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Two of the ten books that were presented to an audience of film producers at the first ever digital "Books at Berlinale" this year came from Canada, the Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021. Nina Bunjevac's graphic novel "Fatherland" depicts her family's history between Canada and Yugoslavia, her father's biography and her own search for him. We talked to her about the prospect of her book being adapted as a movie. 

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Publisher Simon de Jocas (Éditions Les 400 Coups, Canada) shares his thoughts with us on the occasion of the "Freedom of Expression Week": What does freedom of expression mean to you personally? What do you think is the biggest challenge to freedom of expression? What can publishers from around the world do to promote freedom of expression?

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Two of the ten books that were presented in to an audience of film producers at the first ever digital "Books at Berlinale" this year came from Canada, the Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021. In "The Confetti Flight Path" (La trajectoire des confettis) by Marie-Ève Thuot, generations of characters, trapped by social norms, successively test the limits of decency. We talked to her about the prospect of her book being adapted as a movie.

How are the many facets of Canadian identity being reflected in the country's literature? What challenges need to be faced in terms of translating? How can Canada's linguistic and cultural diversity - its singular plurality - be portrayed authentically? In this interview, Sonja Finck, who also translated the Canadian GuestScroll inscription into German, gives insights into her work. An inspiring conversation about the characteristics of Canadian literary culture from a translator's point of view.