The Stephen Spender Trust

Translated by David Colmer!

Why not use #CreativeTranslation to engage your students with poetry for #NationalPoetryDay?

Free resources: www.stephen-spender.org/resources/

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This International Translation Day, we're thrilled to announce two events with Anton Hur in London!

Anton will deliver a workshop and lecture on translation, Korean literature, literary prize culture, and more.

Click here for full details and registration: buff.ly/uQNOJRb

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Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

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Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - The Queen's College, Oxford The Translation Exchange launched this competition for schools in 2020. The competition is inspired by the life and work of the great translator Anthea Bell. It aims to promote language learning acros...

#MFL teachers: exciting news! The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - a free languages competition for students 11-18 studying French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish - launches again on 19/09. Register to receive teaching packs in time for EU Day of Languages! tinyurl.com/mue8r7hc

ITD 2025 English PEN - English PEN

There are still a few tickets left for our International Translation Day event next week! Book now & join us at @conwayhall.bsky.social for a 2-part conversation exploring pressing questions for the craft, business & ethics of translation. #ITD2025

Book now ⤵️
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Supporting teachers to discover Global Majority authors and diversify the texts they teach - National Association for the Teaching of English Sarah Olive and Furzeen Ahmed, from Aston University, share insights from the Diverse Literature in Schools project, which highlights the lack of Global Majority authors in the texts pupils study — an...

Sarah Olive and Furzeen Ahmed share insights from the Diverse Literature in Schools project, highlighting a lack of Global Majority authors and sharing resources for schools and parents to discover a more representative literary landscape. www.nate.org.uk/2025/09/24/s...

Creative Translation in the classroom - ⬇️👏🏽👏🏽⬇️

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Are you ready for the #EuropeanDayofLanguages on 26 Sept??

Explore our free #CreativeTranslation resources and class projects covering a range of European languages (and many more!)

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Ehlobo (‘Summer’) - Modern Poetry in Translation · Read by Stephen Walsh with isiNdebele read by Albert Nyathi   Summer-growth’s green, boundless, stretching free. Stretching my heart’s bounds. Rivers, full, fill it up too.           And sorghum, ne...

NEW ONLINE:

Ehlobo (‘Summer’) by N.S. Sigogo
Translated from isiNdebele by Stephen Walsh

modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/summer-2/

Published in the latest MPT: Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature

Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”

Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the #CreativeTranslation professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#edusky

Read the World: where to start? Use the links below to find suggested books for young people from around the world, and recommended resources at other sites and blogs. Books for ages 0-6 Books for ages 7-12 Books for ages 13-18 A…

Intrigued by #WorldKidLitMonth but not sure where to start? Our website is for you!
We've featured children’s/YA books from 180+ countries and translated from 100+ languages.
Search bar on every page, 550+ blog posts and dozens of reading lists.
Happy exploring!
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay!

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Pink graphic with the words: World Kid Lit Month Where will you travel by book? #WorldKidLitMonth

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September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books.

How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth

🎉 The 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation is now open! 🎉

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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World Kid Lit Month bingo board - can you read a title from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe and The Americas? Can you find a translated picture book, middle grade book, YA title and graphic novel or comic?

Did you know that September is #WorldKidLitMonth? The month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books!

💡 Head over to the World Kid Lit blog for book recs from over 180 countries: buff.ly/plKVZ5g

☀️ Happy travels wherever you fly by book!

Kicking off World Kid Lit Month with Betsy Bird By Jackie Friedman Mighdoll Today marks the beginning of World Kid Lit month! It’s our ninth annual celebration. This year on the blog we’ll be showcasing book reviews all month. We hop…

It's World Kid Lit Month: the annual celebration of international children's literature🎉

We kick things off with children’s librarian, author, and blogger extraordinaire Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social!

What will you be reading this month?

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Join The Poetry Society for a vibrant evening of poetry from Malaysian and Malaysian-heritage poets in the UK with readings from Nina Mingya Powles, L Kiew and Yee Heng Yeh alongside screenings of poetry films from the Peat on Earth project. Free tickets here: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/past-m...

The latest edition of @mptmagazine.bsky.social also features the winning poem from the Stephen Spender Prize 2024!

Scrúdú (Exam) by Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha translated by Ellen Corbett: www.stephen-spender.org/first-prize-...

modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/rhy...

The cover has a dark blue background with a paler blue image of low hills with flat grassland on the lower third of the page. On the right is a large white and pale-blue image of a long thin plant with five leaves and some small flowers at the top. It reaches about three-quarters of the way up the page, framing the cover. On the left is a similar sized pale blue-and-white image of bent grass, with some leaning towards the centre of the page as if blown by the wind. This image spreads onto the back page where there are also two smaller pale blue images of leaves.

the back cover, featuring contributor names to this issue. AKAGI KOBAYASHI ◆ ALAA ALQAISI ◆ ALI AKKOUR ◆ ALI ASADOLLAHI ◆ ALTON MELVAR M. DAPANAS ◆ ANNA YIN ◆ ASHU LAL ◆ BEGOÑA UGALDE ◆ BILL COYLE ◆ CINDY A. VELASQUEZ ◆ CLAUDIA MAGLIANO ◆ DALIA TAHA ◆ DRAGO YURAC ◆ ELENA SALAMANCA ◆ ELLEN CORBETT ◆ EMI MIYAOKA ◆ ERIKA MIHÁLYCSA ◆ GABRIELA RUIVO ◆ GILLES MADAN ◆ GIZELLA HERVAY ◆ HÅKAN SANDELL ◆ HILARY BIRD ◆ JEANNINE MARIE PITAS ◆ JESSE LEE KERCHEVAL ◆ KENZABURŌ ŌE ◆ LAOIGHSEACH NÍ CHOISTEALBHA ◆ MAARJA PÄRTNA ◆ MAGDA SZÉKELY ◆ MARINA TSVETAEVA ◆ MEDIAH AHMED ◆ N.S. SIGOGO ◆ OTTILIE MULZET ◆ PIEDAD BONNETT ◆ RICHARD GWYN ◆ RIFAT ABBAS ◆ RYAN GREENE ◆ SAMPURNA CHATTARJI ◆ SANWAL GURMANI ◆ SARA ELKAMEL ◆ STEPHEN CAPUS ◆ STEPHEN WALSH ◆ SUBHRO BANDOPADHAY ◆ TAUQIR REZA ◆ YAN LI ◆ ZSUZSA BENEY ◆ ZSUZSA RAKOVSZKY ◆

OUT NOW!

MPT Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature

With poems by Kenzaburō Ōe, Marina Tsvetaeva, Dalia Taha, Begoña Ugalde and many others.

Guest-edited by Jessica Sequeira

modernpoetryintranslation.com

Next week! Join Stephen Spender Prize runner-up Mike Baynham & co-translator Jiyar Homer for the launch of Dilawar Karadaghi’s My Country’s Hair Turned White

Mon 18 Aug 5pm-6:30pm at @ucl.ac.uk

Featuring bilingual readings of the poems!

Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/my-country... #poetrysky #xl8

Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”

Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#CurriculumForWales #edusky

International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality Reimagining comparative literature through the lens of decoloniality, 11-12 September 2026, St John's College, University of Oxford

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford).

A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA.

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🎭🎨 Let’s build, move, and roar! To bring Jane Newberry’s lively poem ‘Monster March’ to life in the classrooms, we’ve created a creative and interactive teaching resource packed with playful activities. Grab the free resource here:
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Introducing our new one-to-one tutor: Leo Boix! We're delighted to say that Leo Boix is joining the ranks of poet-tutors offering one-to-one feedback sessions with The Poetry Society.

The cover has a dark blue background with a paler blue image of low hills with flat grassland on the lower third of the page. On the right is a large white and pale-blue image of a long thin plant with five leaves and some small flowers at the top. It reaches about three-quarters of the way up the page, framing the cover. On the left is a similar sized pale blue-and-white image of bent grass, with some leaning towards the centre of the page as if blown by the wind. This image spreads onto the back page where there are also two smaller pale blue images of leaves.

Contributors names in white text over the predominantly dark blue background.

Cover reveal!

Delighted to share the artwork for the August 2025 issue of MPT, Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature, guest-edited by Jessica Sequeira. This issue will be posting out to subscribers at the end of this week!

Cover artwork by artwork by Estéfani Díaz Azúa

Did you know that Young Poets Network has an online poetry opportunities database? We've got over 200 opportunities and resources for young poets listed, including Competitions Writing groups Organisations Online stuff Magazines Youth Laureates Find them all on Young Poets Network: ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk

Aged 5-25 and looking for poetry magazines, competitions, or writing groups? Check out our Poetry Opportunities database on Young Poets Network: ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/poetry-opportunities/

We are delighted to announce the longlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp...
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Join us at University College London (UCL) to hear Kurdish translator Jiyar Homer and British poet Mike Baynham discuss their translation of Dilawar Karadaghi’s My Country’s Hair Turned White, published by Arc Publications. Registration is essential.

www.eventbrite.com/e/my-country...

TONIGHT! Teachers and #youngpoets, submit your entries to the Stephen Spender Prize by midnight (BST).
It's not too late!! Enter now: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen...

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