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.

Saturday 18 October 2008

4:45 pm

The British Library

*Past Event*

£5/3, or £10/6

The high point of the World Poets’ Tour was when we showcased the work of all our poets and translators at the British Library in London in a unique event featuring poetry in seven languages: Arabic, Kurdish, Portuguese, Somali, Tajik (Persian), Urdu and English.

You can see videos of all the readings: Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi with Sarah Maguire, Corsino Fortes with Sean O’Brien, Farzaneh Khojandi with Jo Shapcott and Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’ with WN Herbert.

Our indefatigable tour manager, Julia Bird, wrote a blog about the event.

Sadly, Kajal Ahmad and Noshi Gillani were unable to travel to the UK to take part in the tour. Kajal’s poems were read by Mina Swara with Mimi Khalvati and Noshi’s poems were read by Nukhbah Langah with Lavinia Greenlaw.

There is wheelchair access and an induction loop.

The British Library 96, Euston Road
NW1 2DB

01937 546 546