What’s On

NaCOT in association with The Centre for Narrative Leadership proudly presents 1002 Nights Gala Storytelling Performance. NaCOT (The National Centre for the Oral Tradition) is delighted to announce a first gala evening of storytelling featuring award-winning Welsh storymaster Michael Harvey with author and storyteller Geoff Mead. 7.30pm - Doors open at 7.00pm, Itton Village Hall, Chepstow Road Itton, NP15 4BT. Tckets £12 (£10 concs) available online from www.poetryontheborder.org and on the door. Suitable for adults, young adults, families and accompanied children over 10yrs. This gala evening will showcase a medley of amazing and amusing stories from the 1001 Arabian Nights plus the Winning Story from the 1002 Nights Short Story Competition.

Author Reading. Featuring Amir Abdul Amir. Organised by the Aracbic Cultural Society. At the Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff CF10 5AL. 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Dr Amer Jafar 07867 893934 / amer.h.jafar@gmail.com. Supported by Literature Wales (click here for information on funding for events).

Literature Wales and Wales Millennium Centre Book Club will be welcoming the author and journalist Jasper Rees to discuss his book Bred of Heaven (Profile Books, 2011). Grahame Davies will lead the discussion. The event is aimed at Welsh learners, but all are welcome. 
7.00 - 8.00 pm, Glyn Jones Centre, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free event, but ticketed. Reserve your space by contacting Literature Wales 029 2047 2266 / post@literaturewales.org
Organised by Literature Wales and Wales Millennium Centre.

Storytelling at Milgi's Yurt. Guest storyteller: tbc. Guest musician: Geoff Liles & Annette Davies, 8.00 pm, Free entry, contributions in the hat. Milgi Lounge, 213 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JD, 029 2047 3150, www.milgilounge.com

Poetry Reading (theme - Nature & Gardening). Featuring Kate Williams. Organised by Cowbridge Gardening Club. At Lesser Hall, Cowbridge Town Hall, High Street, Cowbridge, CF71 7AD. 7.30 pm. Tickets: £2.00 (non members) / £1.00 members. Contact: Allyon Lipp 01446 772290 / alipp@glam.ac.uk. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

Open Mic Night. Featuring Paul Groves. Organised by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. At The Imperial Hotel, High Street, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8UH. 7.30 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Gus Payne 01685 725382 / gus.payne@merthyr.gov.uk. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

Valentines Hearts, Easter Eggs and Beltane Fires. Spring Festivals in folklore and literature, with Dr Dimitra Fimi, a literature specialist and internationally acclaimed folklorist Dr Juliette Wood. The day school will look at the folklore and literature of Valentine's Day, Easter, St David's Day and MayDay. From 10.00am till 3.00pm. At Cardiff School of Education, UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff. Fee is £70.00 which includes lunch, refreshments and certificate of attendance. To book or for more information contact Huw Jones / Donna Hendy on 02920 417078 / 416577 / cseenterprise@uwic.ac.uk

Reading & Discussion followed by Open Mic. Featuring Owen Sheers. Organised by Cardiff University. At The Promised Land, 4 Windsor Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BX. 7.00 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Shelagh Weeks 02920 8702950 / WeeksS@ardiff.ac.uk. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

Talk on Fantasy Fiction for Children. Featuring Catherine Fisher. Organised by Newport and Gwent Literary Society. At Holiday Inn, The Coldra, Newport, NP18 2YG. 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm. Tickets: £20.00 (to include dinner). Contact: Jean Sullivan 01633 663114 / sullivan_jean@sky.com / www.newportandgwentliterarysociety.wordpress.com. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

First Thursday Poetry Reading and Q&A. Featuring Meirion Jordan & Fflur Dafydd. Organised by Seren. At Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE. 7.30 pm. Tickets: £2.50. Contact: Amy Wack 01656 663018 / amylwack@aol.com. Supported by Literature Wales.

4.00 - 6.00 pm, UWIC's Cyncoed Campus.
The Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson will be visiting Wales and will be giving a lecture about reading for pleasure and the importance of picture books. She'll be joined by Wales' two very own children's laureates, Catherine Fisher, the newly appointed Young People's Laureate, and Eurig Salisbury, the Bardd Plant Cymru (Children's Poet Laureate), making it the first ever triple Welsh / English laureate event. Books will be for sale.
Tickets are £5.00, and to book a place contact: jbowers@uwic.ac.uk

Reading & Discussion followed by Open Mic. Featuring Belinda Bauer. Organised by Cardiff University. At The Promised Land, 4 Windsor Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BX. 7.00 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Shelagh Weeks 02920 8702950 / WeeksS@ardiff.ac.uk. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

Poetry Competition Workshop & Adjudication. Featuring Jane Blank. Organised by Cardiff Writers' Circle. At the Chaplaincy Building, 62 Park Place, Cardiff. 7.00 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Judith Sanders 02920 652770 / judesand123@live.co.uk. Supported by Literature Wales.

Somali Poetry Reading. Featuring Caasha Luul Mohamad Yusuf. Organised by Cardiff Central Library. At Grangetown Branch Library, Havelock Place, Grangetown, Cardiff, CF11 6PA. 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Preeti Pathak 02920 382116 / ppathak@cardiff.gov.uk. Supported by Literature Wales.

Storytelling at Milgi's Yurt. Guest storyteller: tbc. Guest musician: Miss Maud's Folly, 8.00 pm, Free entry, contributions in the hat. Milgi Lounge, 213 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JD, 029 2047 3150, www.milgilounge.com

Contemporary Poetry Reading. Featuring David Greenslade, Frank Olding & Mike Greenhough. Organised by The Collective. At the Hen & Chicks Pub, Flannel Street, Abergavenny. 8 pm. Tickets: £5. Contact: Ric Hool 01495 292271 / richardhool05@aol.com. Supported by Literature Wales.

Reading & Prize Presentation. Featuring Simon Armitage. Organised by University of Wales, Newport. At The School of Humanities and Lifelong Learning, Caerleon Campus, Newport, NP18 3QT. 12.00 midday - 3.15 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Linda Ruhemann 01633 432689 / linda.ruhemann@newport.ac.uk. Supported by Literature Wales.

Open Mic Night. Featuring Ann Drysdale. Organised by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. At The Imperial Hotel, High Street, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8UH. 7.30 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Gus Payne 01685 725382 / gus.payne@merthyr.gov.uk. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

Reading & Discussion followed by Open Mic. Featuring Douglas Houston. Organised by Cardiff University. At The Promised Land, 4 Windsor Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BX. 7.00 pm. Free Entry. Contact: Shelagh Weeks 02920 8702950 / WeeksS@cardiff.ac.uk. Supported by Literature Wales (contact 029 2047 2266 for information on funding for events).

Storytelling at Milgi's Yurt. Guest storyteller: Billy Teare. Guest musician: Kathleen O'Sullivan, 8.00 pm, Free entry, contributions in the hat. Milgi Lounge, 213 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JD, 029 2047 3150, www.milgilounge.com

Storytelling at Milgi's Yurt. Guest storyteller: Billy Teare. Guest musician: Kathleen O'Sullivan, 8.00 pm, Free entry, contributions in the hat. Milgi Lounge, 213 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JD, 029 2047 3150, www.milgilounge.com

Reading & Discussion of 'The London Train', followed by Live Music, Drinks & Canapes. Featuring Tessa Hadley. Organised by Arriva Trains and Literature Wales. Leaving from and returning to Cardiff Central Station, en-route by train. Approx 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm. Ticket price tbc. Contact: Bronwen Price 02920 472266 / post@literaturewales.org.

Midsummer Nights. Summer traditions and literature, with Dr Dimitra Fimi, a literature specialist and internationally acclaimed folklorist Dr Juliette Wood. The day school will look at national and international summer beliefs and folklore, including literary representations. From 10.00am till 3.00pm. At Cardiff School of Education, UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cardiff. Fee is £70.00 which includes lunch, refreshments and certificate of attendance. To book or for more information contact Huw Jones / Donna Hendy on 02920 417078 / 416577 / cseenterprise@uwic.ac.uk

Storytelling at Milgi's Yurt. Guest storyteller: Joanne Blake. Guest musician: The Glow Gobes, 8.00 pm, Free entry, contributions in the hat. Milgi Lounge, 213 City Road, Cardiff, CF24 3JD, 029 2047 3150, www.milgilounge.com