Sarah Olive and Furzeen Ahmed share insights from the Diverse Literature in Schools project, highlighting a lack of Global Majority authors and sharing resources for schools and parents to discover a more representative literary landscape. www.nate.org.uk/2025/09/24/s...

Creative Translation in the classroom - ⬇️👏🏽👏🏽⬇️

Are you ready for the #EuropeanDayofLanguages on 26 Sept?? Explore our free #CreativeTranslation resources and class projects covering a range of European languages (and many more!) www.stephen-spender.org/resources/ #edusky #edl2025 #EDLangs

NEW ONLINE: Ehlobo (‘Summer’) by N.S. Sigogo Translated from isiNdebele by Stephen Walsh modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/summer-2/ Published in the latest MPT: Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature

Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government! Register interest in the #CreativeTranslation professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f... #edusky

Intrigued by #WorldKidLitMonth but not sure where to start? Our website is for you! We've featured children’s/YA books from 180+ countries and translated from 100+ languages. Search bar on every page, 550+ blog posts and dozens of reading lists. Happy exploring! worldkidlit.org/read-the-wor...

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay! @carcanet.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social

September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books. How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth

🎉 The 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation is now open! 🎉 Chair of Judges Mona Kareem says: "This special prize has introduced us to poets from across the globe, whose poems evoke and inspire and agitate, and for that I am excited to read the work of every entrant!" buff.ly/kbb7re9

Did you know that September is #WorldKidLitMonth? The month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books! 💡 Head over to the World Kid Lit blog for book recs from over 180 countries: buff.ly/plKVZ5g ☀️ Happy travels wherever you fly by book!

It's World Kid Lit Month: the annual celebration of international children's literature🎉 We kick things off with children’s librarian, author, and blogger extraordinaire Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social! What will you be reading this month? worldkidlit.org/2025/09/01/k... #WorldKidLitMonth

Join The Poetry Society for a vibrant evening of poetry from Malaysian and Malaysian-heritage poets in the UK with readings from Nina Mingya Powles, L Kiew and Yee Heng Yeh alongside screenings of poetry films from the Peat on Earth project. Free tickets here: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/past-m...

The latest edition of @mptmagazine.bsky.social also features the winning poem from the Stephen Spender Prize 2024! Scrúdú (Exam) by Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha translated by Ellen Corbett: www.stephen-spender.org/first-prize-... modernpoetryintranslation.com/magazine/rhy...

OUT NOW! MPT Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature With poems by Kenzaburō Ōe, Marina Tsvetaeva, Dalia Taha, Begoña Ugalde and many others. Guest-edited by Jessica Sequeira modernpoetryintranslation.com

Next week! Join Stephen Spender Prize runner-up Mike Baynham & co-translator Jiyar Homer for the launch of Dilawar Karadaghi’s My Country’s Hair Turned White Mon 18 Aug 5pm-6:30pm at @ucl.ac.uk Featuring bilingual readings of the poems! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/my-country... #poetrysky #xl8

Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government! Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f... #CurriculumForWales #edusky

Tickets available for International Conference: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality (September 11-12, Oxford). A collab with the British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA), sponsored by @britishacademy.bsky.social, @stjohnsox.bsky.social, OCCT, and the BCLA. shorturl.at/AdoHA

🎭🎨 Let’s build, move, and roar! To bring Jane Newberry’s lively poem ‘Monster March’ to life in the classrooms, we’ve created a creative and interactive teaching resource packed with playful activities. Grab the free resource here: 👉 buff.ly/PcJCKww

Introducing our new one-to-one tutor: Leo Boix! We're delighted to say that Leo Boix is joining the ranks of poet-tutors offering one-to-one feedback sessions with The Poetry Society.

Cover reveal! Delighted to share the artwork for the August 2025 issue of MPT, Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature, guest-edited by Jessica Sequeira. This issue will be posting out to subscribers at the end of this week! Cover artwork by artwork by Estéfani Díaz Azúa

Aged 5-25 and looking for poetry magazines, competitions, or writing groups? Check out our Poetry Opportunities database on Young Poets Network: ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/poetry-opportunities/

We are delighted to announce the longlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... @carcanet.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @prototypepubs.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

Join us at University College London (UCL) to hear Kurdish translator Jiyar Homer and British poet Mike Baynham discuss their translation of Dilawar Karadaghi’s My Country’s Hair Turned White, published by Arc Publications. Registration is essential. www.eventbrite.com/e/my-country...

TONIGHT! Teachers and #youngpoets, submit your entries to the Stephen Spender Prize by midnight (BST). It's not too late!! Enter now: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

#xl8 #callforsubmissions

Last chance to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025!! Deadline THIS THURSDAY 31 July at midnight (BST) Find your category and enter now: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... We can’t wait to read your translations! #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

Just one more week until the deadline of the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award! Judged this year by poets Colette Bryce and Will Harris. If you're aged 11-17, send your poems by 31 July for the chance to win a package of poetry goodies including books and posters, and ongoing talent development.

Last few tickets left for our events on 'Feminist Translation and its Audiences' in Norwich this week, co-organised with @writerscentre.bsky.social and @bcltuea.bsky.social Booking links here: feministtranslation.bham.ac.uk/2025/02/even...

1 WEEK to go!! Submit your entries to the Stephen Spender Prize by midnight (BST) on 31 July. #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

There’s still time to enter this year’s #PortugueseSpotlight! Open to young people in the UK/Ireland for individual entry or by teachers on behalf of students. Send us your translations and creative response by 31 July! www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #portuguese

ICYMI! We're open to translations of poems from any language, on any theme. Deadline: 15 August Please spread the word! ✨ @stephenspender.bsky.social @worldlittoday.bsky.social @poetrytranslation.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @littranslate.bsky.social @catranslation.bsky.social

Aged 18-25, based in the UK or Ireland, & interested in contemporary poetry? We've just opened up applications for the 2025 Young Critics Scheme, run in partnership with the T.S. Eliot Prize! You'll attend workshops with leading critics and create a video review. Find out more: bit.ly/4kKf0i0

This Wednesday 23rd July 7pm BST on Zoom! - come and join us for an unique opportunity to hear international poetry voices from the Poetry Society's Stanza community, featuring readings from Lisbon, Germany and Global Online Stanza Groups. Book now via the link in bio

'Proposition' by Corsino Fortes, from the new World Poet Series collection 'Eye of the Island'. Translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn with Sean O'Brien. Read more Corsino Fortes here: buff.ly/yxBY3IM

Only 2 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025! Not sure how to submit your students’ entries to the Schools Laureate Prize and #PortugueseSpotlight? Read our guide: www.stephen-spender.org/wp-content/u... Or watch it here: youtu.be/av5Nk5VARKk?... #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #edusky

Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government! Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f... #CurriculumForWales #edusky

💫 THE POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS 💫 More information here: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-p...

We are now open for general submissions. Submit translations of poems from any language into English. Deadline: 15 August 2025. modernpoetryintranslation.submittable.com/submit/10070...

Reminder that the deadline for the Stephen Spender Translation Prize is 31 July - find out more and get your entries in at stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize Open to pupils & teachers in UK & Ireland schools! You can enter in any language #SSTPoetryPrize2025

Calling young translators and teachers! Just 2 weeks left to submit to the #SSTPoetryPrize2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from the #PortugueseSpotlight booklet! @stephenspender.bsky.social www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spender-prize/

Only 3 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize 2025! Translate into English any poem from any language, or a Portuguese poem from our Spotlight booklet, for your chance to join the SSP hall of eternal fame! www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

What makes a translation 'feminist'? Catch up with translators Marilyn Booth, @rudotranslates.bsky.social, Seán McDonagh, @eletenf.bsky.social, Georgia Wall & Anam Zafar discussing their works-in-progress for a new anthology published by @theemmapress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAwP...

4 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize! Ready to write your commentary? Here are our top tips: www.stephen-spender.org/guide-to-the... Entering the Schools Laureate Prize or #PortugueseSpotlight? Check out our guide for the creative response: www.stephen-spender.org/guide-to-the...

Excited for our 60th anniversary celebration at Winchester Poetry Festival! Join us for 'Translating The Classics', with Naush Sabah and Philip Terry! Saturday 11th October, 4-5pm Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translatin...

Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government! Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f... #CurriculumForWales #edusky

MULTILINGUALISM, VOCABULARY AND CLASSROOM SUPPORT Join us to hear about ways you can support vocabulary learning and language development for multilingual learners in the classroom. Join us for this event tomorrow (Tues, 3:30pm) with Joanna Rankin naldic.org.uk/naldic-event... #EAL #multilingualism

What does it really mean to think like a linguist? Charlotte Ryland argues it's time to move beyond grammar drills and embrace creativity, culture, and collaboration in language education. 🔗 www.lspjournal.com/post/think-l... ✍️ Collection Edited by @wendya-b.bsky.social & @cforsdick.bsky.social

5 weeks left to enter the Stephen Spender Prize! There’s still time to make the most of all our wonderful online resources for translating poetry: www.stephen-spender.org/stephen-spen... Submit your translations by 31 July! #SSTPoetryPrize2025 #PortugueseSpotlight

Celebrate #HHCL with the Stephen Spender Prize! Our bank of poems covers 50+ languages: www.stephen-spender.org/suggested-po... Our Poems From Home project encourages young people to translate a poem from their family’s country of origin: www.stephen-spender.org/poems-from-h... #SSTPoetryPrize2025

💫 ANNOUNCING THE POETRY IN TRANSLATION PRIZE 💫 Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo Publishing and New Directions are pleased to announce the Poetry in Translation Prize, a new biennial award for an outstanding poetry collection translated into English: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/06/anno...