Tayiba is a writer and translator from Manchester. She graduated with a degree in English and Modern Languages in 2023, and completed an Emerging Translators Mentorship with Jamie Lee Searle in 2024. She currently works for New Books in German. Her recent translations from German include poetry by Swiss-Croatian writer Dragica Rajčić Holzner and a verse script for the 2024 Droste Festival at the Centre for Literature, Burg Hülshoff. She also writes poetry and prose; her work has recently appeared in Prospect Magazine, Briefly Write and on The Poetry Business’ blog. Her poem ‘Reading’ won the Eugene Lee-Hamilton Prize in 2021. She is a member of The Writing Squad and is currently working on a project responding to three major archival collections in Manchester: the North West Film Archive, Manchester Metropolitan University’s Special Collection, and the Manchester Poetry Library.
