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SUMMARY:Writing retreat in idyllic Central Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Make time and space for you and your craft in idyllic Switzerland. Enjoy writing in inspiring surroundings in the supportive company of like-minded people\, and enhance your day with a walk in nature. Your tutor will guide you through daily workshops and discussions on key elements of writing\, such as characterisation\, plot\, point of view\, sense of place and dialogue. The final session will offer a practical approach to various stages of editing. The daily schedule incorporates private writing time. You can view a sample timetable on the website.\nHosted by an author and creative-writing tutor with years of experience (teaching all age groups and levels: from secondary-school pupils to students on Creative Writing undergraduate and Masters degrees).\nAccommodation will be at the intimate Gasthaus Paxmontana (built 1617) which belongs to the nearby Jugendstil-Hotel Paxmontana\, an icon of Art Nouveau listed in the Swiss Historic Hotels directory.\nThe course fee is inclusive of tuition\, accommodation and meals.\nTo learn more\, see website: https://valeriavescina.com/teaching/writing-retreats/
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writing-retreat-in-idyllic-central-switzerland/
LOCATION:Fl\, Gasthaus Paxmontana\, Flüeli-Ranft\, Obwalden\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:The Art of Literary Translation
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will explore literary translation from French to English: fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry\, and songs. \n\n\n\nWe will look at contemporary literature from Quebec and France\, as well as some older (nineteenth- and twentieth-century) texts. Sources may include Gabrielle Roy\, Anne Hébert\, Annie Ernaux\, and Samuel Archibald. We will start by looking at an excerpt of a literary text in French and reading a published English translation of it. What difficulties (such as euphony\, voice\, word play\, and verb tense) did the translator face\, and how successful were they? At each meeting\, there will be time to produce your own translations\, often in groups. We will read our work aloud and comment on difficulties and strokes of inspiration. \n\n\n\nParticipants will have the opportunity to translate a further passage from the same work (or from another) as a homework assignment for the next meeting. The corrected assignments provide individual feedback and lead to discussion of the issues encountered. \n\n\n\nDuring the course of the workshop\, you’ll be asked to present a passage you have translated from a work you have chosen\, commenting on the issues it presents\, and describing ways of solving these issues. This is an ideal opportunity to begin or pursue a project you intend to submit to a publisher. Jonathan Kaplanskywon a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux’s La vie extérieure (Things Seen)for the University of Nebraska Press. Recent translations include Jonathan Bécotte’s Like a Hurricane (Orca\, 2023) and Hélène Rioux’s The End of the World is Elsewhere (Guernica\, 2022). He has sat on the juries for the translation category of the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the John Glassco Translation Prize and recently translated the libretto of an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais entitled Yourcenar: An Island of Passions.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-art-of-literary-translation-2/2023-05-29/
LOCATION:QWF Office\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, Room 3\, Westmount\, QC\, H3Z 1X4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Épiques Voices poetry reading
DESCRIPTION:The bilingual opening show\, Épiques Voices part of the 24th edition of the Festival de la poésie de Montréal under the theme Constellé*e*s.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/epiques-voices-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Café Cléopâtre\, 123o St. Laurent Blvd\, Montreal\, QC\, H2X2S5\, Canada
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