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May 16, 2016
The Poetry School interviews Katrina Naomi
“I think the main thing for me is if you’re going to write about violence, do it well. Let us smell it, taste it.” Read Katrina Naomi’s interview with Ali Lewis of The Poetry School, where she discusses violence, ‘the gentility bind’ and her new poet…
May 14, 2016
International Dylan Thomas Day 2016 | News and Offers
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! This year is the second annual celebration of Dylan Thomas, held on 14th May to mark the date Under Milk Wood was first read on stage at 92Y The Poetry Center, New York in 1953. We have a number of Dylan Thomas r…
May 14, 2016
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! Offers in store
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! This year is the second annual celebration of Dylan Thomas, held on 14th May to mark the date Under Milk Wood was first read on stage at 92Y The Poetry Center, New York in 1953. We have a number of Dylan Thomas r…
May 13, 2016
Friday Poem – The New World
Tomorrow is International Dylan Thomas Day and we will be celebrating Swansea’s most famous son, so today our Friday Poem is by another Swansea native, Meirion Jordan. Jordan was born in 1985 in Swansea. His début Moonrise was shortlisted for the For…
May 12, 2016
María Rivera, ‘The Dead’ | Translated by Richard Gwyn
‘Los Muertos’ (‘The Dead’) by Mexican poet María Rivera, translated by Richard Gwyn. This is one of 156 poems that will feature in Gwyn’s forthcoming anthology of Latin American poetry, The Other Tiger: Contemporary Latin American Poetry, forthcoming…
May 9, 2016
Sunday Poem – Ilse Pedler
Kim Moore’s Sunday Poem is taken from Ilse Pedler’s Mslexia Poetry Competition-winning new pamphlet, The Dogs that Chase Bicycle Wheels…
May 6, 2016
Friday Poem – The woman on my National Library of Wales library card
This week our Friday Poem is ‘The woman on my National Library of Wales library card’ by Katherine Stansfield, which won the 2014 PENfro poetry competition. The poem is taken from Katherine’s humorous and distinctive debut collection, Playing House….
May 5, 2016
St Ives Residential Course 2017
Kim Moore: St Ives Residential Poetry Course 2017 “After a sell-out course in 2016 in St Ives, I’m really pleased to announce that I’ll be co-tutoring another residential poetry course at Treloyhan Manor Hotel in St Ives, from the 20th-26th February…
April 29, 2016
Friday Poem – White Clover
This week our Friday Poem is taken from Lynne Hjelmgaard’s new collection, A Boat Called Annalise. Lynne Hjelmgaard was born in New York and has lived in Denmark, Rome, Paris and London. Her collection, A Boat Called Annalise, records the years she a…
April 28, 2016
Dark Mermaids Shortlisted for Cross Sports Book Awards
The Cross Sports Book Awards today announced their shortlists, and Anne Lauppe-Dunbar’s powerful debut novel Dark Mermaids is on the shortlist for the New Writer of the Year category. The Cross Sports Book Awards is a major annual promotion for Sport…
April 28, 2016
Dark Mermaids Shortlisted for Cross Sports Book Awards 2016
The Cross Sports Book Awards today announced their shortlists, and Anne Lauppe-Dunbar’s powerful debut novel Dark Mermaids is on the shortlist for the New Writer of the Year category. The Cross Sports Book Awards is a major annual promotion for Sport…
April 22, 2016
Friday Poem – April
This week our Friday Poem is from The Visitations by Kathryn Simmonds. The Visitations is the follow-up to Kathryn’s Forward Prize-winning debut, Sunday at the Skin Launderette. As with her previous collection, an appealing voice prevails, though thi…
