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Literature at the Dylan Thomas Centre

Wednesday 15 September, 7.30 pm
On the Edge: Talking to Wordsworth by Gillian Clarke
Gillian Clarke is the much acclaimed National Poet of Wales, and we’re delighted to be staging a rehearsed reading of Talking to Wordsworth, which will be introduced by Gillian herself. The reading will be preceded by a revival of Hijinx Theatre’s Wishful Thinking.
All Tickets: £4.00

Friday 17 September, 7.00 pm
Bright Young Things
Rising literary stars Tyler Keevil, Will Gritten and Susie Wild read from their debut collections from Parthian Books and discuss their work with Parthian fiction editor, Lucy Llewellyn. Click here for more information on the Bright Young Things.
Free entry and wine, in association with Parthian Books

Thursday 23 September, 7.00 pm
John Tripp: The Meaning of Apricot Sponge
A selection of the writings of John Tripp (1927-1986). Poet, short story writer, and journalist John Tripp was an outspoken and sometimes controversial writer whose passion and vigour often spilled over the pages he wrote and into his life. This new title, which includes an essay by Peter Finch, is edited by Tony Curtis, Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan, who also provides a critical foreword. Tony Curtis, 2007 John Tripp Award Audience Prize winner Mab Jones, and Swansea writer and Tripp scholar, Nigel Jenkins, will give readings from the book.
Free entry and wine, in association with Parthian Books

Saturday 25 September, 7.30 pm
Don Paterson
One of Britain’s finest poets reads his work at the Dylan Thomas Centre. Don Paterson’s poetry has won an impressive number of awards, including the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Whitbread Poetry Prize, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award, and the T.S. Eliot Prize on two occasions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and received an OBE in 2008 and the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2010. Paterson teaches poetry at the University of St Andrews and since 1996 has been poetry editor at Picador MacMillan.
Tickets: £6.50 / Concessions: £4.50 / PTL: £2.60

Sunday 26 September, 11.00 am – 1.00 pm
Poetry Workshop with Don Paterson
Don Paterson will conduct an open seminar-style workshop and discuss all aspects of the poetic art, looking at the business of poetic composition as a technical, practical and spiritual exercise, and focussing on every stage of the process from inspiration to publication. Please bring pen, paper and two or three good questions.
Tickets: £15.00. To book your place, contact the Dylan Thomas Centre on: 01792 463980.

For details and booking click here or contact:
Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea, SA1 1RR
dylanthomas.lit@swansea.gov.uk / 01792 463980