Free Poem Podcasts now on iTunes

November 02, 2010 The Poetry Translation Centre has launched a new series of weekly Poem Podcasts on iTunes. Starting this week, every Monday listeners will be introduced to a new poem by some of the world's best loved poets. Each Poem Podcast is read in English translation followed by the poem in its original language.

Poets in the series include 2010 Poetry International Festival guest Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, as well as Farzaneh Khojandi, Tajikistan’s foremost living writer, and Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’, a superstar in the poetry-obsessed Somali community.

Each of the international poets has been co-translated by one of the foremost poets writing in English today. Commonwealth and Forward Prize winner Jo Shapcott, TS Eliot and Forward Prize winner Sean O’Brien, Forward Prize winner Jamie McKendrick, Cholmondeley Award winner Mimi Khalvati and Whitbread winner Bernard O’Donoghue are among the poets who have worked with the PTC to make these international poets available in English.

The Poem Podcasts are available free on iTunes.