Conversations with Writers

Conversations with Writers presents interviews with writers, publishers and literary activists | Est. 2006 | E: [email protected]

[Forced Migration and The Arts @refugee_arts]

👥 Call for Submissions: The Africa/n Migration Report: An Anthology of Poems
🗓️ Deadline: 12 noon, Saturday, 25 May 2024, Africa Day
🎟️ For full submission guidelines, see: https://t.co/IuQmelyq1P
#CallforSubmissions #Poetry #Africa #Migration #AfricaMigrationReport #Anthology

[Forced Migration and The Arts @refugee_arts]

👥The Poetry of Forced Migration - Malka al-Haddad @OtherSideLitMag and Loraine Masiya Mponela @lorainemponela: In Conversation
🎟️ To attend, register here: https://t.co/9AbrNuhaAO
🗓️ Thursday, 28 March 2024, Online, 6-7.30pm UK Time

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“In a way, initiatives like this are really demonstrations of applied poetics, applied translation studies and applied theory,”—Flair Donglai Shi @ShiFlair https://t.co/0NbQgTsekt @WritersWith

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“Putting people in touch with each other through poetry is the sort of activity which brings fulfilment and a sense of worth to people’s lives and souls.”—Marilyn Ricci @WritersWith https://t.co/F9So6ho2Du

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“I was on holiday [...] Stories about people losing whole families began to filter through and I centred the poem [Yalla] on one person who was in transit and had lost all but one of their family.”—Trevor Wright (@raggedlycrad) @WritersWith https://t.co/XeOgiEQrt0

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“[...] the translation of the poems [from Over Land, Over Sea] into many languages also make the poems accessible to a widespread audience and might be a valuable part of bringing the refugee experience closer to a larger number of people.”—Ursula Kapferer https://t.co/Uzbh2cLAsj

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“Journeys in Translation is exciting and dynamic as both a political and an artistic endeavour [...] The project has great value in its reach, artistry, innovation and activism.”—Lydia Towsey (@secretagent) @WritersWith https://t.co/U19EoMTjwF

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“Myths, archetypes and metaphors are symbolic ways of conveying deeper truths about ourselves and the world around us.”—Antonella Delmestri https://t.co/TejvWlLiMb @WritersWith

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“I felt some of the poems literally singing to me, I could see the rhythm of escaping behind them, this sense of people caught in midair. I don’t know what else can touch us anymore, but poetry”—Irena Ioannou (@IrenaIoannou) https://t.co/QyJNfMHscD (pub @WritersWith, 14 Apr 2017)

[Journeys in Translation @JourneysinTran1]

“I think if you can make people understand and know about the refugee experience, then tolerance and compassion (both greatly needed in today’s world) will be fostered and enhanced.”—Laura Chalar https://t.co/wRstKD5R8L (pub. Conversations with Writers, 8 March 2017)

[Conversations with Writers @WritersWith]

Call for Submissions. #WelcomeToBritain. Deadline: Thurs, 8 Sept. 2022

[CivicLeicester @CivicLeicester]

📢 @CivicLeicester is inviting poems and short fiction on the theme, #WelcomeToBritain

🚦 For details, see https://t.co/BWN1JB14mB

⏰ Deadline: 2pm, Thursday, 8 September 2022

#CallForSubmissions #Poetry #ShortFiction