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Dead Poets Society at Ledbury poetry festival
In 2023 this important Rilke year I am excited to be taking part in Ledbury's Dead Poet's Society talking about the Duino Elegies with Martyn Crucefix and Ulrike Almut Sandig. Here is the page where you can book tickets too
Landschaft in Hay-on-Wye
After their UK premier in Oxford in October 2022 Landschaft will be taking to the stage at Hay in summer 2023. Come and see the amazing mix of performance, poetry, music, film and song from German and Ukrainian. No Germanor Ukrainian needed!
Thurs 1 June!
https://www.hayfestival.com/wales/home
Use this page to book tickets: Landschaft
Ulrike Draesner, Die Verwandelten: a reading in German
A special event with German author Ulrike Draesner reading in German from her recent, highly acclaimed, novel Die Verwandelten, recnetly shortlisted for the Leipzig Fair Book Prize
German in the World
A special event in tandem with Karen Leeder taking up the Schwarz-Taylor Chair at the University of Oxford, hosted by The Queen's College.
German in the World
A panel discussion with Michael Eskin, Nan Gibson, Durs Grünbein, Charlie Louth, Karen Leeder, Katharina von Ruckteschell-Katte
Durs Grünbein: Words Don't Sleep.
Celan in der bildenden Kunst der Gegenwart
Delighted to be speaking in such wonderful company at the Literarisches Colloquium in Berlin. I shall speak on 'After Celan: Celan and Modern Art' but there is a really lively exchange notably with lots of practicing artists. See the poster below.
It will take place in person but also online. See the programme here:
https://lcb.de/programm/celan-in-der-bildenden-kunst-der-gegenwart-tag-i/
With Ulrike Almut Sandig at Ledbury
Very excited to announce that I will be doing an event with Martin Crucefix and Ulrike Almut Sandig at Ledbury Poetry Festival this summer 8th July.
More details to come soon! The programme will be published here
‘Fountain, Gate, Pitcher, Fruit-Tree, Window’
Delighted to have been part of this brilliant hymn to the world of the sayable with Bayo Akomolafe, Bettina Bader, Karen Leeder, Martin Shaw, ‘Fountain, Gate, Pitcher, Fruit-Tree, Window’: BBC Radio 4 17th and 21st November for Falling Free Productions with Phil Smith
Early warning: Landschaft touches down in Oxford
In collaboration with Queen's translation Exchange and TORCH delighted to be welcoming the Lansdschaft Collective (Ulrike Almut Sandig, Grygory Semenchuk and Sascha Conrad) at last for the their first gig in the UK.
It will take place at The Old Fire Station, Oxford, on 12 October 2022
Tickets already on sale here: https://oldfirestation.org.uk/whats-on/landschaft/
More information coming soon!
Landschaft in Oxford
The first UK visit of the Landschaft Collective. At the Old Fire Station. An extravaganza of German and Ukrainian poetry, music, film and performance with Sascha Conrad, Grigory Semenchuk and Ulrike Almut Sandig