Philip Terry, photo courtesy of the artist.
Literary Cabaret continues with an evening of new writing from the Late Spring Writing Residency at Banff Centre.
The evening features original work by writers-in-residence in fiction, nonfiction, prose, and hybrid forms. Poet, translator, and novelist Philip Terry, author of tapestry, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, will host and close the program with a reading from his own work.
Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m., and you’re invited to stay and mingle with artists and faculty until 9:00 p.m.
About Philip Terry
Philip Terry
Philip Terry was born in Belfast, and is a poet, translator, and a writer of fiction. He has translated the work of Georges Perec, Michèle Métail and Raymond Queneau, and is the author of the novel tapestry, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. His poetry and experimental translations include Oulipoems, Dante’s Inferno, and Dictator, a version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Globish, which refracts his experience of working with migrants in Sicily with Stories in Transit. The Penguin Book of Oulipo, which he edited, was published in Penguin Modern Classics in 2020, and Carcanet published his edition of Jean-Luc Champerret’s The Lascaux Notebooks, the first ever anthology of Ice Age poetry, in April 2022. His version of Dante’s Purgatorio, relocated to Mersea Island in Essex, was published in October 2024 – “A Dante like no other” (London Review Bookshop). He is currently translating The Essential Baudleaire for Pushkin Press.