This special evening celebrates the launch of ‘So At One with You’, an anthology of poems translated by Poetry Translation Centre and Kayd for Somali Week Festival over the last 10 years.

A bilingual event with Somali poet Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf and her poet-translator Clare Pollard reading a selection of poems from Asha Lul’s collection ‘The Sea-Migrations’.

Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf reads alongside leading English poet Clare Pollard, who shares her English translations of Asha Lul’s poems. This bilingual reading celebrates their long-standing friendship and collaboration.

Asha Lul Mohamud and Clare Pollard have recently collaborated on a new collection of poems in English translation. Join them for an informal workshop to explore the art of writing and translating poetry.

Hear from renowned British-Somali women poets on themes of womanhood and nature, as they touch on first-hand experiences of migration and seeking refuge.

Asha reads alongside leading poet Clare Pollard, who shares her brand-new English translations of Asha’s poems. This bilingual reading celebrates the long-standing friendship and collaboration between these two poets, and marks the publication of The Sea-Migrations.

Freedom of expression is fundamental to the flourishing of creativity and literacy. Historically, both in the UK and the Somali regions, individuals and groups have battled to protect this right from the encroaching power of the state, conservative groups, and economic and political powers.

Somali culture has two lives. It lives both in the Somali language and in translation. It comes from Somali people writing in many different languages and making connections between Somali culture and the wider world. Join Somali Nuruddin Farah and poets Mahamed Mahamud Yasiin “Dheeg”, Caasha Lul Mohamad Yusuf and Elmi Ali for an evening focused on Somali Culture and Translation.

An evening in celebration of Somali women artists, writers, film-makers and academics, featuring Clare Pollard and Caasha Lul Mohamad Yusuf

Caasha Lul Mohamud Yusuf and Clare Pollard read together at the Mosaic Rooms in Earl’s Court, West London.

We celebrated International Women’s Day in style this year, with a reading by Caasha Lul Mohamud Yusuf and Clare Pollard to celebrate the publication of their beautiful new chapbook.

Caasha Lul Mohamud Yusuf reads alongside her translator Clare Pollard and the poetry of Gaarriye is read by Maxamed Xasan ‘Alto’ and W N Herbert at The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea

Leading Somali poet, Caasha Lul Mohamud Yusuf, reads alongside poet and translator, Clare Pollard, for the very first time.