CBC at Blue Metropolis

Blue Metropolis Montreal's annual celebration of writers kicks off its 19th edition on April 24 and CBC will be there.

Here's a brief run-down of the CBC Blue Literary Series:

CROSSING THE DIVIDE: AUTHORS WHO TRANSLATE

Thursday Apr. 27 2017 2:30 PM in Salle St-Laurent (Htel 10)

CBC Montreal's Nantali Indongo chats with authors Daniel Grenier, Claire Holden Rothman, Catherine Leroux and Dimitri Nasrallah about what it's like to sit in the translator's seat, and how they tread the fine line between the two crafts.

FIRST PEOPLES LITERARY PRIZE: DAVID TREUER WITH DUNCAN MCCUE

Friday Apr. 28 2017 4:00 PM Muse McCord

Ojibwe author David Treuer receives the First Peoples Prize and is interviewed by CBC's Duncan McCue,

GHOSTWRITERS & COMPANY: ALL STORY, NO GLORY

Saturday Apr. 29 2017 11:00 AM Salle St-Laurent (Htel 10)

A good writer gets recognition and their name on the book cover. A good ghostwriter doesn't. CBC Montreal's Radio Noon host Shawn Apel chats with Julie Barlow, Bryan Demchinsky and Gina Roitman about the challenges and ethics of writing in the shadows and in someone else's voice.

ELEANOR WACHTEL PRESENTS ANITA DESAI WITH THE GRAND PRIX 2017

Saturday Apr. 29 2017 4:00 PM Grande Bibliothque (475 de Maisonneuve E.)

Celebrated Indian author Anita Desai, who has written 17 novels, novellas, and children's books, accepts the festival's Literary Grand Prix onstage with CBC broadcaster Eleanor Wachtel,

• Anita Desai, Xue Yiwei to receive awards at Blue Metropolis Festival

WRITER'S PERSPECTIVE: WHITHER THE USA?

Saturday Apr. 29 2017 8:00 PM Salle St-Laurent (Htel 10)

CBC's Eleanor Wachtel interviews Francisco Goldman, Imbolo Mbue and David Treuer about living and writing in the USA today.

For more information on tickets and other Blue Metropolis events, please visit their website.