Laura Wittner Readings
‘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.
The PTC organised a UK tour for Laura Wittner and Juana Adcock in October and November 2024. They read in Glasgow, Oxford, London and at Sheffield's Off the Shelf Festival. More information on the tour can be found on the PTC website here.
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday 24 September 2024, 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]
