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International
Mother Language Day 2022
UNESCO’s International Mother languages spoken in Manchester, and UNESCO Cities of Literature around
Language Day is celebrated globally of our city’s great strength in cultural the world are putting on IMLD events
each year on 21st February. This diversity. The events involve libraries, for first time, from Kuhmo in Finland to
event aims to enhance awareness cultural venues, community groups, Dunedin in New Zealand, following the
of linguistic and cultural diversity. universities, schools, poets and writers. lead of Manchester City of Literature.
It has been observed globally since
Almost half of school pupils in I would like to thank all partners
2000 and has important historical
Manchester have a home language including UofM and MMU for their
roots: In Bangladesh, the 21st
other than English. Multilingualism continued support for IMLD. The
February is the anniversary of the
is part of our urban landscape of energy, ideas and events you bring
day when Bangladeshis fought for
public signs, posters, and banners. to the table each year make this such
independence and recognition for
Many among Manchester’s work a unique occasion.
the Bangla language.
force have excellent foreign language
I am delighted that IMLD continues to
Manchester is the UK’s city of skills, enabling them to communicate
celebrate our people, our communities
Languages. A study by Multilingual directly with business partners around
and our languages.
Manchester at the University of the world. The city’s commercial
Manchester in 2013 revealed that sector includes services that
there are up to 200 languages spoken specialise in international customer
Cllr. Luthfur
in Manchester at any one time. services, translation and interpreting,
Rahman
and consultancy and advertising in
Public celebration of language diversity Deputy Leader
other languages.
began in Manchester in October 2015, of Manchester
when Multilingual Manchester - a Communities cherish and cultivate City Council
research unit based at the University their language heritage. Languages
of Manchester’s School of Arts, are an asset to our community and
Languages and Cultures organised we are committed to supporting
Levenshulme Language Day. our communities in maintaining
their languages through the work of
In October 2016, Multilingual
supplementary schools and others,
Manchester sponsored a resolution,
and our excellent Interpreting and
calling on the city council to adopt
Translation service. This work and
IMLD as an official annual celebration.
IMLD celebrations add to the strong
The first public event to mark
sense of belonging, identity, and
International Mother Language Day
shared community spirit that is found
was then held in February 2017, when
throughout the city.
Multilingual Manchester hosted a
panel discussion at Central Library with Join us in this range of events across
contributions from myself and others. the city; in welcoming the brand- Join in the conversation
International Mother Language
new Manchester City Poets to their with us @MCRCityofLit,
roles; and a new initiative for 2022,
Day in Manchester has since grown
Manchester leads globally: other
using the hashtag
to become a celebration of the #MCRIMLD22 and
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#MotherLanguageDay.3
Introducing the new
Manchester City Poets
The City Poets will work across Ali Al-Jamri Anjum Malik Jova Bagioli Reyes
our partnership network, acting
as ambassadors for Manchester’s Ali Al-Jamri is a poet, translator and Anjum Malik’s first languages were Jova Bagioli Reyes is a queer,
residents, communities, and writer in Manchester. He is a member Urdu, American English and Panjabi, neurodiverse immigrant hailing
literature organisations. of Young Identity and his Arts Council- born of Pakistani parents in Saudi from Colombia and Chile. As a
funded project ‘Between Two Islands’ Arabia, she was multilingual and poet and musician, they are heavily
The City Poet roles carry a civic brought together poetry workshops international before she could walk. inspired by the long history of
responsibility, much like conventional to Britain’s Bahraini community. An established scriptwriter, poet, and struggle of Abya Yala (so-called
Poet Laureate designations, and His work has appeared in Modern performer, a senior lecturer in creative Latin America) and so their work
the appointees will be commissioned Poetry in Translation, Consilience and writing at Manchester Metropolitan deals with themes of decolonization,
to produce five original poems on anthologies. When not writing poetry, University. She has written several autonomy, and liberation. For
behalf of the City. he works in a school in Salford. much-acclaimed original plays for Jova, poetry and music are not just
These poems will respond to BBC, ITV and theatre. With her poetry forms of self-expression but ways
“Like so many people raised
Manchester Day, World Poetry Day performed and published in UK and of connecting with people and
between cultures, I didn’t have the
and the Festival of Libraries; other overseas. Anjum uses fact to fiction, communities through solidarity.
opportunity to nurture my bilingualism
commissioned poems will be delivered food, real hidden stories, and pure
and celebrate my mother tongue. “For me being a city poet means
to respond to more exciting public creativity for inspiration. Over 80 of
Manchester is the city that honed having my reality as a queer
events, projects and community her scripts have been produced, her
me into a poet and translator, so immigrant in Manchester be
outreach programmes coordinated poetry is in numerous anthologies
I am excited not only to represent acknowledged. My voice is one
by Manchester City of Literature and and her own collection. Her previous
the place I call home, but to also of hundreds of thousands that make
its partnership network. The poets will jobs include police officer, interpreter,
share my passion for multilingualism.” up this city and it feels both cathartic
also translate other poets’ writing. business owner and classical Indian
and intimate to have it be heard.”
– Ali Al Jamri Kathak dancer.
Manchester has a rich literary – Jova Bagioli Reyes
tradition, as home to some “To be a City Poet for Manchester
exceptional and high-profile poets, with Manchester City Of Literature
a thriving poetry and spoken word partnered with UNESCO is huge
scene, awarding-winning publishers honour, exciting, to be doing it in
and writing development agencies our fantastic city of Manchester.
and libraries which place writing and Celebrating Multilinguisism through
community outreach at the heart of poetry working across communities
their work. This heritage is represented and be at the heart of the literary
in Manchester’s designation as an scene in the coming year is absolutely
UNESCO City of Literature in 2017. amazing and ever so representative of
the incredible creative work going on
The three appointed City Poets will in our city.”
occupy the role for a period of one
year (and we will be appointing – Anjum Malik
another three City Poets in 2023).
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Saturday 19th February Sunday 20th February
Little Bridges: A celebration 11am: Poet Lydia Hounat discusses International Mother Language
of poetry for International the curation of Manchester Poetry Day Songs with Z-Arts
Mother Language Day Library’s Imazighen poetry collection.
The discussion will centre around Sunday 20th February
Manchester Poetry Library the orality of Imazighen literature Session 1: 10.30-11.15am
Saturday 19th February, 11am, and representations of Imazighen
symbology and history. Session 2: 11.45am-12.30pm
1pm and 3pm
1pm: Debjani Chatterjee, Simon Join multi-lingual singer, the
Manchester Poetry Library at
Fletcher and Basir Sultan Kazmi wonderful Madeeha as she teaches
Manchester Metropolitan University
celebrate the 25th anniversary song in a different language. To
is delighted to invite you to
of the publication of their book, celebrate International Mother
celebrate poetry at an open day
A Little Bridge by Pennine Pens. Language Day we are offering you
for International Mother Language
As Mini Mushaira writers they the opportunity to explore a global
Day 2022. View special displays of
have toured multilingual poetry language through music. The sessions
books from our co-curated languages
performances and run poetry will be creative, fun and focus on
programme. Contribute to the
workshops throughout the country sounds through words and how music
multilingual ‘Made in Manchester’
and we look forward to welcoming can lift your heart and soul, together
poem, which so far features verses
them to Manchester Poetry Library as a family.
in over 70 languages. We have also
invited local and international guests for this special celebration. Please note that this event runs twice
for three free events: 3pm: Readings from No, Love Is on the same day and that the sessions
Not Dead: An Anthology of Love are 45 minutes long.
Poetry from Around the World edited
by Chris McCabe. Chris will be in
conversation with contributor and
special guest the poet, writer, librettist,
scholar of Indigenous American
Literature and Navajo Nation Poet
Laureate, Laura Tohe.
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Monday 21st February
International Mother Language German tasters
Day at Powerhouse Library with Deutsch Online
Moss Side Powerhouse Library
Central International
Monday 21st February 12-1pm
Monday 21st February, 11am-7pm
Join us for a fun language taster
Come and help Paddington Bear
to find out what it is like to learn
prepare for his travels and learn some
a language online!
new words in Spanish along the way!
German, the mother tongue of
What goes meong – meong? A
over 100 million Europeans, is
South Korean dog. In Iceland a dog
being widely recognised as a
goes voff-voff, while in Russia dogs
valuable language in business now
say gav-gav. Let’s have some fun
more than ever. Furthermore, on a
Sunday 20th February discovering and comparing animal
sounds. You might be surprised to see
more emotional level, sharing and
understanding the language of our
how different they can be from one
families, neighbours and colleagues
language to another.
makes us and them feel part of
Somali Advice Link ESOL learners, something so much bigger.
Cooking with words Booking information will be available
staff and volunteers will lead some
soon, please note that there will be a Come and have the chance to
Zouk, Oxford Road help yourself language activities.
limited number of 45 tickets available experience a practical and hands-on
Sunday 20th February, 4-6pm to the general public. The Powerhouse Library will also be approach to learning German online.
featuring dual language story sessions This informal and interactive session
Working with local restaurant Zouk, “Food brings us together like
of the Eric Carle story The Very Hungry will be delivered by one of the native
writer Anjum Malik will work with the nothing else. It is truly multilingual.
Caterpillar throughout February on Deutsch Centre teachers, who are
chefs and their recipes to cook up new Our differences are forgotten as we
Tuesdays at 11am. Library opening highly experienced in delivering
multi-lingual poetry with responds to sit together, and this is what ‘Cooking
hours are 11am – 2pm & 3pm – 7pm. lessons via Zoom. You will leave the
experiences of South Asian culture. with Words’ is all about. Eating
session having learned some useful
together, celebrating all that we have
Join us for the afternoon at Oxford phrases to introduce yourself in
in common through the pleasure of
Road restaurant Zouk, where the German and some fun words that
food as human beings with poems
head chefs are crafting some very show beautifully the descriptive
we can relate to like eating with
special dishes for us to reflect nature of the language.
loved ones in the present and in the
International Mother Language Day past. It’s about bringing together
and its uniqueness. our senses of taste, hearing, seeing,
Anjum Malik will perform the new taste, the aromas and feeling the
writing during the event, where you pleasure of it all.”
can get a ticket to dine and be an - Anjum Malik
audience member for the evening
and immerse yourself in the tastes
and cultures of International Mother
Language Day in Manchester. This
event promises to leave bellies and
hearts equally full. 9
Monday 21st February
IMLD Celebration at Forum Family Fun Day for International
Library Mother Language Day
Forum Library, Wythenshawe Central Library and
Monday 21st February, 2-4pm Manchester Libraries
We will be celebrating International Monday 21st February, 1-3pm
Mother Language Day at Forum Communities across Manchester
Library, all ages will be able to enjoy will come together to enjoy an
an afternoon of workshops, crafts afternoon of celebration for all
and performances. the family. Sharing their stories,
Here’s a couple of highlights to get language, music, dance and food,
you excited: it is sure to be a joyful gathering.
• You will be able to make an African Confirmed for this year are members
dancing belt with Afro-Tots of the Lithuanian Community, and
the first time in our event history,
• Put your new dancing belt to use members of both the Libyan and
by joining in a traditional music Moroccan Amazigh community will
and dance performance be joining together to share their
cultural heritage with everyone.
• Enjoy our chatterbooks children’s
parade of traditional costume
and language!
• Be part of a creative lettering
workshop with Caroline Coates
• Enjoy music from the ancient
civilisations of the Americas
with El Condor, be entertained
by traditional instruments and
costumes – it will be breathtaking.
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Monday 21st February
International Mother Language Longsight Library International Manchester City
Day at North City Library Mother Language Day of Languages: Online
Monday 21st February, 2-4pm Monday 21st February, 2-4pm
Implications for
policy and practice
We all love to dance, chat and chill, Join us at Longsight library for
whatever language you speak! Join our favourite event of the year, Monday 21st February, 6.30-7.30pm
us at North City Library for a family International Mother Language Day! In person and live streamed
friendly afternoon of games, fun and There will be performances, music
activities for International Mother and great activities for all to enjoy. Over the past decade, Manchester
Language Day 2022. has risen to prominence as ‘Britain’s
Jamsalana will be hitting the tunes City of Languages’, where over 200
Help us weave an amazing giant on their steelpans and you’ll even get languages are spoken. The city
sculpture featuring Ghanaian kente a chance to do a workshop with them. has been celebrating its language
patterns and multilingual messages, Anamika Cultural Group will be there diversity, bringing together
we have traditional Roma storyteller with their young people performing. communities and cultural institutions
Richard O’Neill, Lithuanian Storytime Rethink Rebuild, Stanley Grove Primary to flag language skills as an important
for little ones, plus fantastic live Academy and our Library of Sanctuary cultural and economic asset. It has
merengue music and dance workshop Volunteers will be delivering activities. also adopted UNESCO International
from July Julay trio and lots more! Come with a message of hope that can Mother (and Father) Language Day as
be contributed to our ever-growing an official annual celebration.
Messenger Mobiles - make and take
Multi Language Bunting. Our Human
home our easy colourful bird mobile On the occasion of Language
Rights portraits will be on display.
decorated with messages of love in Day 2022, we invite you to join
your favourite languages. academic experts, policy makers and
LInguaGM multilingual activities representatives of cultural institutions
for mental health & wellbeing, plus for a conversation on the role of
Multilingual crafts, games, jigsaws cities in harnessing and fostering
and play for everyone. multilingualism. As more cities in
the UK and worldwide recognise the
Suitable for all ages - particularly value of multilingualism for protecting
families and children 0-13 yrs. tolerance and countering discourses
Free event - no need to book but of suspicion and hostility, we will
come early! Free drink and snack explore how Manchester’s experience
for children. can be replicated more widely,
and how we might work toward
promoting a global network of ‘cities
of languages’.
The event is co-hosted by
Manchester’s UNESCO City of
Literature and the Manchester City
of Languages initiative. The event
will also be livestreamed from
Manchester Central Library.
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Manchester in Translation Comma Press Fight between the lines:
translation as literary activism
Tuesday 22 – Thursday 24 February Wednesday 23rd February, 11am-12pm
11am-5pm A panel discussion with three
Online professional translators on how
translating becomes a form
of resistance.
Hosted by Comma Press, Manchester Keynote with Lawrence While opening doors across
in Translation will be a series of free Schimel: On the dual practice languages, can translated texts be
online workshops and talks offering of translating and being a tool for societal transformation?
advice and insight into the world translated between mother From words untouched to the radical
of translation. The event will be an manipulation of texts, translation is
and stepmother tongues
opportunity for budding translators – an intrinsically activist act. This panel
or those with a passion for languages Tueday 22nd February, 11am-12pm discusses the role of the translator
– in the North of England to develop and how, with the help of the wider
Writing and translating from and into
practical skills for literary translation industry, we can carve out new spaces
in particular, learn about the life of the
his ‘stepmother tongue’ of Spanish, Found In Translation:
Lawrence will offer insights from his for literary expression as a form of Translation as an autonomous
translator and discover ways of getting resistance. With Alireza Abiz, Alex
career and share advice to emerging creative practice
themselves published. Valente and Katharine Halls.
translators. He will discuss how being
The online conference will run over translated, as well as translating Thursday 24th February, 11am-12pm
three days from the 22nd to the the work of others, informs his dual Is translation a form of creative writing?
25th of February and will include practice as both writer and translator. Turkish-English workshop Does the act of translation have the
a keynote from an award-winning led by Feliz Emre potential to strengthen, support and
Lawrence Schimel is an award-
translator, two panel events and ultimately expand the creative writing
winning bilingual American writer, Wednesday 23rd February, 2-4.30pm
three workshops focusing on literary process? Can tackling the creative
translator, and anthologist.
translation from Turkish, Portuguese Filiz Emre is a Turkish translator challenges posed by translating texts
and French into English. based in London. She has translated expand the parameters of a writer’s
numerous children’s books from work? This panel features literary
The individual event details are Portuguese-English workshop English to Turkish and works closely
as follows: translators who are also writers, poets
led by Rahul Bery with Turkish speaking communities in and publishers, and asks how being a
Tuesday 22nd February, 2-4.30pm London as a public sector interpreter. translator can ultimately inform their
She delivers workshops with the creative practice; with Saskia Vogel,
Rahul Bery translates from Portuguese education initiative Shadow Heroes, Meena Kandasamy and Jen Calleja
and Spanish to English, and is and regularly volunteers for various
based in Cardiff, Wales. His latest community projects.
book translation is Kokoschka’s
Doll by Afonso Cruz, and his debut There are many ways to translate a French-English workshop
translation, Rolling Fields by David given sentence, but how do we know led by Sarah Ardizzone
Trueba, has recently been nominated which one works best? Groups will
Thursday 24th February, 2-4.30pm
for the 2021 Translators’ Association work on collaborative translations of
First Translation Prize. He was the texts across different genres, guided Sarah Ardizzone is a translator from
British Library’s translator in residence by experienced translators. This is the French-speaking world with some
from 2018-2019 and he does outreach a great opportunity to take your fifty titles to her name. Her work spans
work with the Stephen Spender Trust translating to the next level, hone your picture books, graphic novels and
and the Translation Exchange at creative writing skills and meet like- travel memoirs, as well as children’s,
Queen’s College, Oxford University. minded people. YA and literary fiction.
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Tuesday 22nd February Wednesday 23rd February
Mother language(s) Virtual roundtable discussion Kathputli Utsav - A Festival
from my field site Online
on (heritage) language of Traditional Indian Arts
Creative MCR
learning during and after University of Manchester - Creative
a global pandemic Manchester and the Humanitarian
Tuesday 22nd February, 2-4pm
Creative Manchester and Conflict Response Unit
A Linguistic Diversity Collective
Tuesday 22nd February, 7-8.30pm Wednesday 23rd February,
(LEL) activity for International Mother
15.30-17.00
Language Day, led by Dr Serge Sagna. A Linguistic Diversity Collective
(LEL) activity for International Mother University Place 3.204,
Staff and student fieldworkers will
Language Day led by Dr Leonie Gaiser. The University of Manchester,
present video recordings and photos
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 3PL
from their field sites; followed by The roundtable will bring together
a discussion of the sociolinguistic language teachers and learners Join us as we celebrate International
setting in which children learn from mainstream school and higher Mother Language Day with Kathputli
to speak their mother language(s). education settings, supplementary Utsav – A Festival of Traditional
This will be an opportunity to school initiatives and other organised Indian Arts.
contextualise and problematize activities set up to encourage Kathputli Utsav celebrates the skill,
the concept of mother language. (heritage) language learning, to talk talent and culture of the Kathputli
about their perspectives on and Colony, a colony of street performers
experiences of language learning and in Delhi, India. The event will celebrate
teaching during the pandemic. linguistic and cultural diversity of the
The panellists, who are from a range colony, and showcase some of its
of language backgrounds and are all great artists, with performances of
based in Manchester, will address traditional Indian arts.
questions such as: These performances will be followed
• How have Covid-19 regulations by an ‘in conversation’ with Ruth
shaped the ways we use Daniel (CEO, Artistic Director,
(heritage) languages in the In Place of War) and Vijay Maitri
multilingual setting? (community leader and a theatre
artiste), with more to be confirmed.
• (How) have home schooling and
working from home impacted Presented in partnership by
on heritage language use and The University of Manchester’s
maintenance? Humanitarian and Conflict Response
Institute and Creative Manchester.
• How has increased use of online This event can be attended both
spaces during the pandemic created in-person and virtually.
challenges, as well as opened
up new opportunities in terms of
heritage language use and learning?
• What strategies can be adopted
to support language learning and
16 maintenance post-pandemic? 17
Thursday 24th February Tuesday 1st March
Explore your own Every language has expressions of Languages as a
language – talking time and space, but the same spatial traveller – Exploring
Online Online
about time and space arrangement might be described German(y) by train
in very different ways across
Creative MCR languages – or even within a single Tuesday 1st March 6.30-8pm
Thursday 24th February, 4-5.30pm language, sometimes leading to There is no better way to immerse
miscommunication (“Do you mean left yourself in a language than
A Linguistic Diversity Collective from your perspective, or at the left travelling to the place and meeting
(LEL) activity for International Mother of the house??”). Regarding time, it is the people that speak it. Deutsch
Language Day led by Professor Eva noteworthy that we often speak about Centre International takes part in
Schultze-Berndt. time in spatial terms (“We are getting the International Mother Language
This online activity will actively closer to the holidays”). Day celebrations by inviting you on a
involve speakers of different ages This topic will be explored with a brief virtual train journey through parts of
and proficiencies of languages presentation using examples from Germany with travel-blogger Sandra
spoken in Manchester – the intended different languages. Participants can Wickert. Join us for this Deutsch
audience are teachers and students then explore the spatial and temporal Centre Talk and hear Sandra talk about
at supplementary schools, those expressions in their languages in those hilarious language-related
attending community centres, and breakout rooms (a room per language) misunderstandings you encounter
anybody interested in exploring their using interactive games and pictures in foreign countries and the use and
own language / heritage language of different arrangements, with one meaning of signs that you would
from a cross-linguistic perspective. linguist facilitator per breakout room spot along the way. We will ‘take’ you
and the event will last approximately on some scenic train routes and talk
60-90 minutes. about words you would use to express
your emotions about them. Let’s see
if they are much different to those
English expressions!
Celebrating Poetry Sabkhat Un-Nisa
and IMLD Alyamama Issa
Online
Syeda Zainab Mazhari – talking about
Thursday 24th February, Indian Urdu literature
6-7.30pm
They will be introduced by their
MACFEST teachers or headteachers.
Join the Muslim Arts and Culture Hosted by: Sidra Choudhury, English
Festival for an exciting event with teacher, Withington High School.
young people from the UK and around
the world, on a literary and poetic Chief Guest: Yaron Matras
journey. Young poets will recite or
perform their poetry in English or their
mother tongue.
Three young poets from a school
in Salford, two poets from Loretto
College and Withington High School: 19Tuesday 8th March
Mother Tongue annual competition for 8-18 year olds
Other Tongue: CPD that invites pupils to share poems or
launch/teaching resource songs from their Mother Tongue or
from a language they are learning.
Manchester Poetry Library at
Manchester Metropolitan University With input from poets and teachers
who have supported this Queen’s
Tuesday 8th March, 5.30-7pm Anniversary Prize-winning project,
Join the Manchester Poetry an evening of lively discussion about
Library team and special guests, at poetry, multi-lingualism and teaching
Manchester Metropolitan University, will send you away inspired with
to launch the 10th Anniversary of practical ideas and resources to take
‘Mother Tongue Other Tongue’, our back into your classrooms.
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