The Quebec Writers’ Federationtion (QWF) has announced a new literary translation mentorship program it is launching together with the Literary Translators Association of Canada (LTAC) and the Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois (UNEQ).

The National Literary Translation Mentorships are open to emerging and established translators working from French to English or English to French who live anywhere in Canada. Each year, the program will offer two mentorships: the Jean Antonin Billard Mentorship, for English-to-French literary translation; and the Karin L. Montin Mentorship, for French-to-English literary translation.

A previous program offered by the QWF and the LTAC offered a single translation mentorship each year, alternating between French-to-English and English-to-French translation.

The mentorships will be offered annually, starting in 2027. Applications are open until Nov. 11.