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Salon du livre removes Orélien after plagiarism accusations
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- Thélyson Orélien faces AI and plagiarism accusations over his novel C’était ça ou mourir.
- Les Éditions du Boréal suspended promotion of the novel, citing Orélien’s health concerns.
- The Salon du livre de l’Estrie removed Orélien as guest of honour after plagiarism allegations.
- A ‘Balance ton Claude’ post claimed Pangram software flagged the book as almost entirely AI-generated.
- Orélien denied using AI, saying his style derives from Haitian and Caribbean literary tradition.