Sarah Maguire

Somali Week Festival 2011 Women's Evening

Wednesday 26th October 2011

A special celebration of the vital role played by Somali women, especially poets and artists, in promoting peace and development with poet Saado Cabdi Amarre and Sarah Maguire
Somali Week Festival 2011 Launch

Saturday 22nd October 2011

The Somali Week Festival 2011 will be launched with a spectacular series of readings by visiting poets Jaamac Kadiye Cilmi, Saado Cabdi Amarre and Axmed Shiikh Jaamac.
Revealing Hidden Voices

Friday 8th July 2011

The South Bank Centre, in association with English PEN and the Poetry Translation Centre, presents a selection of poets and musicians from both refugee and international backgrounds.
Afghan Literary Cafe

Thursday 31st March 2011

An Afghan Literary Cafe in partnership with Free Word and the Dutch Foundation for Literature.
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire at Cardiff Cental Library

Saturday 31st July 2010

Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi reads alongside his translator, Sarah Maguire, at Cardiff Central Library.
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at the Petrie Museum, London

Thursday 29th July 2010

Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi read alongside his translator Sarah Maguire at the Petrie Museum, London.
Corsino Fortes and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi at the Whitechapel Gallery, London

Thursday 15th July 2010

Corsino Fortes and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi read at the Whitechapel Gallery with their translators Sean O'Brien and Sarah Maguire.
Corsino Fortes and Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi with Sarah Maguire at the Ledbury Poetry Festival

Saturday 10th July 2010

Corsino Fortes, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival.
Translation Workshop with Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi

Wednesday 7th July 2010

The Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi joins us for a special workshop for translators.
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Gaarriye and the poems of Kajal Ahmad, Farzaneh Khojandi and Noshi Gillani

Saturday 1st November 2008

The last time most of us were together for the 2008 tour was when we visited Lancaster LitFest for three readings celebrating five of our international poets.
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and the poems of Kajal Ahmad with Choman Hardi and Sarah Maguire

Thursday 30th October 2008

Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi read his poems in Arabic, with Choman Hardi reading Kajal Ahmad's poems in Kurdish and Sarah Maguire reading the translations.
The World Poets' Tour at Dove Cottage: Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Sarah Maguire and Sabry Hafez

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
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi plus a talk on Wordsworth and Arabic Poetry at SOAS

Tuesday 21st October 2008

A talk by Professor Sabry Hafez on Wordsworth in Arabic translation, followed by a reading by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Sarah Maguire.
Gala Readings: Poetry in Seven Languages at the British Library

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.
Poetry in Translation - W. N. Herbert and Sarah Maguire at the Bristol Poetry Festival

Sunday 7th September 2008

To kick of our 2008 World Poets' Tour, W N Herbert and Sarah Maguire appeared at the Bristol Poetry Festival on to talk about their experiences of translating the works of Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye'.
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi Autumn Tour 2006

Friday 27th October 2006

Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi came back to the UK for a short tour in autumn 2006.
World Poets' Tour 2005, London: Men's Night

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.
Pedro Serrano Visits The PTC

Wednesday 16th March 2005

On Wednesday 16th March, the Poetry Translation Centre hosted an evening with the distinguished Mexican poet, critic and translator, Pedro Serrano.
Poetry Translation Centre Launch

Tuesday 1st June 2004

Our launch reading and was an unique and unprecedented celebration of international poetry in the Khalili Lecture Theatre at SOAS.

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