The Dylan Thomas Centre celebrates World Book Day on 4 March with offers in our bookshop throughout the day, and a special, free evening event at 7pm.
Our bookshop is open from 10am to 4.30pm, and there will be thousands of second-hand books on offer at half-price, and reductions on many new books. Relax in the [...]
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PoetCasting is at the Dylan Thomas Festival – 31 October from 10am to 5pm!
PoetCasting is a poetry podcasting project which works with poets throughout the United Kingdom. The project features published, performance, emerging and established poets reading their own work online and out loud. The project has been live since April 2007. There are currently [...]
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and it’s been a flying start so far. We opened with readings from Dannie Abse and Peter Finch, two of Wales’ most established and well respected poets. Contrasting in style, both were gripping in their different ways; Abse with his more traditional lyrics, and Finch combining the experimental with the personal. What a hard act [...]
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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 [...]
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The next few months look exciting for Global Poetry System as literature organisations around the UK get involved in finding poems in their area through a series of workshops and events.
Southbank Centre has partnered with Apples and Snakes, Academi, Litfest, Wordquake, Verbal Arts Centre, Scottish Poetry Library, Dylan Thomas Centre and NALD to set up [...]
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