Poetry on Tour:
Arundhathi Subramaniam
presented by the Poetry Society
in association with Poetry International Web
with support from Visiting Arts and British Council
As fellow country editors of Poetry International Web, the Poetry Society is pleased to host the editor of the India domain, poet and journalist Arundhathi Subramaniam, in a tour of the UK during October 2006. This tour is presented with support from Visiting Arts and the British Council.
Arundhathi Subramaniam is a critically acclaimed young Indian poet writing in English. Based in Mumbai, where she works as an arts journalist, she was awarded the Charles Wallace Fellowship at the University of Stirling in 2003. She is also editor of the India domain of Poetry International website, india.poetryinternationalweb.org, a leading site for international poetry and translation. Her books include On Cleaning Bookshelves (Allied, 2001) and Where I Live (Allied, 2005). She co-edited Confronting Love (Penguin, 2001), an anthology of contemporary Indian love poems in English.
Hear Arundhathi read her poem, 'To The Welsh Critic who Doesn't Find me Identifiably Indian', on the Poetry International Web site: http://media.poetryinternational.org/arundati_poem.mp3.
Tour details
This tour celebrates an exchange of contemporary poetry from the UK and India, via the prestigious international platform of Poetry International Web. Throughout October 2006, the editor of the India domain visits six cities around the UK. In addition to reading her own engaging poetry, many of these events will feature Arundhathi Subramaniam discussing India's contemporary culture through the poems she has selected, the many languages from which they are drawn, and the significance of these poems being translated into English – often for the first time.
London, 17 October
The Nehru Centre, London, 7pm
In conversation with Raficq Abdulla, poet, translator, and Trustee of the Poetry Society.
The Nehru Centre, 8 South Audley Street, London W1K 1HF
Free but booking essential: www.nehrucentre.org or Nehrucentre@aol.com
Manchester, 19 October
Manchester Literature Festival, 4pm
Introduced by Jules Mann, Director of the Poetry Society.
Central Library, St Peter's Square
www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk
Tel 0161 236 5725
Stirling, 20 October
University of Stirling, 4pm
Centre of Commonwealth Studies, Room A7 English Studies, Edinburgh
Edinburgh, 24 October
The Scottish Poetry Library, 7.30pm
In conversation with Jules Mann of the Poetry Society; continuing the National Poetry Day theme of 'Identity', a reading and discussion on issues that affect her as poet and editor, including questions of gender, cultural identity and internationalism.
5 Crichton's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh
£5/3 concessions and Poetry Society members
Book 0131 557 2876 or reception@spl.org.uk
Glasgow, 25 October
Collins Art Gallery, 1pm
22 Richmond St, Glasgow G1 1XQ, 0141 548 2558
London, 28 October
Poetry International Festival, 7pm
Arundhathi Subramaniam appears with Elizabeth Alexander, Jane Hirshfield and Tomas Tranströmer.
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London, SE1 8XX
£8.50 - Book 0870 160 2522 or online box office, www.rfh.org.uk
Birmingham, 30 October
Library Theatre, Birmingham Central Library, 7pm
Accompanying poetry readings by local writers, presented by the Poetry Society in conjunction with Gitanjali Multilingual Literary Circle and sampad.
Suggested donation of £3
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