Events Archive
Tony Bianchi was in conversation about his first novel in English, Bumping, with Alcemi editor Gwen Davies at the Hay Festival Welsh tent on Saturday 29 May. Gwen and Tony worked together in the Literature Department of the Arts Council of Wales in the early Nineties, and both are literary translators from Welsh to English.
Jayne Joso was at the Sohemian Society on Wednesday 19 May, 2010 - Upstairs at: The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, North Soho, London Further Details
Llwyd Owen's Cardiff novel lapped up by young Cardiff men
Young men dominated the audience at the launch on 13 May at the capital's Gwdihw bar of Llwyd's first novel in English, Faith, Hope and Love. Humour, teasing and a great Cardiff accent from the author were the night's highlights - plus free badges and lots of books sold.
Fflur Dafydd celebrates Daniel Owen Memorial Prize win, Eisteddfod 09
Fflur Dafydd: Oxfam Hay Emerging Writer of the Year, Iowa writer-in-residence, plus many other accolades!
Following a successful whistlestop tour to celebrate her May Oxfam Hay award, Fflur spent the first six weeks of autumn at the highly prestigious Iowa International Writing Program. Fflur was selected by the British Council as the UK/Welsh participant, and will be on tour again during October to promote Twenty Thousand Saints.
Tour to promote Twenty Thousand Saints, Oct 09, with Owen Sheers
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, 7.45 pm
Bilingual evening of poetry and song, £7 (£5)
To book tickets for Aberystwyth, contact the Arts Centre on: 01970 623232 or Book Online
Thursday 29 October 2009
Trinity College Carmarthen
To book tickets for Trinity College
Friday 30 October 2009
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 8.00 pm
To book tickets for Swansea, contact The Dylan Thomas Centre on: 01792 463980.
NEW WELSH-LANGUAGE NOVEL, Y LLYFRGELL
National Library of Wales, 27 November, Y Drwm - talk on her Daniel Owen Memorial Prize-winning novel Y Llyfrgell, Fflur's fantasy Doppelganger of the Library
Jayne Joso, Soothing Music for Stray Cats
Chester Festival, Oddfellows, Chester: New Writers from the North-east: Oct 16 2009: Sold Out!
Author Talk - Wanstead Writers' Group, London - 11th Nov 2009
Alan Bilton, The Sleepwalkers' Ball
Edinburgh Fringe, August 09!
As part of the Edinburgh City of Literature Events and the Edinburgh Fringe, Alan read from his new novel for the Blackwell Writers at the Fringe programme. These events include authors such as Michel Faber, Anne Donovan and Margaret Elphinstone.
Signing: Swansea Waterstones, date tbc
Penny Simpson, The Banquet of Esther Rosenbaum
Penny was a Hawthornden Fellow, in residence at the Hawthorndon International Retreat for Writers, Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland, where she was working on her third novel.
Gee Williams was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year
on 15 June at at a Gala dinner at the St David's Hotel, Cardiff Bay.
Her FANTASTIC book was her second collection of short fiction, Blood Etc, published by Parthian in 2008. If you want a celebration of different voices, sensual detail, real characters and an insight into the neglected corner of north-east Wales, look no further.