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I'm looking forward to reading with some splendid poets in Penarth next month: PEN Cymru Poetry Event with Menna Elfyn , Susie Wild , Philip Gross , Mab Jones & Luca Paci Sun 26th February 2023. 2-4pm, Turner House, Penarth as part of Luca Paci and Chris Glynn's Self Help exhibition. Menna Elfyn will be joined by Susie Wild and local poets Philip Gross, Mab Jones and Luca Paci to explore self-help, islands, and collaboration. Menna Elfyn is an award winning poet and playwright from Wales who writes in Welsh but whose work has been translated into over eighteen languages. She is also the chair of PEN Cymru. PEN promotes literature and defends freedom of expression across the globe. Penarth neighbours: Illustrator Chris Glynn and poet Luca Paci unpack their touring exhibition of texts and images, book hacks and music, to explore creative collaboration, friendship, and the idea of self-help. The event centres around characters shipwrecked on the imaginary Self-Help Island.

 I'm really looking forward to releasing these three beauties in April 2023! Available to pre-order from Parthian now. Review copies available...

' reading through this anthology has been an immensely enjoyable, stimulating experience.' Tempo, Excursions in 21st-Century Italian Poetry  reviewed by Caroline Maldonado 'The title of this collection indicates that it makes no claims to be a revised canon of contemporary Italian poetry.  ‘Excursions’ suggests a more leisurely amble, a more personal and democratic approach. The Italian editor, Luca Paci, who has lived and worked in the UK for over 20 years sets out his principles and intentions in the introduction: Poetry is an essential tool to understand and question at a deeper level events, feelings and attitudes of present and past, recognising the complexity of reality in a radically different way. 'He highlights the diversity of Italian poetry in linguistic practice, form and origin. These are poems that criticise the language of power and reach for the people at the margin of the new global economy (women, the disabled, transgender people, migrants) and explore...

I was so sad to hear that we had lost the poet Norman Schwenk this week. Norman was a wonderful encourager of my writing when I was starting out and a bright spark of a poet and educator. I enjoyed working with him over the years, including bringing out his last book with Parthian in 2016,  Love What is Mortal: Selected Poems . Norman was Parthian Publisher Director Richard Davies' PhD supervisor, and he pays a moving tribute to him in Wales Arts Review : Where Have All the Good Guys Gone? A Tribute to Norman Schwenk

  Welcome 2023. I went to the sea and saw a sea horse.