Celebrate International Translation Day 2025 with us!

Join us for a roundtable discussion on the vital role of translation in opening doors to world literature. This event will highlight how voices from Spanish, Catalan, Basque, and Galician traditions are brought into English, allowing readers to encounter masterpieces that transcend linguistic boundaries and foster meaningful connections across cultures.

You will meet the publishers shaping today’s literary landscape:

• Tony Frazer — Shearsman Books (the UK’s largest poetry-in-translation press)
• Jimena Gorráez — Daunt Books Publishing (indie gems & modern classics)
• Michael Schmidt — Carcanet Press (Manchester’s world-renowned poetry house)
• Ra Page — Comma Press (short story champions & pioneers of global SF in translation)

Through their work, readers in the UK discover authors like Lorca, Vallejo, Enríquez, Piñeiro, Navarro, and many more.

Expect lively conversation on translation, publishing, and the cultural value of stories that cross borders. Audience participation encouraged!

Don’t miss this celebration of language, literature, and connection. Open to all — readers, writers, translators, and the simply curious.

Key Details:

• 18:00, Friday 26th of September
• Instituto Cervantes Manchester
• Free.