAC have been amazing to work with, and we’re really thrilled to be able to reach audiences in both French and English.”
The conversation will be fully subtitled and captioned, and viewers can choose to watch it with French subtitles or English ones.
“Accessibility has always been a priority for us,” says Festival co-executive director Stephanie Domet. “So, having the opportunity to first of all present a conversation between brilliant artists like Daniel and Jean-Philippe, and second of all to make it accessible in two languages and to hearing impaired people just feels like such a win. We’ll absolutely be looking for ways to bring more of this to the annual festival as well as our off-season events.”
For more details on this event and to reserve tickets visit: AfterWordsLiteraryFestival.com.
The AfterWords Literary Festival and the Literary Translators’ Association of Canada are grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts, the Access Copyright Foundation, The Fountain School of the Arts at Dalhousie University, the Playwrights’ Atlantic Resource Centre, and the Conseil communautaire du Grand-Havre for their financial support of this event.