Seraph Press Translation Series

Seraph Press Translation Series
Series co-editors: Vana Manasiadis and Helen Rickerby

Left to itself, every literature will exhaust its vitality
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Seraph Press Translation Series was founded in 2016 to bring to a New Zealand audience contemporary poetic voices from languages other than English, to make connections with literatures and writers from other parts of the world, and the celebrate the languages of Aotearoa New Zealand. These hand-bound chapbooks are gorgeous bilingual tasters of something fresh and new.

1. Shipwrecks/Shelters: Six Contemporary Greek Poets edited and translated by Vana Manasiadis

2. Observations: Poems by Claudio Pasi, translated by Tim Smith with Marco Sonzogni

3. Last Stop Before Insomnia / Dernier Arrêt Avant l’Insomnie, by Marlene Tissot, translated by Anna Jackson and Geneviève Chevallier

4. Tātai Whetū: Seven Māori Women Poets in Translation, edited by Maraea Rakuraku and Vana Manasiadis