The Stephen Spender Trust
LightNews LightNews
banner
stephenspender.bsky.social
The Stephen Spender Trust
@stephenspender.bsky.social
110 followers 66 following 37 posts
Charity promoting literary translation and multilingualism through annual prize for poetry translation & school workshops. #SSTPoetryPrize #CreativeTranslation
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
stephenspender.bsky.social
The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · Jul 15
Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#CurriculumForWales #edusky
Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
poetrysociety.org.uk
The 2026 @poetrybyheart.bsky.social competition is open!
> 128K young people took part last year. See how they did it in a preview of Poetry By Heart:The Movie
bit.ly/PBHMoviePreview ⬇️

Great to see teachers Gareth & Alex featured, both part of our school projects!

Sign up ➡️ poetrybyheart.org.uk
Poetry By Heart - Poetry Club Montage
In celebration of National Poetry Day, we're sharing a scene from the feature documentary Poetry By Heart which is currently in post production. The documentary…
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
poetrysociety.org.uk
⭐ Coming up on 8 December: Come ready to twist, knot, and tangle words in exciting, unexpected ways—and leave with a brand-new body of multilingual work!

poetrysociety.org.uk/event/online...
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
stephenspender.bsky.social
2 weeks to go! Join us online on 19 November 6pm-7:30pm to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and another wonderful year of #CreativeTranslation at the Stephen Spender Trust!

Book free tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stephen-sp...

#SSTPoetryPrize2025 #poetry #multilingualism
Stephen Spender Trust: 2025 Celebration Event
Join us to celebrate the winners of the Stephen Spender Prize 2025 and the highlights of the Stephen Spender Trust year!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
othersidelitmag.bsky.social
Poems that travel continents. Art that transcends borders. Voices that refuse silence. Volume 5 has arrived 📖✨

Get your copy today and let these words travel with you.

othersideofhope.com/read--shop.html

#theothersideofhope #migrantvoices #wordstravel #refugeeliterature
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
worldkidlit.bsky.social
We love when publishers treat translation as part of the art.
@northsouthbooks.bsky.social Editorial Director Alisah Niehaus Berger talks about nurturing bilingual books, amplifying new voices and giving translators cover credit 📖❤️
#WorldKidLit #Translation #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/10/21/m...
Meet the Editorial Director: NorthSouth Books
This week World Kid Lit contributor Ayo Oyeku talks to the Editorial Director of NorthSouth Books, Alisah Niehaus Berger to find out more about the history of the publisher and their current activi…
worldkidlit.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
poetrytranslation.bsky.social
A massive congratulations are due to two of our long-standing collaborators Leo Boix and Juana Adcock for their shortlistings for the 2025 Forward Prize for Best Collection!

Celebrate with us with 20% off their books on the PTC webshop until midnight this Sunday!

poetrytranslation.org/shop
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
poetrysociety.org.uk
🎉 Congratulations to the top 15 winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2025!

The winners were chosen by judges Will Harris and Colette Bryce, and were announced today at the @britishlibrary in London.

Read the winning poems at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
englishassociation.bsky.social
Join us! Spread our words, events and more!
Image invitation to join the EA, info on our website.
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
stephenspender.bsky.social
Our latest #CreativeTranslation Digest has landed!

Find all the key dates for the 2025-26 school year and info about current projects and competitions:
mailchi.mp/13888ab10a75...

#SSTPoetryPrize #edusky @translationexch.bsky.social
The Stephen Spender Trust and the Queen's College Translation Exchange present a year in Creative Translation key dates: ANTHEA Bell Prize poetry resources PUBLISHED 19 September 2025 European Day of Languages 26 September 2025 International Translation Day 30 September 2025 Anthea Bell Prize fiction resources PUBLISHED October 2025 STEPHEN SPENDER TRUST 2025 CELEBRATION EVENT STEPHEN SPENDER PRIZE 2025 WINNERS announced 19 November 2025 Anthea Bell Prize non-fiction resources PUBLISHED January 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SPRING SERIES) Creative Translation Professional Learning (PL) for teachers in Wales JAN - FEB 2026 Anthea Bell PRIZE 2026 competition phase 2 Feb - 27 March 2026 World Book Day browse our AUTHENTIC TEXTS DATABASE 7 March 2025 World Poetry Day BROWSE OUR POETRY TRANSLATION ACTIVITIES 21 March 2026 Stephen Spender Prize 2026 open for entries 1 MAY - 31 JULY 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SUMMER SERIES)
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
stephenspender.bsky.social
Translated by David Colmer!

Why not use #CreativeTranslation to engage your students with poetry for #NationalPoetryDay?

Free resources: www.stephen-spender.org/resources/

@davidcolmer.bsky.social @theemmapress.bsky.social @edwardvandevendel.bsky.social @poetrydayuk.bsky.social #play #poetry
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
wasafirimag.bsky.social
This International Translation Day, we're thrilled to announce two events with Anton Hur in London!

Anton will deliver a workshop and lecture on translation, Korean literature, literary prize culture, and more.

Click here for full details and registration: buff.ly/uQNOJRb
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
stephenspender.bsky.social
Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#CreativeTranslation #edusky
Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
translationexch.bsky.social
#MFL teachers: exciting news! The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - a free languages competition for students 11-18 studying French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish - launches again on 19/09. Register to receive teaching packs in time for EU Day of Languages! tinyurl.com/mue8r7hc
Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - The Queen's College, Oxford
The Translation Exchange launched this competition for schools in 2020. The competition is inspired by the life and work of the great translator Anthea Bell. It aims to promote language learning acros...
tinyurl.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
englishpen.bsky.social
There are still a few tickets left for our International Translation Day event next week! Book now & join us at @conwayhall.bsky.social for a 2-part conversation exploring pressing questions for the craft, business & ethics of translation. #ITD2025

Book now ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/translation/...
ITD 2025 English PEN - English PEN
www.englishpen.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
natefeed.bsky.social
Sarah Olive and Furzeen Ahmed share insights from the Diverse Literature in Schools project, highlighting a lack of Global Majority authors and sharing resources for schools and parents to discover a more representative literary landscape. www.nate.org.uk/2025/09/24/s...
Supporting teachers to discover Global Majority authors and diversify the texts they teach - National Association for the Teaching of English
Sarah Olive and Furzeen Ahmed, from Aston University, share insights from the Diverse Literature in Schools project, which highlights the lack of Global Majority authors in the texts pupils study — an...
www.nate.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
englishassociation.bsky.social
Creative Translation in the classroom - ⬇️👏🏽👏🏽⬇️
stephenspender.bsky.social The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · Sep 19
Are you ready for the #EuropeanDayofLanguages on 26 Sept??

Explore our free #CreativeTranslation resources and class projects covering a range of European languages (and many more!)

www.stephen-spender.org/resources/

#edusky #edl2025 #EDLangs
Blue background. Image heading reads “Creative translation in the classroom”. 3 photos left to right: photo of training session; photo of a translator in a primary school; photo of secondary school students with translator leaning over their desk. Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left.
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
stephenspender.bsky.social
Are you ready for the #EuropeanDayofLanguages on 26 Sept??

Explore our free #CreativeTranslation resources and class projects covering a range of European languages (and many more!)

www.stephen-spender.org/resources/

#edusky #edl2025 #EDLangs
Blue background. Image heading reads “Creative translation in the classroom”. 3 photos left to right: photo of training session; photo of a translator in a primary school; photo of secondary school students with translator leaning over their desk. Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left.
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
mptmagazine.bsky.social
NEW ONLINE:

Ehlobo (‘Summer’) by N.S. Sigogo
Translated from isiNdebele by Stephen Walsh

modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/summer-2/

Published in the latest MPT: Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature
Ehlobo (‘Summer’) - Modern Poetry in Translation
· Read by Stephen Walsh with isiNdebele read by Albert Nyathi   Summer-growth’s green, boundless, stretching free. Stretching my heart’s bounds. Rivers, full, fill it up too.           And sorghum, ne...
modernpoetryintranslation.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
stephenspender.bsky.social
Calling all International Language teachers in Wales! Be part of our exciting new project funded by the Welsh Government!

Register interest in the #CreativeTranslation professional learning programme: forms.office.com/e/rP9UruPsrr

Full details: www.stephen-spender.org/literature-f...

#edusky
Blue background. Image heading reads “Literature Fires the Imagination”. Next to it is a colourful cartoon pair of hands holding up 6 books in bright colours, with a hot air balloon and white clouds above. Image text reads “Calling IL teachers in Wales! Fire your learners’ imaginations with our new programme of Creative Translation professional learning and tools for primary and secondary IL practitioners. Register now!” Image footnote reads “We harness the power of language and translation to celebrate heritage, unlock creative and educational potential, and inspire communities. www.stephen-spender.org ”. SST logo in blue bottom left. Logo of the Welsh government bottom right “Ariennir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Funded by Welsh Government.”
September 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
worldkidlit.bsky.social
Intrigued by #WorldKidLitMonth but not sure where to start? Our website is for you!
We've featured children’s/YA books from 180+ countries and translated from 100+ languages.
Search bar on every page, 550+ blog posts and dozens of reading lists.
Happy exploring!
worldkidlit.org/read-the-wor...
Read the World: where to start?
Use the links below to find suggested books for young people from around the world, and recommended resources at other sites and blogs. Books for ages 0-6 Books for ages 7-12 Books for ages 13-18 A…
worldkidlit.org
September 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
englishassociation.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay!

@carcanet.bsky.social

@prototypepubs.bsky.social

@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

@faberbooks.bsky.social

@picadorbooks.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
worldkidlit.bsky.social
September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books.

How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth
Pink graphic with the words: World Kid Lit Month Read the world through children's literature #WorldKidLitMonth Pink graphic with the words: World Kid Lit Month Where will you travel by book? #WorldKidLitMonth Pink graphic with the words: World Kid Lit Month September: the month to explore the world through books for young people #WorldKidLitMonth Pink graphic with the words: World Kid Lit Month This September I'll be reading... Insert book here :) #WorldKidLitMonth
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
poetrytranslation.bsky.social
🎉 The 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation is now open! 🎉

Chair of Judges Mona Kareem says: "This special prize has introduced us to poets from across the globe, whose poems evoke and inspire and agitate, and for that I am excited to read the work of every entrant!"

buff.ly/kbb7re9
September 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
theemmapress.bsky.social
Did you know that September is #WorldKidLitMonth? The month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books!

💡 Head over to the World Kid Lit blog for book recs from over 180 countries: buff.ly/plKVZ5g

☀️ Happy travels wherever you fly by book!
World Kid Lit Month bingo board - can you read a title from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe and The Americas? Can you find a translated picture book, middle grade book, YA title and graphic novel or comic?
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by The Stephen Spender Trust
worldkidlit.bsky.social
It's World Kid Lit Month: the annual celebration of international children's literature🎉

We kick things off with children’s librarian, author, and blogger extraordinaire Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social!

What will you be reading this month?

worldkidlit.org/2025/09/01/k...

#WorldKidLitMonth
Kicking off World Kid Lit Month with Betsy Bird
By Jackie Friedman Mighdoll Today marks the beginning of World Kid Lit month! It’s our ninth annual celebration. This year on the blog we’ll be showcasing book reviews all month. We hop…
worldkidlit.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM