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Audrey Coussy
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Literary translator (EN-FR) & Associate Professor @ McGill University; translation, children's and YA literature, popular fiction. https://mcgill.academia.edu/AudreyCoussy
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🎉 Parution du volume "Le style des romans feel good d'expression française", dans lequel figure mon chapitre "Ce que la littérature jeunesse nous dit du feel good" (en prenant pour exemples "Les Petites Reines" de Clémentine Beauvais et "3 fois l'été" d'Elizabeth Barfety): eud.ube.fr/critique-lit...
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Very proud of my former student, Mairin Burke, for this deep dive into McGill's faculty unionization campaign!
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Si vous êtes libres ce vendredi midi, je vous invite à assister au lancement de l’ouvrage Le rose et le noir, paru le 20 octobre dernier.

L’événement se tiendra en ligne, sur Teams.

L'inscription est obligatoire : forms.gle/sEzxLm7TufDY....

En espérant vous y retrouver!
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Working on my Language Show presentation on translation and dyslexia for Saturday. Neurodiversity inclusion FTW ✊ languageshowlive.co.uk
The Language Show – For language learners, language teachers and everyone who loves languages
languageshowlive.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Petition to stop the closures of the music and MFL courses at Nottingham. It worked for Cardiff, so do sign. c.org/nBXSCSYSfV
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The new Children's Booker Prize is brilliant for kidlit - did you know that even more brilliantly, translations are included? This is a big step towards recognising the contribution translation makes to UK children’s literature.
Read my article with Emma Page here 👇
tinyurl.com/52uva3mr
The Children’s Booker prize will include works of translation – here are five expert recommendations to get your kids excited
Translations will expand the reading worlds of children.
tinyurl.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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‼️BREAKING‼️
Quebec court blocks McGill administration attempt to restrict campus protests.

Following months of student protests calling for action against the genocide in Gaza, McGill administration sought an injunction that would radically curtail many forms of protest 1/
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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CP: upcoming issue about Self-Translation in Children's and Young Adult Books, by editors Mirella Piacentini, Roberta Pederzoli and Fabio Regattin.
Submit proposals (French/English) to strenae@afreloce.fr by Dec 1, 2025.
journals.openedition.org/strenae/11837
SELF-TRANSLATION IN CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Deadline for abstract submission : December 1, 2025 As a practice that has always existed and has long been acknowledged, self-translation has drawn attention at least since the second half of the ...
journals.openedition.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Colloque international « Les réécritures contemporaines des mythes en littérature de jeunesse : un patrimoine européen en circulation ? » magasindesenfants.hypotheses.org/16476
Colloque international « Les réécritures contemporaines des mythes en littérature de jeunesse : un patrimoine européen en circulation ? »
Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer le programme du colloque international « Les réécritures contemporaines des mythes en littérature de jeunesse : un patrimoine européen en circulation ? » qui se tiendr...
magasindesenfants.hypotheses.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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👑 S’il devait y avoir une reine de la littérature jeunesse, ce serait elle. À 80 ans et après plus de 160 livres à son actif en 50 ans de carrière, Susie Morgenstern reste animée par le même plaisir d’écrire qui la porte depuis ses débuts.⁠
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/Sm0
June 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Dont-miss this CEATL-FIT webinar on Wednesday!
en.fit-ift.org/ai-and-liter...
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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J'ai l'habitude que la langue déclenche des passions, mais là j'ai eu des réactions insoupçonnées ("elle nous traite de fin de race", "wesh c'est mieux?" "si, Molière, c'est noble") à propos de cette vidéo, alors qu'il ne s'agit que d'éléments historiques et textuels factuels! @tract-linguistes.org
June 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Looking forward to meeting lots of cool archives and neurodiversity people at our first 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' workshop on 4th July! Travel funding available; apply by the 4th June
forms.office.com/e/vNXha2TEUr
@edicaucus.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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TORONTO! Join us on Friday as we take back movies.

We ride at 6:45pm.

revuecinema.ca/films/revue-...
May 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Joie! Parution prochaine de la trad. inédite de Reading the romance - Women, Patriarchy and Popular literature, de J. #Radway, dont nous avons assuré la direction scientifique avec M. Lambolez pour @ens-editions.bsky.social / Ministère de la culture.
catalogue-editions.ens-lyon.fr/FR/livre/?GC...
Lire la romance, Femmes, patriarcat et littérature populaire
Lire la romance. Première enquête sur la lecture de romans sentimentaux, Lire la romance démystifie une pratique dénigrée, prise en tenaille entre le mépris culturel et la condamnation féministe. La l...
catalogue-editions.ens-lyon.fr
May 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I also have a YA horror streaming guide to go along with the Fear Street nostalgia we’re battling.

www.dreadcentral.com/streaming-gu...
5 YA Horror Adaptations To Watch After 'Fear Street: Prom Queen'
From 'Bones and All' to 'The Midnight Club', Sharai Bohannon has curated a list of YA horror adaptations perfect for your inner child.
www.dreadcentral.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🎉 Parution du volume "Le style des romans feel good d'expression française", dans lequel figure mon chapitre "Ce que la littérature jeunesse nous dit du feel good" (en prenant pour exemples "Les Petites Reines" de Clémentine Beauvais et "3 fois l'été" d'Elizabeth Barfety): eud.ube.fr/critique-lit...
May 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I’m so excited to share that our call for papers for a special issue of ‘ #Neurodiversity’ is now live!

We’re looking for papers, podcasts, videos (and more) that align with the critical turn in #ND studies! 🤩

@ainokash.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social

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May 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Beyrouth Noir, que j'ai traduit en partie aux côtés de Nada Ghosn, sort en poche aujourd'hui, toujours aux @asphalte-editions.bsky.social 🎉 Heureuse que le recueil ait ainsi une nouvelle vie. asphalte-editions.com/produit/beyr...
Beyrouth Noir dirigé par Imane Humaydane
336 pages ISBN : 9782365333023
asphalte-editions.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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April 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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"One could almost draw an analogy between relative pitch in music and a similar concept in translation, where context is everything," writes Nancy Naomi Carlson, translator of WHEN WE ONLY HAVE THE EARTH by @abdourahmanwaberi.bsky.social in a piece for the Poetry Foundation.
Poets on Translation: Relative Pitch
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Excited to say that "Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction" written by myself and @suereviews.bsky.social is finally ready to preorder! Afaik the first general academic introduction covering the ND movement, ND studies, and applications of ND theory in practice.

global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📣 Petit rappel : vous avez jusqu'au jeudi 15 mai pour envoyer vos propositions de contributions ! #traduction #traductologie #recherche-création
May 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to my friends and colleagues in the Association of McGill Professors in the Faculty of Arts (AMPFA) who are now officially members of CAUT! #unionstrong
May 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Sinners (2025)
April 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM