In Other Words: Spanish in Focus// En otras palabras: El español en primer plano

In Other Words: Spanish in Focus

En otras palabras: el español en primer plano 

Saturday 25 July, 3pm-6pm, Glebe Town Hall

Lost In Books, in partnership with NAATI, SBS in Spanish and Congress Rental Australia, and the support of Cervantes Institute and the Embassy of Uruguay in Australia, presents a gathering of leading Spanish-language writers, translators and thinkers exploring language, storytelling and literary exchange.

Featuring internationally renowned author Mariana Enriquez, alongside Fabricio Tocco, Elizabeth Mora and Rosario Lázaro Igoa, In Other Words is an ambitious emerging literary festival that brings multilingual voices to the fore through simultaneous interpretation. 

Featuring live conversations, readings, provocations and audience discussion, every session will be presented in Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into English. Whether Spanish is your first language, your heritage language, a language you are learning, or simply one you love to read in translation, In Other Words creates a space where audiences can participate equally across languages. 

Language of the event: Spanish with simultaneous interpretation into English.  

What does it mean to write in Spanish within an English-dominant literary landscape? How do Spanish-speaking writers connect with and respond to Australian literary traditions? What words do they choose when writing across experiences of displacement and translation? 

In Other Words offers a unique opportunity for both Spanish and non-Spanish speakers to engage on equal terms. It celebrates the coexistence of languages, and the creative tensions between them, as a reflection of everyday life in multicultural Australia. By challenging the central role of English, the festival opens up new, speculative ways of thinking, writing, and living. 

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