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We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist! ✨𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙕𝙤𝙤 by Aaron Coleman (Aaron Coleman, PhD, MFA), translated from the Spanish written by Nicolás Guillén (UChicagoPress) ✨𝙆𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 by Brian Henry, translated from

In addition to our language-specific literary translation workshops, we have an exciting programme featuring events such as pitching sessions with publishers, poetry workshops and discussions on the future of the translation industry in the face of AI.

Delighted to be on such a rich and distinguished longlist bsky: seagull.io

SAVE THE DATE! We're delighted to announce that Oxford Translation Day 2025 will be held on Saturday June 14th! The programme to be released later this month!

Bristol Translates 2025 will not only run intensive workshops, but also enlightening talks on crucial topics. On Tuesday 8th July, we will be hosting a session on 'making a living as a translator' - a key question for all aspiring and working translators. Applications still open!

Will be in Cambridge reading poems with MacGillivray Fri 30th May, 5.45pm at Emmanuel College. 'Poetry from page to Screen' Free but here is the link to sign up! eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-from-…

Excited to be sharing a stage with such extraordinary poets

For all #Catalan learners, speakers, translators and enthusiasts: the deadline for a bursary place on our intensive language workshop, led by translator Peter Bush, is tomorrow. Visit our website by searching 'Bristol Translates Summer School'. Applications still open!

“After many years of uninterrupted practice, I can confidently say that writing poems is probably first and foremost an exercise in radical self-exploration. It opposes any kind of generalization. It undermines the historical novel, since history after all always advances

Psyche Running by Durs Grünbein | Book review | Ian Cooper the-tls.co.uk/literature-by-…

'In Karen Leeder, he has found his definitive English voice' Psyche Running by Durs Grünbein | Book review | Ian Cooper the-tls.co.uk/literature-by-…

In a very rare visit to the UK, acclaimed Russian poet Maria Stepanova will be giving an Ilchester Lecture at the Taylorian Institute Main Hall, Oxford University on Thurs 22 May, 5pm. "On being wrong: a place for poetry in times of darkness" Register: tinyurl.com/3utxfkes

Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein interviewed by Griffin Trustee Sarah Howe youtu.be/3-lIfyhW8fM?si… via YouTube Thanks you to the brilliant Sarah Howe for Griffin Poetry Prize

#WhyLearnGerman? To go & spend time in Germany! Plans for a UK-EU 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲, announced today, will make it easier for young people from 🇬🇧 to work, study, au-pair, volunteer or travel in 🇩🇪 Renewed access to Erasmus+ will also be negotiated.

Today in The House Of Lords, the amendment tabled by Baroness Kidron was passed with 287 votes in favour, 118 votes opposed. It would compel AI companies to make their models transparent so creators could see for themselves if their works had been used to train AI models. 🧵

Don't miss the OCCT Translation Day on 14 June. So many wonderful events taking place, including a creative workshop with English DPhil student Alyssa Ollivier-Tabukashvili, a panel event featuring Dr Minna Jeffery on Starting Out in Translation Studies & much more!

This is rather fun from Lithub! lithub.com/meet-the-2025-…

‘What remains / are the poems, the songs / that mortality sings’: Griffin Poetry Prize winning poems scroll.in/article/108321… via Scroll.in

🏆 German poet Durs Grünbein & British #translator Karen Leeder win $130K Griffin Poetry Prize, the world's largest prize for a single book of poetry written in or #translated into English cbc.ca/books/german-p… via CBC

"I tackle writer’s block with my eyes closed. When it comes, it comes. I think of my beloved and crawl back to my notebooks, filled with loose ideas. Sometimes it helps. These notebooks form what I call my Book of Weaknesses." For this #WritingTipWednesday, we asked 2025 Griffin