The Wheatsheaf Readings

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In the former Fitzrovian drinking haunt of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas, Augustus John, George Orwell and Nina Hamnett join poets from Wales, London and beyond for readings and a London Welsh social. There will be contemporary readings from the poets' own work, as well as some highlights from the writers contained in our Library of Wales series.

In partnership with Parthian Books, the Library of Wales and Rack Press.


* TIM WELLS *

As founding editor of the poetry magazine Rising, Tim Wells has published the work of writers such Sean O'Brien, Roddy Lumsden, August Kleinzahler, Annie Freud, John Stammers and Matthew Sweeney. His work as a poet and performer has seen him touring the U.S. (a dozen times), translated into German and Chinese, working as a guest poet on Radio London and as Writer in Residence with Tighten Up, the East London reggae sound system. His Boys' Night Out in the Afternoon (Donut Press) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2006. His most recent publication is Rougher Yet (Donut Press, 2009). Tim also featured in The Raconteur America (2011).

www.donutpress.co.uk/index.php?authors&id=9


Susan Grindley will be reading from her Rack Press pamphlet, New Reader

Susan Grindley’s poems have been published in Magma, Rising, Nth Position and The Page and in anthologies including Gobby Deegan's Riposte (Donut Press, edited by John Stammers), for which she wrote the title poem. She has had poems highly commended in the Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition, 2010 and the Larkin and East Riding Poetry Competition, 2011.

Ian Pople will be reading from his Rack Press pamphlet, Silencing the Dust

Ian Pople was born in Ipswich. He was educated at the British Council, Athens and the Universities of Aston and Manchester. His first book of poetry, The Glass Enclosure, (Arc, 1996) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and short-listed for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. His other collections are An Occasional Lean-to, (Arc, 2004), My Foolish Heart (Flarestack, 2006) and Saving Spaces (Arc, 2011). He teaches at the University of Manchester.

* ALAN KELLERMANN *

Alan Kellermann was born in Wisconsin, USA and lives in Swansea. In 2001, he won the Eleanor B. North and Judson Q. Owen awards from Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. In 2011 he completed a PhD in Poetry at Swansea University, where he has led seminars in creative writing.

Witty and moving, his debut full collection You, Me and the Birds (Parthian, 2012) signalled the arrival of an exciting and important new voice in poetry. Published by major British and Irish journals, including New Welsh Review, Agenda and Poetry Ireland Review, Alan is already considered a 'one to watch' in British poetry. His poetry also appeared in Ten of the Best (2011). Alan was recently appointed as the Poetry Editor at Parthian Books.

www.parthianbooks.com/content/you-me-and-birds

Jemma L King teaches literature and creative writing at Aberystwyth University where she also completed her doctoral thesis. Winner of the Terry Hetherington Award for young writers in 2011, she has published her creative and academic work internationally. She is a founding member of the Centre for Women, Writing and Literary Culture and is a reviewer of contemporary literature for numerous publications. Her debut collection of poetry The Shape of a Forest is a powerful survey of life and of human experience that spans centuries and the continents. It launches in June 2013 though Parthian Books.

www.parthianbooks.com/content/shape-forest

Dai George splits his time between Cardiff and New York, where he is studying for an MFA at Columbia University. His poetry reviews and articles have appeared in The Boston Review, The Guardian, Poetry Wales and New Welsh Review. His poetry has been published by Salt and his first full collection is forthcoming with Seren.

Price: £7.00 / £6.00

Time: 3:30pm