Academi Baylit 2010

Baylit: Shock of the New returns this October to push even further the boundaries of literature in Cardiff Bay. As in 2008 the festival will focus on new and emerging writers as well as innovative and original writing styles, publications, technologies and performances. Academi will be releasing more information on the festival throughout July with the full programme being launched in August. In the run up to and during the festival Academi, with contributions from our speakers, will be Tweeting, Facebooking, uploading videos and generally keeping the world updated on everything BayLit related. Subscribe to the Academi's e-newletter to learn more on the line-up as it happens.

Wales in America

The North American Festival of Wales takes place in Portland, Oregon from 2nd to 5th September this year. Further details on the festival and its work can be found here.

Dylan Thomas Festival 2009

A reminder that I'll be in conversation with Stevie Davies on October 29th as part of the 2009 Dylan Thomas Festival which runs from 26th October to 9th November. This year's festival also includes Cerys Matthews, Fflur Dafydd, Dannie Abse, Owen Sheers, Peter Finch, a conference on Lynette Roberts and a celebration of Yeats, among other treats. I do hope you'll be able to join us this year and also sample some of the other excellent events.

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New Welsh Review at the Dylan Thomas Festival 2009

I'll be in conversation with celebrated Swansea-based novelist Stevie Davies on 29th October at the Dylan Thomas Festival as part of our ongoing 21st anniversary celebrations. We'll be discussing Stevie's life and work, and looking ahead to her forthcoming novel, Into Suez. Stevie will also read from her work. We hope to see you there. More details will follow shortly.

Make Hay - two free tickets

I've got two tickets to give away for New Welsh Review's event at Hay this Sunday 24th May at 4pm, when I'll be in conversation with Fflur Dafydd and Nam Le. First two blog readers to email their name and postal address to editor[AT]newwelshreview[dot]com before this Thursday (midday) will each win a ticket.

New Welsh Review at the Hay Festival

I'll be in conversation with two very gifted and original young writers, Nam Le (author of The Boat and winner of The Dylan Thomas Prize in 2008) and Fflur Dafydd (author of Twenty Thousand Saints), on Sunday 24th May at the Guardian Hay Festival. Do join us there. Visit www.hayfestival.com to book for this and and other events.

Hay Festival 2009

This year's Hay Festival will run from 21st - 31st May. New Welsh Review will have a good presence at the festival, and I'll keep you updated on the details. In the meantime, visit the website for the exciting line-up currently confirmed.

The Laugharne Weekend: 3rd April - 5th April 2009

This year's Laugharne Weekend runs from April 3rd to 5th April. It promises to be a great festival, with a fantastic line-up including Stella Duffy, Patrick McCabe, AL Kennedy and Simon Armitage, together with a host of Wales's brightest and best writers - Robert Lewis, Peter Finch, Rachel Trezise, Catrin Dafydd, Joe Dunthorne, Fflur Dafydd and John Williams among them. All that and you get Howard Marks, too. Some tickets are still available but limited. Visit the festival website for further details.