The Poetry Translation Centre is recruiting for a part-time Communications Officer to run our day-to-day social media outreach and communications to support our ongoing programme of events, workshops, publications, prizes, and fundraising initiatives. The Communications Officer will also build the PTC’s social media presence, drawing on our archive of translated poetry, pictures, video, and audio […]
The Poetry Translation Centre is delighted to welcome seven new members to our Advisory Board! The PTC Advisory Board are a group of volunteers who meet regularly to help shape and strengthen the organisation by sharing their expertise and passion for translated poetry with the staff team. We grew the Advisory Board after our recent […]
The Poetry Translation Centre is thrilled to announce our updated board of trustees! Following a recruitment drive in August, we are pleased to welcome our new co-chairs, Mónica Ibarra Parle and Cecilia Rossi. Our fantastic existing trustees, Jorge Llorens, Bohdan Piasecki, Janet Remmington and Tatevik Sargsyan will be joined by Matthew Beavers, Supriyo Chaudhuri, Will […]
The Poetry Translation Centre invites international publishers to submit entries for the fourth biennial Sarah Maguire Prize, celebrating the best poetry book translated into English by a living poet from beyond Europe. Submissions open on 10 July 2025 and close on 31 December 2025. The shortlist will be announced by April 2026, with the winner […]
Closing date: 24 August 2025 The Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) is seeking to appoint up to five new trustees to its board, including a new Chair. This is an exciting opportunity to help guide a unique arts organisation as it looks to the future following the success of its 20th Anniversary Programme in 2024. […]
The Poetry Translation Centre is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new logo and website, designed by Tim Jukes. We are so thrilled to share our new logo and website with the world! As part of our 20th birthday celebrations this year, we reflected on the past 20 years of the PTC and decided it […]
The winner of the 2024 Sarah Maguire Prize for poetry in translation is On the Contrary by Lia Sturua, translated by Natalia Bukia-Peters and Victoria Field, published by Fal and supported by Writers’ House Georgia. Ian McMillan, Chair of Judges, said: ‘This book encapsulated what this award is about. It encompasses all the vibrancy that poetry has […]
The Poetry Translation Centre is so pleased to announce the appointment of Nariman Youssef as Director and Nashwa Nasreldin as Editor!