Lunch and Learn: How to Get Translated or Publish Translations
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
12:00–1:30 pm EST
Online via Zoom (RSVP below for Zoom link)
Have you ever wondered about the potential of getting your book translated? Or are you an aspiring translator with an idea for a project for which you’re unsure how to progress?
QWF has you covered in this iteration of our Lunch and Learn series! Renowned translator and author Katia Grubisic (the most recent recipient of the Cole Foundation Prize for Translation) will lead us in this hour-and-a-half session, where she goes over the lifecycle of publishing translations.
Expand the reach of your artistic work by getting a high-level insider view into the wonderful world of literary translation. You are invited to bring all your questions.
Come join us on the 13th of March from 12-1:30pm online via Zoom. Secure your spot by clicking on the RSVP button below, and a Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the session.
The Facilitator
Katia Grubisic is a writer, editor and translator whose work has appeared in various Canadian and international publications. Her collection What if red ran out was shortlisted for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and won the Gerald Lampert Award for best first book.
Her book translations include Martine Delvaux’s White Out, Stéphane Martelly’s Little Girl Gazelle, and Marie-Claire Blais’s final novels. Her translations of David Clerson’s first novel, Brothers, and of A Cemetery for Bees, by Alina Dumitrescu, were shortlisted for Governor General’s Awards, and her translation of Clerson’s short story collection, To See Out the Night, won the Cole Foundation Prize for Translation.