Laura Wittner UK Tour
‘Poems of the radiant everyday. In Juana Adcock's warm translation, Laura Wittner's chatty, witty voice comes through with gorgeous clarity. Reading this book is like listening to a wise, beloved friend over coffee.’ – Clare Pollard
Published in September 2024, Translation of the Route is the eleventh collection by the award-winning Argentine poet and translator Laura Wittner. In poems that are precise, frank and finely tuned, Wittner explores the specificities of parental and familial love, life after marriage, and the re-ignition of the self in middle age. The poems in this edition, Wittner’s first collection available in English translation, have been translated by the Mexican-Scottish bilingual poet and translator Juana Adcock, acclaimed author of Manca and Split.
This dual language Spanish–English edition is co-published with the Poetry Translation Centre.
LAURA WITTNER AND JUANA ADCOCK UK TOUR, AUTUMN 2024
Monday 14 October, 1pm
Reading and Q&A at Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow
Glasgow University Chapel
Laura and Juana will read from Translation of the Route and discuss the collection with event chair Colin Herd.
Free event - more information and ticket booking here.
Tuesday 15 October, 8pm
Glasgow Reading
Tell It Slant Bookshop, Glasgow
Laura and Juana will read from Translation of the Route and will sign books at Tell It Slant.
Free / Pay as you feel event - more information here.
Wednesday 16 October, 6pm
Reading and Q&A at Off the Shelf, Sheffield
Creative Lounge, Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
Laura and Juana will read from Translation of the Route and discuss the collection with the host.
Monday 21 October, 6.30pm
I Sugar the Bones & Translation of the Route: Double Book Launch
Burley Fisher Books, 400 Kingsland Rd, London E8 4AA
Laura and Juana will read from Translation of the Route and Juana will read from her latest collection I Sugar the Bones (Out-Spoken Press, 2024).
Free event - more infomation and booking here.
Tuesday 22 October, 5pm
Reading and Q&A at Queen's College Translation Exchange
Queen's College, Oxford
Laura and Juana will read from Translation of the Route and discuss the collection with the event chair Georgina Fooks.
Wednesday 23 October, 5.30pm
Reading and Q&A at British Centre for Literary Translation
British Centre for Literary Translation, Norwich
Laura and Juana will read from Translation of the Route and discuss the collection with the event chair Cecilia Rossi.
Free event - more information and booking here.
Wednesday 13 November, 7pm
Latinx Online Showcase @ National Poetry Library
Laura and Juana will take part in this free online Latinx poetry showcase where you can discover new poetry and hear ideas about writing, activism and creativity from contemporary poets at work today.
Free online event - more information and booking here.
Details of more events will be announced soon. More information on the tour can be found on the PTC website here.
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday 24 September, 7pm BST
Online launch reading by Nia Broomhall, Niall Campbell, Sarah Holland-Batt and Laura Wittner, with translator Juana Adcock
Laura and Juana joined the authors of our other September titles to celebrate the publication of their books with readings and discussion. This free Bloodaxe launch event was streamed on YouTube Live and is now available on this YouTube page: https://youtube.com/live/GIeiEhAvavQ
[03 September 2024]
