Language Across Barriers

18 Jun 2010 - 17:30

Club Room CCA, Free (donations to Scottish PEN welcome)

Kusay Hussein, an Iraqi fiction writer, and Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian refugee poet from Syria, discuss with their English-language collaborators Sue Reid Sexton and Tessa Ransford (Scottish PEN) the challenges and rewards of rendering one language and set of cultural values into another.

Hosted by writer & translator Donal McLaughlin (an allergic reaction to national anthems).
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For information: ring 0141 649 7365 or email acclarke6@btopenworld.com