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Whoop whoop! Nu2: Memorable Firsts comes out this month and I have three poems in it. In fact all three of The Raconteur 's editorial team are in the new edition and  we have an official launch at Chapter in Cardiff on 13 July 7pm . Nu2: Memorable Firsts  will include poetry and short fiction from Richard Owain Roberts, Darja Ernst, Gareth Hill, Mao Jones, Gary Raymond, Susie Wild, Emily Blewitt, Siôn Tomos Owen, Joao Morais, Tim Evans, Mab Jones and Dylan Moore.... Look at this lovely quote about the first Nu, which I had a short story in... "Wales really does seem to be harbouring some exponentially talented writers and this anthology collates the newest among them. Reading it reminds you that writing can be dangerous, can be rock 'n' roll, can be sexy. A sumptious mix of prose and poetry rubs shoulders with delicately constructed photo essays, showing that all the best anthologies don't have to stick to just one medium. If this i...

and it is my birthday on Tuesday 28 June so I shall be having birthday drinks afterwards and you can bring me presents if you like. CARDIFF MEDLEY Sunday 26th June 2-4pm A fine and fragrant potpourri of poets and prose writers, story tellers and city dwellers.... Featuring Somerset Maugham Award-winner Mark Blayney http://markblayney.weebly. com/ Bright Young Thing author Susie Wild http://susiewild.blogspot. com/ Plus Gill Brightmore, Mike Greenhough, Will Ford, Amanda Rackstraw, and more TBC! These events are free to attend and part of the Big Little City residency in the new Cardiff Story Museum. http://www.biglittlecity.c om/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192550650795198

Come and join us for a full day of fun for the whole community. Last year 2,500 people visited the Bailey Hill Festival to celebrate the culture and history of Mold (yr Wyddgrug)... TheAbsurd will be running a Spoken Word area with performances from: Hywel Griffiths Susie Wild Martin Daws Rhys Trimble Stephanie Finegan Sophie McKeand Organised by Cittaslow Mold ( http://www.cittaslowmold.c o.uk/  ) 1pm - 8pm children free, adults £1...

Really lovely 2nd part of The Passion bbc documentary... (I appear in it about 7 times too!)  http://t.co/nkJHJtl   # ntw13   # porttalbot

Just a quick post today -- I wanted to let you know that I am now the Associate Editor of The Raconteur . More exciting news on that front in the near future. Had a top meeting today with Cofounders and Editors Gary Raymond and Dylan Moore.

RACHEL TREZISE TO JUDGE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2011 BY  SUSIE WILD   ⋅  JUNE 2, 2011  ⋅   POST A COMMENT FILED UNDER    BOOKS ,  DYLAN THOMAS ,  DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE ,  HAY FESTIVAL ,  HAY-ON-WYE ,  RACHEL TREZISE At an event to unveil the judges for this year’s prestigious literary competition at Hay Festival last night it was announced that Rachel Trezise, the first winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize,  is to join this year’s judging panel. Literary luminaries gathered for a champagne reception in  Richard Booth’s famous Bookshop  in the Town of Books to hear readings by two of the three former winners of the University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize  — US poet Elyse Fenton, who won the £30,000 prize last year for  Clamor , her debut collection of 21st century war poetry; and Rachel Trezise from Rhondda, the 2006 winner of the competition for her gritty collection of short stories  Fresh...