15 January 2009 - 16 January 2009
The Bells of Shoreditch
By Tim Price
Paul has been suffering from anxiety attacks. He can't stop himself throwing his property over bridges. He goes to work with no shoes. He's a man falling apart. So he puts an advert in the newspaper for a bedmate. Someone to sleep, to help him through the night. Follow Paul on his journey through London, with the loneliest people he can find.
With the support of Sherman Cymru and the Arts Council of Wales, Dirty Protest have workshopped this full-length play. Seeking to fill the vacuum between rehearsed readings and full scale productions, they hope this development production will be the first of many.
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Monday, 12 January 2009
And now for something completely different
Steven Spielberg fails to see the funny side - lawyers send 'cease and desist' letter to University of Wales Lampeter.
Prizes from New Welsh Review and Poetry Wales
A reminder of the details of the New Welsh Review Poetry Prize - closing date 30th January:
New Welsh Review, in association with Aberystwyth University Department of English and Creative Writing, is delighted to announce a new prize for poetry.
The prize, to be judged by award-winning poet Philip Gross, is open to New Welsh Review subscribers, and to students in the Aberystwyth University Department of English and Creative Writing. Entry is free. The winner will receive £200, with £50 each for two runners-up, at a ceremony in March 2009.
Visit the New Welsh Review website to download an entry form.
Over at Poetry Wales, there's the The Poetry Wales Purple Moose Poetry Prize. Sponsored by Purple Moose brewery, Porthmadog, and judged by poets Zoë Skoulding (Poetry Wales Editor) and Patrick McGuinness, this is an open competition for short collections of 20-24 poems. The winner of this pamphlet competition will receive £250 and publication of their short collection. Closing date 1st May.
New Welsh Review, in association with Aberystwyth University Department of English and Creative Writing, is delighted to announce a new prize for poetry.
The prize, to be judged by award-winning poet Philip Gross, is open to New Welsh Review subscribers, and to students in the Aberystwyth University Department of English and Creative Writing. Entry is free. The winner will receive £200, with £50 each for two runners-up, at a ceremony in March 2009.
Visit the New Welsh Review website to download an entry form.
Over at Poetry Wales, there's the The Poetry Wales Purple Moose Poetry Prize. Sponsored by Purple Moose brewery, Porthmadog, and judged by poets Zoë Skoulding (Poetry Wales Editor) and Patrick McGuinness, this is an open competition for short collections of 20-24 poems. The winner of this pamphlet competition will receive £250 and publication of their short collection. Closing date 1st May.
Poet Mick Imlah dies
Scottish poet Mick Imlah has died at the age of 52, the Guardian reports.
Imlah debuted with the highly acclaimed Birthmarks in 1988. A twenty year hiatus followed. Astonishingly, despite battling Motor Neurone disease, he returned with The Lost Leader last year – garnering him plaudits and the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Imlah was poetry editor of the Times Literary Supplement. News of his death is deeply saddening and arrives just as the winner of the T S Eliot Prize, for which he is nominated, is about to be announced.
Imlah debuted with the highly acclaimed Birthmarks in 1988. A twenty year hiatus followed. Astonishingly, despite battling Motor Neurone disease, he returned with The Lost Leader last year – garnering him plaudits and the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Imlah was poetry editor of the Times Literary Supplement. News of his death is deeply saddening and arrives just as the winner of the T S Eliot Prize, for which he is nominated, is about to be announced.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Happy New Year
Apologies for the lack of posting in recent weeks. I've fallen foul of the flu. There'll be more posts soon. In the meantime, I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!
Monday, 1 December 2008
New Welsh Review - Issue 82 out this week
The Winter 2008 Issue of New Welsh Review (82) - my first as editor - is out this week.
It includes features by Terry Eagleton on Raymond Williams, Lloyd Robson on his search for Robert Mitchum, Sarah Broughton on life writing and Katie Gramich on Gillian Clarke and Christine Evans. In our new opinion column, Anthony Brockway calls for more attention to be given to science fiction writing from Wales and BAFTA Cymru winner Justin Kerrigan (Human Traffic) talks about his new film, I Know You Know, in our new creative focus, First Hand. Poems come from Sinead Morrissey, Meirion Jordan, Joe Dunthorne, Anna Lewis and Damian Walford Davies, with new fiction from Niall Griffiths and Alix Nathan.
New Welsh Review is available from good bookshops in Wales and from Foyles (Charing Cross) in London. Alternatively, visit our website www.newwelshreview.com to purchase individual copies of the magazine (including back issues) or to subscribe now – either as a Christmas gift to yourself or to a friend.
It includes features by Terry Eagleton on Raymond Williams, Lloyd Robson on his search for Robert Mitchum, Sarah Broughton on life writing and Katie Gramich on Gillian Clarke and Christine Evans. In our new opinion column, Anthony Brockway calls for more attention to be given to science fiction writing from Wales and BAFTA Cymru winner Justin Kerrigan (Human Traffic) talks about his new film, I Know You Know, in our new creative focus, First Hand. Poems come from Sinead Morrissey, Meirion Jordan, Joe Dunthorne, Anna Lewis and Damian Walford Davies, with new fiction from Niall Griffiths and Alix Nathan.
New Welsh Review is available from good bookshops in Wales and from Foyles (Charing Cross) in London. Alternatively, visit our website www.newwelshreview.com to purchase individual copies of the magazine (including back issues) or to subscribe now – either as a Christmas gift to yourself or to a friend.
Monday, 24 November 2008
Scottish awards under threat
Interesting article in The Times a few days ago which highlights the very real and worrying implications of the credit crunch for the encouragement and patronage of the Arts. The superb Saltire Prizes in Scotland are now under serious threat as commercial sponsorship dries up. Previous winners of the prizes include A L Kennedy, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Kate Atkinson, Liz Lochhead, Alan Warner, Kate Clanchy and Ali Smith. If a commercial or private sponsor is not secured shortly, this year's announcement of the winners (28 November) will be the last. Meanwhile, the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award will not be inviting applications next year as the Scottish Arts Council have no funds available.
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