the daphne festival 2022

The Daphne Festival, happening in London, Malta and online, will mark the fifth anniversary since the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. It brings together human rights and press freedom organisations as well as journalists, artists, activists and campaigners from around the world to remember Daphne, celebrate the legacy of her work and highlight the ongoing campaign for justice.

lahti international writers’ reunion (liwre) 2022

Not everything can be said or written out. Some things need to be shouted, but the things that cannot be shouted, must be whispered. Between the lines of a smallest poem there is room for entire universes. Only the fact that the space between the lines is so full of life makes translation possible. For two days, writers from all over the world will present and discuss their views on the Reunion’s overall theme.

voix vives – festival de poésie à sète 2018

Grande fête de la poésie méditerranéenne contemporaine, le Festival VOIX VIVES de Méditerranée en Méditerranée accueille pendant neuf jours au mois de juillet de nombreux poètes et des artistes venus de toutes les Méditerranée : Méditerranée latine, d’Afrique, des Balkans, d’Orient ou encore de celle que l’Histoire a « exportée » dans le monde (Amérique du Sud, Amérique centrale, Afrique de l’Ouest, Francophonie…).

voci lontane, voci sorelle – firenze 2017

Una rassegna ormai tradizionale dell’Estate fiorentina che dal 30 agosto al 6 ottobre, accanto all’incontro con numerosi poeti stranieri e italiani, di diversa generazione, propone momenti di riflessione critica ma anche occasioni di rivisitazione guidata (in una prospettiva di avvicinamento di un pubblico più ampio al linguaggio della poesia) di momenti significativi della tradizione poetica moderna.

crowd omnibus – germany, poland, czech republic 2016

Imagine: if around a hundred authors originating from all European countries were able to get together to undertake a bus tour across the continent, simultaneously overcoming the boundaries and borders that others are striving to rebuild, as well as creating a text together, then that would surely be a start. At a time when division and separatism are being preached all around us and people are starting to live in fear of one another, it becomes even more important that we come together to celebrate and uphold the freedom and solidarity that the arts can offer.