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Contest! You Will Shout J'adore for this Prize Pack of Books in Translation from Book*hug!

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If you're only reading books originally written in English, you are missing out. Indie powerhouse Book*hug is bringing fantastic stories from other languages to English readers in Canada with their great line up of works in translation. Now you have the chance to expand your reading range just by entering our Amazing Translations contest.

Open Book & Book*hug's Amazing Translations Contest Prize pack includes one copy of each of:

  • Readopolis by Bertrand Laverdure, translated by Oana Avasilichioaei (winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation)
  • Sports and Pastimes by Jean-Philippe Baril Guerard, translated by Aimee Wall
  • The Greats by Sylvain Prudhomme, translated by Jessica Moore
  • Document 1 by Francois Blais, translated by JC Sutcliffe
  • Mama's Boy by David Goudreault, translated by JC Sutcliffe

All books are published by and donated by Book*hug. 

To enter, simply send us your name and full mailing address at contests@open-book.ca using "Amazing Translations" as your subject line. Entries will be accepted until 11:59pm on Sunday, June 24, 2018. One winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email. 

Good luck to all those who enter and don't forget to seek out great books in translation!