Re-Word – mostly from the mainland

Performances of poetry and drama in translation, together with other local and European poets and translators.

Tuesday 22 May, 7.30-9.30 pm, Lloyds Upstairs, Lloyds Hotel, 617 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester.

Provisional programme:

Issa haiku (Japanese) – Wilhelm Wetterhoff

Four contemporary Romanian poets – Daniel Puia-Dumitrescu (with Judy Kendall)

Poetry in Polish – Scott Thurston

Anna Szabo poems (Hungarian) – Szilvi Naray-Davey (with Judy Kendall)

INTERVAL 8.15-8.40

Hungarian drama – Szilvi Naray-Davey (with Judy Kendall)

Poetry in German – Daniele Pantano

Walloon poems from ‘A Translated Man’ (Belgian poet Rene Van Valckenborch) – Robert Sheppard

Contemporary English haiku and tanka by Sheila Butterworth, Martin Lucas, Stuart Quine, Fred Schofield, Ian Storr translated into Swedish, Finnish and Romanian – Daniel P-D, Wilhelm W, Martin Lucas/Judy Kendall

Colin Watts / Judy Kendall / Ade Jackson

Thursday 22 September 7.30-9.30pm
The Bluecoat, School Lane. Liverpool, L1 3BX
Come to a sparkling evening of poetry from two of the North West’s most outstanding poets.
Colin Watts reads from his latest collection Taking Down The Tree House (Headland, 2011), exploring real and imaginary worlds.
Judy Kendall’s poetry explores the intimate connections between physical, visual and interior worlds. Her most recent collection is Joy Change (Cinnamon, 2010).
Music by our resident musician Ade Jackson.
Admission £3/£2
The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
0151 702 5324

Liverpool Poetry Cafe – supported by Arts Council England and The National Lottery

http://www.liverpoolpoetrycafe.com