Multilingual Poetics with Jane Draycott and Mary Jean Chan

Schedule

Mon Apr 27 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Harris Manchester College | Oxford, EN

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Join our panel in Maevadi Hall at Harris Manchester College with Jane Draycott and Mary-Jean Chan to discuss multilingual poetics!
About this Event

What are the challenges of translation?

How can learning a new language enhance your creativity?

What advice do you need to write poetry in a second or third language?

This is an ideal event for a poet at any stage of their journey, students and professionals alike, to learn multilingual poetics from two renowned professors from the Creative Writing Master's degree at Oxford University.

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Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road, Oxford, United Kingdom

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