University of Nottingham Malaysia
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World Poetry Day 2018 @ University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Location
F3A08
Date(s)
21st March 2018
Contact
Professor Malachi Edwin Vethamani, School of English
Description

One of the main objectives of World Poetry Day is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities.

The observance of World Poetry Day is also meant to encourage a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, to promote the teaching of poetry, to restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and to support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media, so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art, but one which enables society as a whole to regain and assert its identity.

(Source: http://www.un.org/en/events/poetryday/)

In conjunction with World Poetry Day, the School of English wishes to invite students and staff of the University of Nottingham Malaysia to read poems at our World Poetry Day event.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: 21 March 2018, Wednesday
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Venue: F3A08

The poems can be your own poems or your favourite poems by other writers. You may read in any language. If the poems are not in English, please provide a translation so that the original poem and the translation can be projected on the screen.

Submit the following details.

Students
Full Name:
Programme:
School:

Staff
Full Name:
Department:

Please submit the titles of the poems, names of the poets and the full poems you wish to read. You may read a maximum of 2 poems. Maximum length of the poem is 40 lines. Please send the poems in Word Document format and as an email attachment. 

Kindly send details and poems to this email address: worldpoetryday@nottingham.edu.my before 14 March 2018. Your participation will be confirmed by 10 March 2018. Please use your university email for all correspondence. 

Contact Person: Professor Malachi Edwin Vethamani, School of English 

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