SARAH MAGUIRE, director of the poetry translation centre at soas, is pleased to invite you to an evening of international poetry in the presence of our distinguished patron Saadi Yousef, to launch our centre and website.

Tuesday 1st June 7.00 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre The School of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Including poems from Sudan, Gujarat, Mexico, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Peru, India, Somaliland and South Korea with music from Ahmed Mukhtar and an introduction to our website by Mark McDermott of codegent www.poetrytranslation.soas.ac.uk, followed by a reception.

PLEASE RSVP TO GILLIAN HUDSON 020 7898 4367 PTC@SOAS.AC.UK AS SPACE IS LIMITED

You may like to know that Hafiz Kheir and I will be talking about the Centre, and reading and discussing the work of the Sudanese poet, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, on The Verb on BBC Radio 3; the programme will be broadcast at 22.30 (BST) on Saturday 29th May. The programme goes out live on the web at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/index.shtml and can then be heard throughout the following week at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/speech/theverb/index.shtml with best wishes, Sarah Maguire The Poetry Translation Centre at SOAS School of Oriental & African Studies Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Office: + 44 20 7898 4367 ptc@soas.ac.uk