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  • Banner for Together by the Sea by Marie-Claire Blais, with English translation by Katia Grubisic. The left side shows a portrait of a person with curly dark hair wearing a black top and turquoise pendant, set against a calm seaside background at sunset. The right side features the book title and author’s name in large gold and white text on a maroon background, along with the Open Book logo at the bottom.
    Banner for Together by the Sea by Marie-Claire Blais, with English translation by Katia Grubisic. The left side shows a portrait of a person with curly dark hair wearing a black top and turquoise pendant, set against a calm seaside background at sunset. The right side features the book title and author’s name in large gold and white text on a maroon background, along with the Open Book logo at the bottom.
    January 27, 2026

    Read an Excerpt from TOGETHER BY THE SEA by Marie-Claire Blais (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

    The tenth and final instalment of the Soifs cycle comes to its close in Together by the Sea (House of Anansi Press), a novel that brings a long-running literary vision to a powerful close.Written by Marie-Claire ...

  • "The Terror That is Everywhere" Read an Excerpt from A Knife in the Sky, Marie-Célie Agnant's Story of Haiti’s Brutal Despot
    "The Terror That is Everywhere" Read an Excerpt from A Knife in the Sky, Marie-Célie Agnant's Story of Haiti’s Brutal Despot
    June 07, 2022

    "The Terror That is Everywhere" Read an Excerpt from A Knife in the Sky, Marie-Célie Agnant's Story of Haiti’s Brutal Despot

    Prize winning Haitian-Québécoise writer Marie-Célie Agnant is celebrated for her rich, complex, moving portraits of women living through colonial power structures. Elegant in its examinations of ...

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