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Happy National Poetry Day!
Translating and publishing Somali poetry in translation has been at the heart of the Poetry Translation Centre's work since its inception over 20 years ago.
Here are some of our Somali books, which you can grab from our online bookshop: buff.ly/LoLB2Zn
Honoured to join @englishpen.bsky.social to talk about translating in a hostile world, with Meera @roundtablebookscic.bsky.social, Nariman @poetrytranslation.bsky.social and others this week for #ITD2025
28.09.2025 18:14 β π 11 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0Tickets for the Dear Diaspora book launch, trilingual reading and fundraiser for Palestine are for sale here: www.outsavvy.com/event/30035/...
12.09.2025 11:39 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Tickets for the Dear Diaspora book launch, trilingual reading and fundraiser for Palestine are for sale here: www.outsavvy.com/event/30035/...
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πΏβ¨ Watch the Laurel Prize Ceremony 2025 live! β¨πΏ
π Finalist readings
π©ββοΈ Judges: Kathleen Jamie, Daljit Nagra & Caroline Lucas
π Winner revealed live
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Fri 19 Sept 2025
π 5.30pm (BST)
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#LaurelPrize #Ecopoetry #PoetryCommunity #ClimatePoetry
π The 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation is now open! π
Chair of Judges Mona Kareem says: "This special prize has introduced us to poets from across the globe, whose poems evoke and inspire and agitate, and for that I am excited to read the work of every entrant!"
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SAVE THE DATE β Dear Diaspora: book launch, trilingual reading & fundraiser for Palestine. Sunday September 28th from 7-9pm UK (brunch time in the US) | online & in person at The Common Press!
@susanpoet.bsky.social @poetrytranslation.bsky.social @thecommonpress.bsky.social @phuonganh.bsky.social
FLASH SALE ONLY THIS WEEK!
Celebrate Women in Translation Month with us by buying some of the best poetry in translation by women poets and translators!
For this week only, get 21% off our entire shop by entering the code WIT2025 at checkout. Offer ends 11:59pm BST on 31 August.
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Celebrating Women in Translation for 21 Years with 21% off the PTC online bookshop!
This month weβre taking a closer look at some of the women poets we have translated and published over the past 21 years.
Get 21% off the entire PTC bookshop with code WIT2025 for this week only!
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Celebrating Women in Translation for 21 Years with 21% off the PTC online bookshop!
This month weβre taking a closer look at some of the women poets we have translated and published over the past 21 years.
Get 21% off the entire PTC bookshop with code WIT2025 for this week only!
buff.ly/vn6eVhb
Weβre hiring a Finance and Office Co-ordinator to join our team in London (hybrid), one day a week. Learn more:
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Weβre hiring a Communications Manager to join our team in London (hybrid). Learn more: untold-narratives.org/opp.../commu...
31.07.2025 14:18 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2Don't miss this fantastic event on Sudanese literature if you're in Sheffield this Wednesday!
Featuring incredible readings and discussions, including by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, author of the PTC poetry collection 'A Friend's Kitchen' (tr. Bryar Bajalan + Shook)!
Partners and friends, please share with your networks!
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 24TH AUGUST!
Get your application in now!
The Poetry Translation Centre is recruiting trustees to our board and a new Chair.
Read more on our website to find out about how you can join:
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 24TH AUGUST!
Get your application in now!
The Poetry Translation Centre is recruiting trustees to our board and a new Chair.
Read more on our website to find out about how you can join:
buff.ly/xp8Gufg
'I want to be magic kidnapped kisses: duskβs latening voluptuousness unfurls the mango branches.'
M.P. Bonde, translated from Mozambican Portuguese by Beth Hickling-Moore
Now featuring audio of two poems π
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Join us at 6.30pm, 27 Aug, in partnership with @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social Sheffield, for an evening of readings and discussion with @yassmin.bsky.social, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Salma Ali, Adil Babikir & @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social.
Book now ‡οΈ
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 24TH AUGUST!
Get your application in now!
www.poetrytranslation.org/articles-new...
Ten days left to submit!
05.08.2025 07:50 β π 14 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1Gorgeous, from our contributor and 2023 Ottaway Award winner Daniel Hahn:
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Watch the Book Launch for EYE OF THE ISLAND on YouTube now!
Take a peek at the lovely evening of poetry readings and conversation with editor Nashwa Nasreldin as Stefan Tobler and Sean O'Brien discuss the life of Corsino and the process of bringing his work into English.
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Hooray for another Together Day!
The PTC staff team came together with some of our trustees and advisory board members to talk all things strategy and future of the sector (and definitely not robot overlords).
(Psstβwe are currently looking for more trustees and a new Chair! Info: buff.ly/34tkemQ)
π The 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize is now open! π
Β£1,500 is awarded to the winning poet and Β£1,500 to the winning translator (or shared if there is more than one translator).
The Judges for this year's prize are Mona Kareem (Chair), Leo Boix, and AndrΓ© Naffis-Sahely.
Full info: buff.ly/is0luTO
'Proposition' by Corsino Fortes, from the new World Poet Series collection 'Eye of the Island'. Translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn with Sean O'Brien.
Read more Corsino Fortes here: buff.ly/yxBY3IM
Call for Applications!
Open to translators who are Black, Asian or from Ethnically Diverse backgrounds working from any language into English, especially those connected to diaspora and heritage language communities.
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We are so proud to see translators of PTC books Juana Adcock and Leo Boix shortlisted with their original poetry for the Forward Prize for Best Collection!
Congratulations! πππ
The Poetry Translation Centre is recruiting trustees to our board and a new Chair!
Read more on our website to find out about how you can join:
www.poetrytranslation.org/articles-new...
Congratulations to Leila Aboulela on winning the 2025 @englishpen.bsky.social Pinter Prize!
In celebration, we're sharing an exclusive essay she wrote for Wasafiri, where she looks back over her career β and her history with the magazine β offering advice to emerging writers.
Join us at 7pm, 10 July at Keats House for βWho gets to love the βgreat British poetsβ?β, a conversation with three contemporary poets on who is enfranchised to appreciate the British poetry canon, in partnership with Keats House.
Book now ‡οΈ
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