By: Sarah Maguire,
If we could read the poets that move huge audiences elsewhere in the world, would it wake up our own? On the Guardian’s blog Sarah Maguire prescribes a course of translation to restore the vitality of British verse.
By: W N Herbert,
Could there be an audience in Bristol eager to hear poetry from Somaliland and Sudan on a Sunday afternoon?
W.N. Herbert is delighted to find there was.
Read the blog for his account of the World Poets’ Tour event at the Bristol Poetry Festival.
By: Sarah Maguire,
‘Translating poetry is the opposite of war’. In the keynote speech at the StAnza Poetry Festival in 2008 Sarah, Maguire, The Artistic Director of The PTC, argues for the importance of translated poetry in times of conflict.
By: James Byrne
Gaarriye was interviewed by James Byrne for The Wolf, just before his return to Somaliland following his participation in the 2005 World Poets’ Tour.
By: James Byrne
In an interview given to The Wolf, David Harsent discussed co-translating Somali poet, Gaarriye. A full version on the interview was published in The Wolf, no.11.
By: Susannah Tarbush
Susannah Tarbush reported on our World Poets’ Tour Men’s Night reading at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, on 13th October, 2005. The article was published in The Saudi Gazette.
By: Kevin Rushby
Kevin Rushby wrote this article for The Guardian after meeting the WPT poets from Sudan, Afghanistan and Somaliland.
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