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Québec fiction in translation. New perspectives. New authors. New translators. Giller finalist, 2018 | 4x GG finalist. Longlisted for Canada Reads.
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"Bock’s hero—his unusual name nested in the name of his city—becomes a metonym for a generation of Montreal’s working class." Eamon McGrath reviews Maxime Raymond Bock's debut novel, MOREL (QC Fiction), tr. from the French by Melissa Bull: full-stop.net/2024/06/19/rev….
". . . a hymn to a Montreal that has vanished—not by twists of fate, but under the pummeling of asphalt driven by an insatiable capitalism." Eamon McGrath reviews MOREL, Maxime Raymond Bock's debut novel, in translation by Melissa Bull (QC Fiction): full-stop.net/2024/06/19/rev….
MOREL, the novel by #MaximeRaymondBock, reviewed in Literary Review of Canada: "Morel is a love letter to the Montreal of the past, present, and future." bit.ly/3SOMLmV #quebecliterature #literatureintranslation
Congrats to Mélissa Bull, finalist #GGBooks for translation of MOREL by Maxime Raymond Bock & to QC Fiction our imprint dedicated to great Quebec literature for the English-speaking world. Thanks to @la_SODEC for translation funding. Literary Press Group AELAQ Canada Council for the Arts
Congrats to LPG members and their authors longlisted for the 2024 Governor General's Literary Award! #GGbooks2024 Annick Press Biblioasis @BrickBooks Book*hug Press Baraka Books PalimpsestPress Playwrights Canada Press & Gaspereau Press
Melissa Bull's translation of Maxime Raymond Bock's epic tale of working class Montreal, MOREL, is among the finalists for the #GGBooks2024! Congratulations to all the nominees! 👏 #GGBooks Canada Council for the Arts #quebecliterature #literatureintranslation
Congratulations Melissa Bull and QC Fiction on MOREL being named a finalist for #GGBooks2024's French to English translation award!
A terrific review of Neil Smith's translation of Jean-Christophe Réhel's ALL KIDDING ASIDE in the Montreal Review of Books! "Though fast-paced and punchy, ALL KIDDING ASIDE manages to explore serious moral dilemmas without being prescriptive."
ALL KIDDING ASIDE by Jean Christophe Réhel, translated by Neil Smith, named one of the best books of Fall 2025 in The Walrus! Read The Walrus' top 10 recommended books here: thewalrus.ca/best-books-202… #QCLit #QuebecLiterature #LiteratureInTranslation #CanLit
A great review of of the recent QC Fiction novel ALL KIDDING ASIDE by Jean-Christophe Réhel, translated by Neil Smith, in SCOUT Magazine. Read all the Scout Book Club, Vol. 29: FEELS reviews here: tinyurl.com/4v3k9aut #QuebecLiterature #LiteratureInTranslation