Quebec Writers' Federation

Writing Beyond the Mother Tongue
2022-11-23 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Palais des congrès de Montréal, 1001 Jean Paul Riopelle Pl, Montreal, Quebec, H2Z1H5, Canada
Join us for a panel discussion on what it means to write in a language other than one’s mother tongue, the benefits and challenges of doing so, and how this affects the work and the writer’s relationship to language overall.

Host:

Sherry Simon, author and translator

Participants:Oana Avasilichioaei, author and translatorBaharan Baniahmadi, authorSylvain Neuvel, author

Wednesday, November 23rd at 1:30pm (60 min) on the Espace littéraire stage.

Translating English Quebec
2022-11-25 17:00 - 17:45
Join us for a panel discussion with English-to-French translators and the authors of the original books on the importance of translating English Quebec literature into French, the challenges of the translation process, and the influence of the two literatures on each other.

Host:

Antoine Tanguay, Founder and Director of Publishing, Éditions Alto

Participants:

Rachel McCrum, author

Jonathan Lamy, translator and author

Marcela Huerta, author

Daphné B., translator and author

Friday, November 25th at 5PM (45 minutes) on the Agora stage.
