Writing Across Languages: English and Chinese Poetry
Chinese and English are very different languages. But the forms and structures of English poetry provided a fertile ground for Chutian Xiao, a Durham PhD student researching English poetry who […]
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Durham Book Festival 2017
Durham Book Festival is back – and is bigger than ever. This year’s Festival features an array of well-known writers and thinkers, including two Booker-prize winners (Roddy Doyle and Alan […]
The Poetry Exchange – Pop Up Poetry Swap (8th May)
Meet a poem, meet a friend! Pick a poem. Pair up. Talk about it together. Swap! Come along from 12.30 – 2.30 Monday, 8th May, and join The Poetry Exchange team […]
From the poet’s mouth: Poetry, culture and the literary scene in Tübingen (Poetry reading, 26th and 27th April)
Is there something divine in everyday life? Is there a source of human cognition and feelings? On 26 and 27 April, two young writers from the University of Tübingen will read […]
Celebrate World Poetry Day with these essays on poetry across cultures
Happy World Poetry Day 2017! World Poetry Day is led by UNESCO, in recognition of the way in which poetry “reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, […]
