Accused of Using AI, Thélyson Orélien Remains Supported by His Publisher

The Quebec publisher Boréal announced on Wednesday that it would keep Thélyson Orélien's novel "C'était ça ou mourir" on the shelves, stating that it has no evidence to definitively establish the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its writing.

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14 Oct 2026 — Lecture : 3 min.
Accused of Using AI, Thélyson Orélien Remains Supported by His Publisher

Thélyson Orélien

The Quebec publisher Boréal announced on Wednesday that it would keep Thélyson Orélien's novel "C'était ça ou mourir" on the shelves, stating that it has no evidence to definitively establish the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its writing.

This decision comes the day after the first public reaction from the Canadian-Haitian writer to accusations that he used AI to write his debut novel, one of the bestsellers of the literary season in France.

Thélyson Orélien categorically rejected these allegations in a statement sent to

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