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February 09, 2018

Better Houses Feb 2018 Gigs in Cardiff and Newport

See Susie Wild read from her new poetry collection Better Houses in Cardiff and Newport this month. Firstly here: NEW POETS: SHOWCASE Emily Blewitt, David Foster-Morgan, Susie Wild, Katherine Stansfield, Stephen Payne. Seren Poetry Editor Amy Wack introduces these mostly Cardiff-based poets who have all published acclaimed first collections in recent years. Duration: 1 hour Location: The Pantry Cafe, Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff Type: Poetry reading For event information contact Amy Wack: 07943-819271 Buy £5 tickets ...and then here:

Hummingbird wins at 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards

On Thursday, 1 February, Tristan Hughes’s new novel Hummingbird was honoured with the ‘Fiction with a Sense of Place’ award at the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. Tristan’s novel, set in northern Canada, is an immersive story, one in which its setting transcends its normal function.

Author of the Month: Terry Hetherington (January 2018)

January's 'Author of the Month' is Terry Hetherington, a celebrated poet from Neath, who passed away in 2009. To honour Terry's memory, the Cheval organisation was established with the goal to promote young writers in Wales. The result was the Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award, an annual award that accepts submissions of short stories and poetry, the winner of which receives £1000, while entrants have the opportunity to contribute to the Cheval anthology.

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January 10, 2018

Hummingbird by Tristan Hughes shortlisted for Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards

At a glamorous ceremony at the National Liberal Club, the Edward Stanford Travle Writing Awards announced the shortlists for travel writing fiction and non-fiction. Hummingbird by Tristan Hughes was shortlisted in the category 'Fiction, with a Sense of Place' among a strong pool of candidates. Tristan Hughes was born in northern Ontario and brought up on the Welsh island of Ynys Mon. He is the author of three other novels, Eye Lake, Revenant, and Send My Cold Bones Home, as well as a collection of short stories, The Tower. He is a winner of the Rhys Davies Short Story Prize and is currently a...

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December 06, 2017