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GIG ALERT: Voicebox Wrexham




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 she has performed at festivals including Hay, The Laugharne Weekend, Green Man and Glastonbury. Also Publishing Editor at Parthian Books, Susie lives in Rhondda Fach with a TBR pile almost as high as Llanwonno.

https://linktr.ee/Soozerama


Patrick Jones

Over 30 years of words bearing witness to the world we live in and the soul we inhabit. Love. Loss. Grief. Healing. Gaslighting. Deceit. Austerity. Borders. Peace. Hope. Rage. Protest. Survival. Community. Care. The Personal. The Political.

Patrick Jones is author of six performed works and many more published. His most recent work includes the poetry pamphlet Inviting the light (2024), writing lyrics for James Dean Bradfield’s Even in Exile album (Sony Records 2020) and the special 20th anniversary edition of Fuse/Fracture: Poems (2001-2021) with Parthian. He was born in Tredegar, Wales.

http://www.patrick-jones.info

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