Birmingham to Ukraine

Monday 31 July 2017 | by Kurly McGeachie

Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Kurly McGeachie shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.

Three Kyiv Poems

Monday 31 July 2017 | by Jonathan Davidson

Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Jonathan Davidson shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.

Inside the Cathedral of Assumption

Monday 31 July 2017 | by Kit de Waal

Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Kit de Waal shares her creative response to the city of Kyiv.

Kyiv

Monday 31 July 2017 | by Jonathan Coe

Six West Midlands writers visited Ukraine earlier this year. Jonathan Coe shares his creative response to the city of Kyiv.

Journeys in Translation

Wednesday 19 July 2017 | by Emma Lee and Ambrose Musiyiwa

How does poetry travel across borders and languages? Ambrose Musiyiwa and Emma Lee, two poets from Leicester who are coordinating a multi-lingual poetry project called Journeys in Translations, discuss their inspirations and explain how you too can get involved.

Hay Festival Wales 2017 Podcast: Indian and Welsh authors explore the meaning of place

Monday 17 July 2017 | by Daisy Leitch

Welsh and Indian authors reflect on the theme of place in their writing at this podcast recorded at the Hay Festival Wales 2017. The poets took part in the Hay Mela: a series of events at Hay Festival that were part of the UK India Year of Culture 2017.

Hay Festival Wales 2017 Podcast: celebrating 30 years of the Hay festival with 30 reformations by writers

Monday 17 July 2017 | by Daisy Leitch

30 Reformations – 500 years after Martin Luther sparked a theological revolution with his 95 Theses, Hay Festival invited a series of world leading writers and thinkers to imagine a different world in conversations, lectures and essays. We spoke to 3 of the authors and asked what would you reform?

Hay Festival Wales 2017 Podcast: the importance of story telling and translation for young people

Monday 17 July 2017 | by Daisy Leitch

In this podcast, recorded at the Hay Festival 2017, we look at the importance of literature and books for young people: and we ask what is the value for younger readers of literature in translation and why is it important to discover stories from other countries?

Shubbak Festival at the British Library

Wednesday 12 July 2017

Shubbak Festival presents two days of unmissable Arab literature at the British Library, 15-16 July, including panel discussions, readings, interviews and workshops, with leading Arabic-language novelists, poets, short story writers, children’s writers and comic artists.

Remembering Denys Johnson Davies (1922-2017)

Monday 10 July 2017 | by Cathy Costain

Denys Johnson Davies (1922-2017) was an acclaimed and hugely influential Arabic literary translator. Cathy Costain, Head of Arts at the British Council Egypt, reflects on an extraordinary life.