The University of Kent, Paris
in conjunction with its partner institutions
cordially invites students and guests to its
Patience Agbabi
Poet in Residence
University of Kent
Wordes Newe: A Canterbury Tales for a multicultural Britain
From the grime-inflected ‘Prologue’ to the ‘Backtrack’ retraccioun, Telling Tales (Canongate, 2014) remixes Chaucer’s vernacular to a contemporary idiom. Patience Agbabi will perform from her collection and discuss the art of translating into new registers, poetic forms and subcultures.
Thursday, 31 March 2016
18.30
Grande Salle, Reid Hall
Free and open to the public
Please confirm your presence by writing to
paris@kent.ac.uk