Voices on the Bridge @TheCF42

Contact: robcullen@celfypridd.co.uk

Voices on the Bridge out and about in the valleys - a night of poetry, song and music! Performers - Rhian Elizabeth was born in 1988 in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, and now lives in Cardiff. Her novel, Six Pounds Eight Ounces (Seren, 2014), was shortlisted for The International Rubery Book Award. She has previously been a winner of The Terry Hetherington Young Writers Award and her poetry was shortlisted for The Bangor Poetry Prize (Northern Ireland). Her debut poetry collection will be published by Parthian in Spring 2018. She is a Hay Festival Writer at Work
Mike Jenkins Retired Comp teacher, lives in Merthyr. Conducts creative writing workshops for children and adults. Co-editor of Red Poets magazine for 22 years. Winner of Wales Book of the Year for short story collection 'Wanting to Belong'(Seren). Books of poetry include 'Nobody's Subject' (BBTS) and Sofa Surfin.( Carreg Gwalch) in Merthyr vernacular,. Mike will be reading from his latest book ‘Bring the Rising Home!’
Rob Cullen studied at Bristol and Cardiff art colleges and lived in New York and Brighton. Rob was an expert to the criminal and family courts. He retired in 2012. His short story The Choice was published in an anthology in 2015. Rob has written short stories published in Ystrad Stories related to the paintings of Ernie Zobole. His poems have been published in the online magazine I AM NOT A SILENT POET, and The Learned Pig. His poems have also been published in the RED POETS anthology. A collection of poetry “Uncertain Times” was published in 2016. He is currently working with a publisher on a novel. www.celfypridd.wordpress.com
Cara Gwen is a bilingual musician and writer from South Wales. Her music and poetry explore themes of landscape, folklore and politics.
Rufus Mufasa is a literary activist and lyrical genre hopper who has travelled and toured profusely but always returns to Pontypridd, which she has made her home. Rufus' work explores a cocktail of disciplines, the avant-garde "ness" of multilingualism, the threading of ancestry, filled with hope and heart. New school call her rapper, old school call her chanter, but she adores her newest title, mother, and is drunk on the lessons it brings, and how it has made her an even stronger dutiful daughter to our planet. This is a bilingual event and not for fans of Rod Liddle!

Entry: Free donations welcome

Time: 7:00pm (It starts when it starts!)