Our conclusions will be informed by investigation of critical and general reviews, texts accompanying anthologies, essays, special issues, guest readings and lectures by Canadian authors, as well as interviews with publishers and/or translators. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (seven times), and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Monsieur LInspecteur Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec, a modern Poirot who anchors. She lives in a small village south of Montréal. LOUISE PENNY is the author of the 1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. Still Life introduces not only an engaging series hero in Inspector Gamache, who commands his forces-and this series-with integrity and quiet courage, but also a winning and talented new writer of traditional mysteries in the person of Louise Penny. She has won numerous awards, including a CWA Dagger and the Agatha Award (five times) and was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. We investigate how Canadian writing is perceived by the Croatian audiences and their critical reception, the various cultural and publishing circumstances of their publication and translation, reasons for the selection of particular authors and works, occurrence of potential trends or preferences, and how these can be understood and interpreted compared to the publishing trends of Canadian writing in other Central European countries. LOUISE PENNY is the 1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. This article will focus on the Croatian reception of what can be provisionally termed as ‘quality’ Canadian writing – specifically, Canadian authors whose full-length works of fiction (CanLit) and non-fiction have been translated into Croatian and published since 1990 and have garnered relevant audiences and received critical attention.

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