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Lagos-London Poetry Competition: Deadline to Submit

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Are you a young poet aged 16-26? Are you Nigerian or do you have Nigerian heritage? Do you have an interest in exploring additional languages in your poetry? The Poetry Translation Centre (UK) and Book Buzz Foundation (Nigeria) are looking for poets in London and Lagos to take part in …

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Annual Poetry Bursary: League of Canadian Poets

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The League of Canadian Poets is very excited to announce a new annual bursary that will support poetry scholars in Canada. This special bursary will provide $2000 in support for one year of education that has a focus on poetry at the undergraduate, graduate, or doctorate level. Deadline is September 5, 2022 at 11:59pm …

Shop Talk: Translation Matters

Department of Literatures in English Lounge, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall 232 Feeney Way, Ithaca, NY

Please join us for a discussion on the importance of translation with Haruki Lee, Valznhyna Mort, and Edmundo Paz-Soldon. Haruki Lee was born in Japan in 1963.  He is an EFL teacher at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, and has an MA in English.  He has been teaching English as a Foreign …

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Worldwide Reading of Ukrainian Literature

The international literature festival berlin , in cooperation with the Frankfurt Book Fair, PEN Berlin, and the German PEN Centre, calls on cinemas, schools, universities, media, cultural institutions and individuals to participate in a worldwide reading of Ukrainian literature on September 7, 2022. To mark the war in Ukraine and its devastating effects, we …

BBC Contains Strong Language Festival

Birmingham

BBC Arts’ annual poetry and spoken word festival of new work is in Birmingham this September, as the city celebrates hosting the Commonwealth Games. Award-winning reggae poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson joins top writers and speakers as part of the four-day showcase taking place all around the city and on the …

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