Linda Jane Leith, O.C.
Westmount, Quebec
A writer, publisher, translator and scholar, Linda Leith devotes herself to the promotion of Canadian literature in both official languages. As founder and former artistic director of Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, she has helped bridge the gap of our country’s linguistic duality. She founded Linda Leith Publishing | Linda Leith Éditions, one of the few literary publishing houses working in both English and French, and has been actively involved in dozens of educational, community and cultural endeavours in Quebec and across Canada.