Featured Events

  1. Coral Bracho, David Huerta and Victor Teran at the Cervantes Institute, London

    Mexican Poets' Tour 2010, Thursday 15th April 2010

    Coral Bracho, David Huerta and Víctor Terán read alongside their poet-translators Katherine Pierpoint, Jamie McKendrick and David Shook.

  2. Mohan Rana and Bernard O'Donoghue at The Whitechapel Gallery

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    Thursday 4th February 2010

    An enthusiastic audience heard Indian poet, Mohan Rana, read his poems in Hindi alongside newly commissioned translations by Bernard O'Donoghue.

  3. The World Poets' Tour at Dove Cottage: Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Sarah Maguire and Sabry Hafez

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    World Poets' Tour 2008, Saturday 25th October 2008

    A talk by Sabry Hafez on Wordsworth in Arabic translation was followed by a reading by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire

  4. Gala Readings: Poetry in Seven Languages at the British Library

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    World Poets' Tour 2008, Saturday 18th October 2008

    The Gala Reading at the British Library was an unprecdented literary event featuring the poems of six international poets read in translation by six leading British poets.

  5. Gaarriye and W N Herbert at the Bluecoat Centre in Liverpool

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    World Poets' Tour 2008, Tuesday 14th October 2008

    Readings by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' and W.N.Herbert

  6. Reception at the House of Lords

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    World Poets' Tour 2008, Thursday 9th October 2008

    Lord Victor Adebowale hosted a reception to celebrate the World Poets' Tour at the House of Lords.

  7. World Poets' Tour 2008 Launch Party

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    World Poets' Tour 2008, Monday 6th October 2008

    We launched our World Poets' Tour with a fabulous party at the October Gallery in London.

  8. World Poets' Tour 2005, London: Men's Night

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    World Poets' Tour 2005, Thursday 13th October 2005

    Gaarriye, Partaw Naderi and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, gave a reading of their poetry at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS as part of the WPT.

  9. World Poets' Tour 2005, London: Women's Night

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    World Poets' Tour 2005, Wednesday 12th October 2005

    Poets Toeti Heraty, Gagan Gill and Coral Bracho read their poetry for the WPT Women's Night at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS.

  10. World Poets' Tour 2005 Launch Party

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    World Poets' Tour 2005, Tuesday 4th October 2005

    The PTC's World Poets' Tour was launched with a brilliant party at The October Gallery.

  11. International Poets Meet for the First Time

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    World Poets' Tour 2005, Sunday 2nd October 2005

    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Partaw Naderi and Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' met for the first time at the start of the PTC's first World Poets' Tour in 2005

The Poetry Translation Centre's LIVE events are unique: highly-regarded international poets read their beautifully translated poems in the company of some of the UK's most distinguished poets. On these pages you can find information about our events, together with photos, recordings and videos.

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