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Diolch to Mab Jones and Buzz Magazine Wales for this gorgeous review of Little Universe by Natalie Ann Holborow! 'Vivid, sometimes lurid; taut, at times with a tightness that speaks of intense situations, mindstates, emotions; and, very often, visual, these are poems which manage a balance between being scalpel-sharp yet rich in description... I know of very few young writers who are quite so fantastic... It’s a book that will mesmerise from beginning to end, and holds great power.' Read the review in full

 

Celebrate 11 years... (11 YEARS!) of Voicebox with an absolute class creative cabaret of Wrexham's Arts Scene with the infamous Voicebox Open Mic with your host Natasha Borton! This month we have a very special takeover with Parthian Books. Parthian is an independent publisher based in Cardigan, Wales. Since its foundation in 1993, Parthian has published some of the best-known works of contemporary Welsh literature. Parthian's motto is “A Carnival of Voices in Independent  Publishing”. Monday 11th November at Rough Hands Tap, Wrexham Entry is £5 (£3 concessions) Doors: 7pm Open Mic 7:30 - 8:30 Susie Wild - 8:45 - 9:15 Patrick Jones - 9:15 - 9:45 Penblwydd Hapus Voicebox Headliners: Susie Wild is author of the poetry collections Windfalls and Better Houses, the short story collection The Art of Contraception listed for the Edge Hill Prize, and the novella Arrivals. Her work has featured in many publications including Poetry Wales, Ink Sweat & Tears and The Atlanta Review and...

 

This Common Uncommon / Little Universe Wednesday 27th November.  Doors at 18:30. Event starts at 18:45 Book Space Cardiff,  26a Crwys Road, Cardiff  CF24 4NL An evening of poetry with Rae Howells and Natalie Ann Holborow.  Chaired by yours truly...  Sign up for tickets here:  https://www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/pages/this-common-uncommon-little-universe-event-sign-up

On November 4th, Georgia Carys Williams will be reading from and discussing her debut novel Unspeakable Beauty at Fforestfach Library!

  Autumn 2024 Browse our Bookshelf, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.

 

  A Fantastic Racket at WMC tonight!

Such a gorgeous Lisa O’Neill show at Llais Festival this evening Pre-show snaps…

Susmita Bhattacharya: " The next story on BBC Sounds is Letters Home. I used to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages in Cardiff. A really lovely school, but sometimes, the experiences of the refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants who were students there were hard to digest. They'd gone through so much to be here, and yet ... This story is inspired by my time working in that school, no actual experiences of the students are included. Maybe some of my experiences are included - maybe!" Image is of the published version in Parthian Books anthology Rarebit. The illustration is by John Abell Artist Edited by Susie Wildsmith https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dqx9

A great Gorwelion evening at Clwb Y Bont in Pontypridd tonight with poetry, music and film crossing shared horizons about the climate crisis and more…

 Lots of great events still to come... catch Rae Howells if you can at one of the following....

Little Universe is launched! Thanks to all who braved the weather to fill the cafe at Swansea Waterstones this evening! And huge congratulations to Natalie Ann Holborow!

'The tides of Wales are inescapable in my poetry, and in many ways, they represent the emotional ebb and flow of life here. Writing about Wales is a return to home, both physically and emotionally. It’s an act of honouring where I come from, the land that has shaped me and continues to influence the way I view the world.'  Read the article in full on Nation.Cymru

I’m judging the Borzello Trust Poetry Prize with the wonderful Niall Griffiths, get your entries in by 31 January 2025. We look forward to reading them.

  Find out more:  https://www.neathartsfestival.cymru