Catherine Leroux

Catherine Leroux is an award-winning writer and translator and journalist based in Montreal.She was shortlistedfor the 2016 ScotiabankGiller Prize for her novel The Party Wall, which is an English translation of her French-language linked short story collectionLe mur mitoyen. The nworkalso won thePrix France-QubecandLazer Lederhendler won the 2016 Governor General's Literary Awardfor translation for his work on the novel.Shewas alsoshortlistedin 2018 for theGovernor General's Award for English to French translationforLe saint patron des merveilles, her French translation ofMark Frutkin's novelFabrizio's Return.

• Catherine Leroux on the literary value of loose ends
• How Catherine Leroux ripped fiction from the headlines in The Party Wall
• Catherine Leroux's favourite books in translation

Books by Catherine Leroux

Interviews

Cinq a Six54:00Author Catherine Leroux and Translator Lazer Lederhendler share their music playlists

Today a conversation with Catherine Leroux - author of The Party Wall - which is a finalist for this years Giller prize. Joining her is Lazer Lederhendler who has just won the Governor General Award for his translation of Lerouxs book.