by Administrator | Aug 12, 2022 | Opportunities
Slamovision is the global spoken word community’s Eurovision, hosted by the UNESCO Cities of Literature. Last year’s slam was hosted jointly by Manchester and Quebec Cities of Literature, after their wins in 2020. Our 2021 candidate, and now champion, Cara...
by Administrator | Sep 29, 2021 | News & Press
International Translation Day celebrates translation, translators and translated literature every 30 September. For ITD 2021, we ran a series of interviews and panel talks, in collaboration with sister UNESCO Cities of Literature Lviv and Ljubljana. We’ve also...
by Administrator | Mar 22, 2021 | Quick Reads
It’s always great finding a new book to get your teeth stuck into, and who better to ask for recommendations than our brilliant Youth Advisory Board? If you want to keep up with the board’s activities and get involved in the discussion, we are sharing...
by Administrator | Mar 18, 2021 | Interviews
These events have now passed. Please find the full event recordings below and make sure to keep up with our other projects on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. The Novels That Shaped Our World is a year-long celebration of literature at the BBC and explores 100 novels...
by Administrator | Mar 17, 2021 | News & Press
World Poetry Day takes place on 21 March, and was first declared by UNESCO during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be...
