Two PTC books shortlisted for Derek Walcott Prize
We are delighted to announce that two Poetry Translation Centre publications have been shortlisted for the first-ever Derek Walcott Prize for poetry.
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Mistrustful Trust - Musings on Translating Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
By: Serafina Vick
As we launch our audio archive of poems by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, translator Serafina Vick writes about the process of translating Legna’s work.
How do you write lyrics under repressive authority?
By: Basma Abdel Aziz
Egyptians are witnessing unprecedented political oppression and now the lyrics of ‘Festival Songs’ have become the focus of a distracting media storm.
Interview with Tice Cin
By: Marie Michalke
Tice Cin is a poet, writer and a member of the PTC Advisory Board. She weighs in on transhumanism versus posthumanism, translating AI poetry and her first novel.
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PTC YouTube Takeover Week 6: Ella Frears
‘Getting Ready for Nothing’ is a series of hybrid makeup tutorial slash poetry criticism videos from the poet Ella Frears responding to the work Chinese poet Yu Yoyo.
PTC YouTube Takeover Week 5: Jade Cuttle
Poet Jade Cuttle’s PTC YouTube Takeover videos are in dialogue with poems from ‘the hammer and other poems’ by Brazilian poet Adelaide Ivánova.
PTC YouTube Takeover Week 4: Tice Cin
Tice Cin is a poet and interdisciplinary artist from Tottenham, North London. Week 4 of the takeover sees Cin is making work responding to the poems in My Tenantless Body by Chinese poet Yu Yoyo.
PTC YouTube Takeover Week 3: Guido García Lueches
Week three sees Guido García Lueches talking about ‘A little body are many parts’ by Cuban poet Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, and sharing his own poems about immigration.
PTC YouTube Takeover Week 2: Destiny Adeyemi
Slambassadors 2018 Winner and member of The Octavia Poetry Collective Destiny Adeyemi digs into ‘the hammer and other poems’ by the Brazilan poet Adelaide Ivánova.
PTC YouTube Takeover Week 1: Patrizia Longhitano
Brazilian/Italian poet Patrizia Longhitano responds with creativity and humour to the work of Cuban poet Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, with playful videos, animations and even a song.
Cancelled Events and the Covid-19 Outbreak
The PTC has cancelled our upcoming events due to the ongoing Covid-19 Outbreak, but we still have a lively online presence.
The PTC YouTube Takeover
Six emerging poets are taking over the Poetry Translation Centre’s YouTube page to respond to our 2019 publications. Find out more about the explosion of video coming your way.
A poet reviews Cats
By: A K Blakemore
We asked the poet AK Blakemore to review ‘Cats’ the movie based on the musical, based on the incredibly dated ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’ by TS Eliot. ★☆☆☆☆
Watch Our 2019 Round-Up Video
The PTC staff look back on the highlights from our big year in 2019 including our tours, symposium the launch of the Sarah Maguire Prize and look forward to 2020.