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BY  SUSIE WILD   ⋅  JANUARY 31, 2011  ⋅   POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER    BUTETOWN ,  CARDIFF BAY ,  NATIONAL THEATRE WALES ,  TIGER BAY Butetown, Fri 28 Jan  words : SUSIE WILD ★★★ Wales Millennium Centre: the space is in a nocturnal semi-darkness. We are ushered through customs and immigration, provided with boarding passes and sent on to have our identity photographs taken by stern staff who scold us for impertinence, stating: ‘No scarves. No smiles. Control yourselves.’ Suitably dressed down, we depart Glanfa Hall for our “ships” following announcements over the tannoy. Outside we pass characters singing by an oil drum – ‘sitting on the dock of the TIGER bay…’ – to join the fleet of taxis waiting to take us on our onward journeys through Butetown and its history. Accompanied by friends and strangers, our taxi drivers deliver us the next and best chapter of the story as they chauffer us through the sights and streets of Butetown. ...

'writers of this calibre'  Mon, 2011-01-31 22:33 |    Susie Wild Planet Magazine  has reviewed the Bright Young Things titles in their brand spanking new edition (no.201). Harri Roberts had this to say about the books... On Tim Albin's shiny shiny cover designs: They say never judge a book by its cover but... 'it's hard not to comment on the stylish and attractive manner in which these titles have been packaged.' On Tyler Keevil's debut novel  Fireball : 'Indeed, in all respects, this is a truly accomplished novel: funny, gripping and touching in turns, with a conclusion that continues to resonate long after the book is over. Keevil's skill as an author is everywhere evident: in the quirky dialogue, the lucid prose, and the skilful interweaving of multiple and non-linear narrative strands. This is clearly a novelist to be reckoned with.' On Susie Wild's debut collection of short stories  The Art of Contraception : 'The watchword in thi...

BY  SUSIE WILD   ⋅  JANUARY 21, 2011  ⋅   POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER    ELYSIUM GALLERY ,  EMERGENCE ,  FFILM 2 ,  GLYNN VIVIAN ,  KELLY GORMAN ,  MAD SWANSEA ,  SWANSEA ,  THE BRUNSWICK Exhibitions, conferences and reopenings. Happy Arty New Year. Buzz keeps you in the know with the new shows and the creative changes in Swansea. 1.  Elysium Gallery Moves Home The revered artist-led space Elysium Gallery in Swansea opened the doors to its third venue in Swansea last Friday. The gallery has moved to a new home across the road from their old Mansel Street space, next door to Dagwoods. The opening night of their new exhibition –  Kelly Gorman: The Television travels on a Boat to me   – was packed with well-wishers, as you can see in the  photo slideshow on the gallery blog . Kelly Gorman is an American Mixed Media Artist who is currently living and working in the United Kingdom. She received her Mas...

Eating My Words  Thu, 2011-01-20 15:00 |    Susie Wild Just a quick note to say that I've written a new Mslexia post. You can take a look at it on the Mslexia website. :)   Login  or  register  to post comments

Jan 19 Eating My Words 0 Comments Posted by  Susie Wild  in  creativity ,  events ,  women Liz Lochhead New Year, New Start. There are all manner of changes of the guard afoot across the UK… Scotland now has a female National Poet in  Liz Lochhead .  She succeeds her friend Edwin Morgan, who held the post from 2004 until his death in August 2010.  At today’s announcement Liz said: “I am as delighted as I am surprised by this enormous honour, which I do know I don’t deserve! Nevertheless, I accept it on behalf of poetry itself, which is, and always has been, the core of our culture, and in grateful recognition of the truth that poetry — the reading of it, the writing of it, the saying it out loud, the learning of it off by heart — matters deeply to ordinary Scottish people everywhere.” In Wales the literary journal  New Welsh Review  has made a great choice in their appointment of publisher, editor and translator  Gwen Davies ...