-Poetry in Bratislava
18th September, 2010
Six poets – Nurduran Duman (Turkey), Giorgos Chantzis (Greece), Elena Hidvéghyova,Yung (Slovakia), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia), Tom Pow (Scotland), Richard Gwyn(Wales) – are gathering in Slovakia with facilitator Robyn Marsack from the Scottish Poetry Library to translate each others poems, discuss what makes a poem a poem, and enjoy the hospitable calm of Bratislava.
The workshop, hosted by the Literature Information Center, will conclude with a multilingual reading at Panta Rhei on Friday 18th.
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.