Translator Delaina Haslam reflects on translating ‘More Rich Taints Yer’ by Mamoudou Lamine Kane with Clare Pollard at a PTC Workshop and seeing a new poem from in front of her eyes.

We took Karin Karakasli, Sarah Howe, Bejan Matur and Jen Hadfield, and of course, our wonderful bridge translator Canan Marasligil, to meet warm and enthusiastic audiences across England.

In the run up to our 2017 Summer Tour we dug up the pink paper programme for the Poetry Translation Centre’s very first event from 13 years ago: ‘An Evening of International Poetry’ at SOAS.

Canan Marasligil talks about being a bridge translator for Karin Karakaşlı and Bejan Matur, the poets on the PTC 2017 Summer Tour, translating feelings, context and politics a well as words.

Uten Mahamid is a highly visual writer, and it’s no surprise, given that he is also an artist. He has said that in his poetry, as well as his artwork, he likes to create images that tell stories.

Our new season of Poetry Translation Workshops starts in April. Get a Season Pass and translate new poetry from China, Brazil, Mauritania, Cuba and Georgia with award-winning poet Clare Pollard

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‘Curiosity and a little chutzpah got me through the door.’ Workshop stalwart Micha Meyers writes about what it’s like to translate with the PTC.

Legna’s poetry is addictive and it was wonderful to be able to do a workshop with the Poetry Translation Centre on two poems from her most recent collection, Miami Century Fox.