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New Issue of PW out now…


New Issue of PW out now…

The new Spring Poetry Wales issue (43/4) gives readers a chance to read Robert´s final editorial and back page, featuring a shirt, a thrush and the distant sound of cello strings. This issue is also be a tribute to translation, with articles by Elin ap Hywel, Elzbieta Wójcik-Leese and translators at Ty Newydd, as well as a wealth of poetry in and about translation, from as far afield as India, Afghanistan, Sweden, Poland and Germany, alongside homegrown contributions from Christopher Meredith, Sheenagh Pugh,Dannie Abse and Mike Jenkins.

As well as a wide-ranging reviews section, there is also a lively interview with Meic Stephens, editor of the new Library of Wales Poetry 1900 - 2000, with the anthology also reviewed by Ian Gregson.


The Spring issue will be launched at the following events:

Venice on Saturday, April 19, 2008. The edition features the  Mobydick Italian / English anthology of Welsh poets, Impronte,
translated by Giorgia Sensi, with a preface by Patrick McGuinness.

‘The Ethics of Translation’: a special conference at the University of East Anglia, sponsored by the British Council for Literary Translation and Literature Across Frontiers. 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm and from 7pm, Monday, April 21, 2008.

The Wheatsheaf, 8pm, Tuesday, April 22, 25 Rathbone Place, London. Multilingual open-mic. (Tube: Tottenham Court Rd.)

The Scottish Poetry Library, Crichton’s Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DT. 7.30 pm, Thursday, April 24, 2008

07 Apr 2008