The Poetry Translation Centre has translated, shared and celebrated international poets for over a decade. Our work introduces new poems and poets to English readers, expands the English poetic tradition, and opens windows onto the many cultures that live side by side in the UK.
Thank you for visiting our website. If you have read and loved a poem here please consider supporting us with your time, money or goodwill – or simply by staying in touch. There are lots of ways you can help!
You can support the PTC when you shop for anything at all online, from holidays to children's toys. Simply sign up to Amazon Smile and Easy Fundraising and the companies you shop with will send small donations to the PTC, helping us to bring you more poetry, events and workshops.
You can make money for the PTC across hundreds of websites using Easyfundraising. Simply click the link below, search for The Poetry Translation Centre and hit the big pink Support This Cause button.
To sign up for Amazon Smile follow the link below and search for The Poetry Translation Centre when they ask you what charity you want to support. Then use the Amazon Smile portal while you shop!
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Our workshops are the driving force behind our work. Join like-minded poetry enthusiasts and help us to make new poems in English.
Come along to hear our poems read live and meet our poets and translators.
There are dozens of chapbooks and books to choose from and your money will go directly towards supporting our work.
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The Poetry Translation Centre works with leading poets and translators to share poetry from around the world with people across the UK. If you have read and enjoyed one of our poems please support us by making a donation today.