Publication grants from France to Canadian publishers – Call for projects

Paris Fellowship for Canadian publishers

Since 2017, the French Embassy in Canada has instituted the Paris Fellowship as a bridge between French and Canadian publishers either by giving Canadian publishers the opportunity of travelling to Paris to meet French publishers, authors and foreign right departments or by issuing grants to facilitate the translation of French texts to English.

This year, the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Canada is issuing a grant of 4 500 CAD to a Canadian publisher who wishes to translate the work of a French author who is already published in France.

Projects may be from a variety of fields (literature, poetry, humanities, youth, comics, theater). Publishers who wish to apply must have signed a contract with a translator prior to their application. They will be selected by Cultural Service based on the following criteria :

-the intrinsic quality of the work and its importance within the context of French creation and thought.

-the engagement of the foreign publisher to develop and maintain a translation and publication policy in favor of French authors.

-the foreign publisher’s commitment with regard to the dissemination and promotion of the book.

Last date to apply : July 1^st 2022

For more information and application: please write to Félix Terrier, Books Officer for the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Canada: [email protected]

The Publication and Rights Acquisition Assistance Program

This program from the Institut Français supports the work of foreign publishers wishing to include texts by French authors published in France in their catalog, either in their original or translated version.

Support from the Institut Français consists of funding (part or all) of the advance paid on the rights negotiated between French publishers and Canadian publishers, for books of all kinds (except school and university text books, and works in the public domain). Projects may be in a variety of fields (literature, poetry, humanities, youth, comics, theater).

The programme exclusively supports professional publishers who publish works by French-speaking authors in a local language (including French) whose publishing and translating rights are held by a French publisher. The advance is paid directly to the French publisher by the Institut Français.

A commission comprised of publishing representatives and organizations that provide funding to the book sector will allocate the grants based on :

-the intrinsic quality of the work and its importance within the context of French creation and thought.

-the engagement of the foreign publisher to develop and maintain a translation and publication policy in favor of French authors.

-the foreign publisher’s commitment with regard to the dissemination and promotion of the book.

The project presented must be in the course of completion and must be published within a reasonable timeframe. No grant shall be provided for a book that has already been published.

Last date to apply : July 31^st 2022

For more information and application: please write to Félix Terrier, Book Officer for the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Canada: [email protected]