Literature Wales Newsletter
The Writers of Wales Database
HINSHELWOOD, EMILY
Pant Yr Ywen, Llwyncelyn Road, Tai’rgwaith, Rhydaman, SA18 1UU
Tel: (01269) 822230
Website: http://www.emily-hinshelwood.co.uk/
Poet and playwright. Born in London, she has travelled across several continents and finally settled in South Wales where she started writing poetry. Winner of the John Tripp Award for Spoken Poetry (2003) and the Ken Bruford Award for Light Verse. Her poems and short stories have appeared in Roundyhouse, Red Poets Society and Cambrensis and she has done poetry readings in a range of venues in South Wales. Scriptwriter for the bilingual production Dylan Pwy? Dylan Who?, Emily also co-founded the writers group ‘Hooker’s Pen’. She is now a freelance writer, performer and workshop facilitator.
Selected Publications:
Sucking at Sticky Fingers (Roynetree Press, 2004)