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Upcoming Events

We run events, talks and workshops on all aspects of literary translation. Our events are open to the public and, unless stated otherwise, admission is free. Events are usually held at Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, 36 Fenian Street, Dublin D02 CH22 (two minutes' walk from Trinity's Lincoln Gate), and occasionally at larger venues on Trinity's campus. Most of our events are run in hybrid format, so you can join from wherever you are in the world. If you would like to receive advance notice of these events, please complete the form at the bottom of this page, or email littrans@tcd.ie. We will not use your contact details for any other purpose.

NEW! 2024 Taiwan - Ireland Poetry Translation Competition
10-11am, Wednesday, 11 December 2024

The Taiwan - Ireland Poetry Translation Competition is co-organised by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature and Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation each year. This competition was open for submissions between July and October.

The winners for the 2024 competition have just been announced. They are: Alice Shyun-Yih Lin, Kirill Sharkovski, and Christopher MacDonald. The competition was fierce this year with a wide range of approaches to translating out poem in evidence.

The theme poem for this year's competition was Notes on Interviews with the Slamaw by Taiwanese aboriginal poet, Temu Suyan. This poem was written in Mandarin and won first prize in the "Aboriginal Chinese Writing Award - New Poetry" at the Taiwan Literature Award. It describes the experiences of the Slamaw people of the Atayal ethnic group, indigenous to Taiwan.

On 11th December we will bring our winners together online to hold a conversation about the experience of translating the poem. The event is free and open to all. Please book your ticket at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/tclct/1483426

Dante's Divine Comedy
12-2pm at 36 Fenian Street, Dublin 2
30 January, 2025 (and more dates, see below)

Our lunchtime readings of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy are held fortnightly during term and this will be our last meeting in 2024. The reading group is led by Emeritus Professor Corinna Salvadori Lonergan, with John Walsh, IRC Government of Ireland Scholar (Comparative Literature), both of Trinity College.

The Dante reading group dates for Hilary Term 2025 are: 30 January; 13 and 27 February; 13 and 27 March; and 10 April. Please click here for more information about updcoming dates and to book. You may attend as many or few readings as you wish - please book for each date you plan to attend.

World Fiction Book Club dates 2025