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The Old Red Tongue – a new anthology of Welsh literature published

20 June 2017

The Old Red Tongue a anthology of over 300 texts – poems, plays, memoirs, essays, extracts from…

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Winner of Translation Challenge 2017 announced at Hay Festival

06 June 2017

Dr Şebnem Susam-Saraeva, Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies at the University of Edinburgh, was…

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Hay Festival 2017

30 May 2017

Wales Literature Exchange are heading to the Hay Festival for a number of events translating Wales,…

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Awarding the Winner of Translation Challenge 2017

26 May 2017

The English language winner of the Translation Challenge this year will be announced at an event…

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Translation Challenge 2017

12 May 2017

The deadline for the 2017 Wales PEN Cymru and Wales Literature Exchange Translation Challenge has…

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Polish translation of Un Nos Ola Leuad by Caradog Prichard published

03 May 2017

Marta Listewnik’s Polish translation of Un Nos Ola Leuad (One Moonlight Night) by Caradog Prichard…

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Wales International Poetry Festival

26 April 2017

The Wales International Poetry Festival returns for a fifth time in 2017, with a series of…

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Wales International Poetry Festival

04 April 2017

The fifth edition of the Wales International Poetry Festival was programmed by Alexandra Büchler,…

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Alys Conran shortlisted for Dylan Thomas International Prize

29 March 2017

Writer and poet Alys Conran has been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas International Prize for her…

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Llŷr Gwyn Lewis selected to Ten New Voices

17 March 2017

Welsh writer and poet Llŷr Gwyn Lewis, has been selected as on of the Ten New Voices for 2017,…

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New Voices from Europe 2017

15 March 2017

Who are the most interesting writers working in Europe today? Ten of the most exciting emerging…

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Poetry Connections

07 March 2017

Eight poets jam together in four languages. Leading lights from Latvia's invigorating poetry scene…

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Kurdish writer to translate Mabinogi

06 March 2017

A Kurdish poet and translator is at Aberystwyth this week (6-10 March 2017) where he is translating…

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Translation Challenge 2017

07 February 2017

The 2017 Wales PEN Cymru and Wales Literature Exchange Translation Challenge is to translate a poem…

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Pontydd Cyfieithu: Translations Connect Nations

31 January 2017

On the 19th of January, a conference on translation in literature and the humanities was held at…

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Riga by Alys Conran

13 December 2016

In September, poets Alys Conran and Rhys Trimble participated in an International Translation…

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Voices from the Margins: V. Ramaswamy lecture

29 November 2016

Institute of Arts and Humanities | Research Centre for Cultural TranslationWednesday 7 December…

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Pontydd Cyfieithu: Translation in Literature and the Humanities

22 November 2016

A conference held through the medium of Welsh on translation in literature and the humanites will…

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Bydd Dydd Y Bydd Mawr Y Rhai Bychan

08 November 2016

At the end of September, the poet Meirion Macintyre Hughes was invited to the Multiple Versionen…

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Wales on the World Stage: Adapting and Translating in Welsh language Theatre

08 November 2016

A one day conference on adapting and translating in Welsh language Theatr will be held on Saturday,…

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Wild Animals Prohibited: Exploring India and Europe through literature, language and politics

25 October 2016

Ned Thomas will be in converstaion with V Ramaswamy at the Morlan Centre, Aberystwyth, on Monday, 7…

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2016

21 October 2016

Wales Literature Exchange are in Germany this week, for the biggest gathering in the publishing…

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Bydoedd published in Bangla translation

13 September 2016

Bydoedd (Worlds), a memoir by Ned Thomas has been published in Bangla translation. Ned Thomas is…

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International Translation Day 2016

13 September 2016

Friday 30 September 2016, 9.00am – 5.30pm British Library, NW1 2DB International Translation Day is…

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Welsh poets visit Latvia

23 August 2016

In September, the capital of Latvia, Riga, will see the arrival of two Welsh poets, there to take…

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Blog post by Sampurna Chattarji

16 August 2016

2014 was the year of Dylan Thomas, and to mark a century since the birth of the Welsh poet The…

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Welsh Language Translation Challenge Winner Announced

09 August 2016

At an award ceremony held on Thursday, the 4th of August, at the National Eisteddfod in…

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