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Shani Rhys James, 'The Rivalry of Flowers' Exhibition on Tour, London, Northumbria, Aberystwyth

An exhibition of recent work by acclaimed painter Shani Rhys James MBE will opening in London in May 2013 and touring to selected venues in 2013/14. The exhibition is accompanied by a book The Rivalry of Flowers published by Seren.

Shani Rhys James at 60, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff

10th May - 8th June: An exhibition of new paintings by Shani Rhys James will be on display at the Martin Tinney Gallery, 18 St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff CF10 3DD. T.  +44 (0) 29 2064 1411 E. mtg [at] artwales [dot] com The Rivalry of Flowers, a book of new paintings and works by the artist, is out now from Seren.

Deryn Rees-Jones at Poet in the City event 'Rimbaud and Verlaine' in London

Monday 20th May, 7pm.  Poet-in-theCity: Rimbaud and Verlaine in London featuring poetry readings in English and Frence from Deryn Rees-Jones, Tim Matthews and David Harsnet.  King’s Place, 90 York Way N1 9AG 6:30 pm tickets £9.50 via King’s Place Website www.poetinthecity.co.uk

Kathryn Maris at Troubadour Coffee House Poetry, London

Monday, 20th May, 8pm. Transatlantic Signals with US and UK poets - a rare chance to hear what’s now and happening either side of the Atlantic.

Chris Meredith at the Hay Festival

Sunday 26th May, 11.30 am. Poetry Reading: Chris Meredith and Anna Lewis. A reading from two new collections. A Scritture Giovani fellow, Lewis introduces Other Harbours; Meredith reads from Air Histories, commissioned partly about the Black Mountains for the Woollen Lines project.tension between public faith and private doubt? Chaired by Simon Mundy. [88] LANDMARC 100 STAGE £4 For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Meirion Jordan at the Hay Festival

Monday 27th May, 11.30 am. Meirion Jordan, Felix Stephan, Laura Fidaleo and Maarten Inghels talk to Daniel Hahn, Scritture Giovani 2013. Young writers from Wales, Italy, Germany and Belgium come together to discuss their newlycommissioned and translated stories on the theme of Jerusalem. In partnership with Festivaletteratura Mantova and Literaturfestival Berlin. [142] LANDMARC 100 STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Lloyd Jones & Cynan Jones at the Hay Festival

Tuesday 28th May, 5.30 pm. Lloyd Jones and Cynan Jones talk to Gwen Davies. New Tales From The Mabinogion. The new stories adapting the classical Welsh mythtales into modern idioms engage with rugby, health and male identity in Lloyd Jones’ See How They Run and Scritture Giovani fellow Cynan Jones' Blood, Bird, Snow. Cynan’s The Dig was shortlisted for the EFG Short Story Award.In association with the New Welsh Review. [209]  LANDMARC 100 STAGE £5. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Tiffany Atkinson at the Hay Festival

Tuesday 28th May, 7.00 pm. Poetry Reading: Matthew Francis and Tiffany Atkinson. Francis reads from his new collection, Muscovy, which explores a world of marvels, real and fantastic. A man takes off for the moon in an engine drawn by geese, a poltergeist moves into a remote Welsh village, and a party of seventeenth-century Englishmen encounter the wonders of Russia. Atkinson previews her 2014 poems So Many Moving Parts. Her previous collection, Kink and Particle, is published by Seren. Chaired by Simon Mundy.[215] 7PM LANDMARC 100 STAGE £5. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Grahame Davies and Tony Curtis at the Hay Festival

Wednesday 29 May, 4.00 pm. Grahame Davies and Tony Curtis: The Alchemy Of Water. This multi-media event delights in the transformational and magical quality of an element that is abundant in Wales. This alchemy is observed and fixed by the breathtaking landscape photography of Mari Owen and Carl Ryan, and is crystallized further by the pithy poems of award-winning authors Curtis and Davies. [244] DIGITAL STAGE £5. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Seren Poets Celebrate R.S. Thomas at the Hay Festival

Wednesday 29th May, 7.00 pm. R.S. Thomas Centenary Series 2 with Gillian Clarke, Menna Elfyn, Mererid Hopwood, Emyr Lewis, Anna Lewis, Owen Sheers, Damian Walford Davies, Glyn Maxwell, Grahame Davies and Simon Armitage. To celebrate the centenary of the birth of RS Thomas, eleven poets have written poems in response to works of his, which will be published as a limited edition by Hay Festival Press. The gala reading is chaired by the Hay Festival International Fellow for 2012–2013 Eurig Salisbury. [255] GOOGLE’S BIG TENT £6. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Dannie Abse and Owen Sheers at the Hay Festival

Thursday 30 May, 2.30pm. Dannie Abse reads, and talks to Owen Sheers -  Speak, Old Parrot. Please come and join us to celebrate the 90th birthday of the great Welsh writer, and the publication of his latest poetry collection. In Speak, Old Parrot he returns to themes of loss, love, medicine and its moral implications, the nature of creativity, Jewish folk tradition and the passing of time. [282] LLWYFAN CYMRU–WALES STAGE £7. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Owen Sheers at the Hay Festival

Thursday 30th May, 4.00 pm. Owen Sheers and Carolyn Hitt - Calon: A Journey To The Heart Of Welsh Rugby.
This year’s Hay Festival International Fellow spent the last year as Artist in Residence with the WRU and has produced this astonishing book about sport, about myth, about nationhood and identity. He is joined by the rugby columnist, author of Wales Play In Red. Chaired by Jasper Rees, author of Bred Of Heaven. [287] GOOGLE’S BIG TENT £7. For further information, full programme and tickets, vist the Hay Festival website www.hayfestival.com

Simon Mundy and Deryn Rees-Jones at the Hay Festival

Thursday 30th May, 5.30 pm. Seren Poetry Reading: Simon Mundy and Deryn Rees-Jones. Mundy’s new collection More For Helen Of Troy is suffused with the atmosphere of the landscapes that inspire him and is also deeply involved with many questions of desire: for the ideal of a beautiful woman; for the hope of a good state; and for the vision of a pristine country and seaside. Rees-Jones’ Burying The Wren (shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize) is an intensely lyrical collection of poems of the body, which are alive to the world and the transformative qualities of love. [296] 5.30PM LANDMARC 100 STAGE £5.

Kathryn Maris reading at The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea

Thursday 30th May, 7.30pm. Kathryn Maris will be reading from her new poetry collection God Loves You as part of 'Poets at the Dylan Thomas Centre'.

Premiere of Tony Curtis' New Play, Augustus, Gwen and Nina, Barry Arts Festival

Thursday 30th May, 7.30pm. The first performance of  Augustus, Gwen and Nina will take place as part of the Barry Arts festival at Barry Island Community Centre (just 600 yards from Barry Island Railway Station). Tickets: £6/£3. Suitable for over-16s only.  Running time approx 80 mins.