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  1. 30/06/2010

    Our Third Mexican Podcast is Now Available

    We recorded three new podcasts during our recent Mexican Poets' Tour. The third, featuring Coral Bracho reading alongside her translator, Katherine Pierpoint, is now available.

  2. 28/06/2010

    Two Leading African Poets Visit the UK

    Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi from Sudan and Corsino Fortes from Cape Verde return to the UK for the first time since our 2008 World Poets' Tour.

  3. 07/05/2010

    Mexican Poets' Tour 2010

    Our recent Mexican Poets' Tour brought Coral Bracho, David Huerta and Victor Teran to the UK for a series of dynamic and exciting readings and events.

  4. 05/04/2010

    New Podcast by Farzaneh Khojandi from Tajikistan

    Farzaneh Khojandi's readings had a remarkable impact on audiences during our World Poets' Tour in 2008. You can now listen to a podcast of Farzaneh reading her poems alongside British poet, Jo Shapcott, reading Farzaneh's translations.

  5. 15/03/2010

    New Podcast featuring Corsino Fortes from Cape Verde

    The latest in our series of podcasts features the poems and translations of Corsino Fortes from Cape Verde. Corsino reads in Portuguese alongside his co-translator, Sean O'Brien.

  6. 04/02/2010

    Mohan Rana at The Whitechapel Gallery with Bernard O'Donoghue

    At this special event, the Indian poet, Mohan Rana read his poems alongside his co-translator, Bernard O'Donoghue. Our first 'live' podcast, a recording of the Whitechapel event, is now available.

  7. 01/02/2010

    Urdu Poetry Podcast

    Our podcast featuring the poetry of Noshi Gillani from Pakistan, read by Lavinia Greenlaw and Kamila Shamsie, is now available to download.

  8. 11/01/2010

    Somali Poetry Podcast

    Our podcast featuring Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaarriye' and his co-translator W N Herbert is now available to download.

  9. 14/12/2009

    Kajal Ahmad Podcast

    Our podcast featuring the poems of Kajal Ahmad from Kurdistan is now available to download.

  10. 30/11/2009

    Podcast featuring Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi from Sudan

    The PTC's first podcast, featuring the poems of Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi from Sudan who writes in Arabic, is now available to download.

  11. 07/10/2009

    The PTC Is Now on Facebook

    The PTC has just launched its new fan page on Facebook. Please visit us and and sign up as a fan.

  12. 21/09/2009

    Welcome to Our Beautiful New Website!

    Welcome! You are one of the first visitors to our beautiful new website. We're not planning on announcing the site for a few weeks, so please take a look around and do and let us know what you think.

  13. 08/08/2009

    'The Real War Poets': PTC Poets Featured in The Times

    In Erica Wagner's article,'The Real War Poets' published in The Times, she introduced 'a remarkable collection [of poems] from the front line' by 'the poets for whom war is daily life'.

  14. 27/04/2009

    Collaboration with English PEN: New Poetry in Arabic from Gaza

    English PEN invited the PTC to translate the poetry of writers from Gaza. We translated the poem 'Seeds in Flight' by Khaled Abdallah and four poems by by Fatena Al-Gharra.

  15. 13/10/2008

    The PTC Publishes Ten Dual-Language Chapbooks

    To coincide with the 2008 World Poets' Tour we published a boxed set of ten dual-language chapbooks introducing the international poets who took part in our tours in 2005 and 2008.

  16. 31/03/2008

    We're Now a Registered Charity

    We're delighted to announce that The Poetry Translation Centre is now a Registered Charity.

  17. 01/02/2008

    Arts Council Funding

    Arts Council, London announced today that the PTC's regular funding is secure for the next three years.

  18. 28/01/2008

    Launch of Our New Website

    To celebrate our relaunch as an independent organisation, the PTC is delighted to welcome you to our brand-new website. Here you can find all our translations, plus lots of new photos, recordings and videos.

  19. 16/09/2004

    Michael Donaghy 1954-2004

    Michael was an enthusiastic supporter of the PTC. His sudden death in September 2004 came as a terrible shock to everyone who knew him.

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