This year’s Dylan Thomas Festival runs from 26 October to 9 November, and is packed with exciting events, with appearances by Peter Finch, Dannie Abse, Fflur Dafydd, Owen Sheers and many others. There’s new drama from London’s Out of Order Theatre co. Cerys Matthews is in conversation at the Dylan Thomas Centre, then in concert at Taliesin, and other events focus on Lynette Roberts and Alun Richards. The festival as a whole is dedicated to the memory of Aeronwy Thomas, and there will be two events celebrating her.
The Poetry Society’s giant knitted poem will be on display in Swansea as part of the festival. The identity of the poem has just been revealed as Dylan’s ‘In my craft or sullen art’, and more details on the project, which is part of the society’s Centenary celebration, can be found on their website: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/knit/
We were excited to recieve a bundle of GPS postcards in the mail the other day, which feature found poetry photographed by Graham Isaac. We’ll be distributing them throughout the festival, and encouraging everyone to share their own poetry finds with us, particularly at our next Stuff Happens event, where new poets are encouraged to read alongside more established figures.
For full festival details, please see www.dylanthomas.com or contact the Centre on 01792 463980.
The Dylan Thomas Fringe runs alongside the Festival, and includes lunchtime poetry sessions at the Waterfront Museum, as well as comedy, music, drama, art, dance, film and much more. See www.dylanthomasfringe.com for more information.
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