'Undiscovered gem of a poet' Alicia Fernandez to guest at Sale Write Out Loud tonight
The history of Western poetry is the history of poetry in translation. So says Alex Bellos in his book Is That a Fish in Your Ear? – the amazing adventure of translation (2011, Penguin). He does so as a riposte to the oft-mooted notion that poetry is what gets lost in translation. The truth for many is that attempts at translation bring greater understanding of one’s own work, and a fresh take o...
15th January 2019
September is National Translation Month!
National Translation Month (NTM) is a fantastic celebration of literary translations throughout the month of September.
The aim is to encourage readers worldwide to celebrate literary works in translation from a variety of international authors, both past, and present, through an eclectic selecti...
17th September 2018
Mad experiment on Write Out Loud – translating poems online!
Look, here's an idea: let’s translate our poems so we can share them with the world, and the world can share theirs with us. Simple. I mean, look at our gig guide. Thousands of people reading their...
31st May 2013
