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Dylan Day

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Thursday 14th May marks the very first International Dylan Thomas Day – Dylan Day – paying homage to the anniversary of the date Under Milk Wood was first read on stage in New York in 1953. Today Literature Wales are inviting everyone to celebrate Dylan Day in their own way, whether it’s by reading some of Dylan’s work or visiting somewhere associated with Dylan; luckily for us, Swansea’s just a train ride away!

On social media Literature Wales are encouraging people everywhere to show how they’re celebrating with the hashtag #DylanDay, and they’re even looking for photographs of readers reading Dylan using the hashtag #DylanSelfie. Have you taken part yet?

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Find these Dylan Thomas related books and more on our website!

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The Cardiff International Poetry Competition is open for submissions and Rhian’s a judge!

 

Wales Book of the Year winner, Rhian Edwards, will be judging this year’s Cardiff International Poetry Competition along side Samantha Wayne Rhydderch and Lemn Sissay.

The competition offers one of the largest monetary prizes for a poetry competition of its kind with a first prize of £5,000. The second placed entry will receive £500 and third £250. Five runners-up will receive £50 each. All entries to the competition will be judged anonymously, so this is a great opportunity to have your poetry judged on its own merits, whether you are first time poet or an experienced wordsmith.

Entries close on 14th March. For more information or to download an entry form 
visit the Literature Wales website.