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The Union is accepting mentee applications for Creating Mentorship for Deaf and Disabled Writers! This is a free, one-on-one mentorship program. Extended Deadline: November 2, 2026.
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Kevin Chong
Fiction and Nonfiction Writer (Photo: Andrew Querner)
I wouldn't want to think of the kind of literary landscape we would be inhabiting without TWUC, and can only wishfully imagine the good work that could be accomplished if every Canadian writer became a part of it.
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Oct. 26 2026
Quebec Writers' Federation
LTAC, QWF, and UNEQ are pleased to announce a new annual mentorship program for literary translators. The National Literary Translation Mentorships—open to emerging and established literary translators working from French into English or from English into French, based anywhere in Canada—are now…
