On Friday, March 4th, young writers gathered with their friends and family to celebrate the secondary launch of How to Exit a Burning Building. This anthology showcases the winning and commended work from the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015. In December, they met for the first time at Chapter to hear the winners, Natalie Ann Holborow, Eve Elizabeth…… Continue reading How to Exit a Burning Building Launch (Part II) – Photos!
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How to Exit a Burning Building Launch – Part II
Join us for our second How to Exit a Burning Building Launch Party! We’ll be gathering on Friday, March 4th from 7-9pm at the Little Man Coffee Co. in Cardiff. This anthology, published by Parthian, showcases the winning and commended work from the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015, an award established by the…… Continue reading How to Exit a Burning Building Launch – Part II
Natalie Ann Holborow wins the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015
A Swansea writer has become the second person to be awarded the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers by the Welsh Writers’ Trust 24-year-old Natalie Ann Holborow will be presented with her £500 prize on Sunday 13 December 2015 at an awards ceremony at Chapter, Cardiff’s iconic arts centre. Runners-up Eve Elizabeth Moriarty and Mari…… Continue reading Natalie Ann Holborow wins the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers 2015
Writer Feature: Mab Jones
Welsh Writers Trust sat down with Mab Jones, writer and performer, and chatted to her about the residency she is doing at the Dylan Thomas Boathouse in Laugharne. You are doing a residency at the Dylan Thomas Boathouse, what does this residency entail? They have a few resident writers over the course of a year…… Continue reading Writer Feature: Mab Jones
Writing at Cardiff Metropolitan
Cardiff Metropolitan is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. In 2014, it recorded it’s highest ever level of overall student satisfaction and remains the highest ranked ‘new’ (post 1992) university in Wales. It is also one of the few universities that offers a joint honours English and Creative Writing BA (Hons) in Wales. The creative…… Continue reading Writing at Cardiff Metropolitan
Writing at Bangor University
Situated in the dramatic landscape of North Wales, Bangor University provides inspiring views on its doorstep. From the Snowdonia Mountain range to the serene British coast, the location is definitely one of the reasons students choose to take a course in Bangor. It was rated amongst the top 10 universities in the UK for student…… Continue reading Writing at Bangor University
Tŷ Newydd
Tŷ Newydd is a house in Abercain which runs writing courses for people of all capabilities. It was opened in 1990 to the public as a writing centre by the writers Gillian Clarke and Robert Minhinnick. Clarke said it was her dream to open a house of words, “somewhere which belonged to all writers”. Prime…… Continue reading Tŷ Newydd
Places to Inspire Writing in Cardiff
All writers have experienced that dearth of inspiration; the time when we scrabble through articles in newspapers, sift through old diaries and scour every object that surrounds us to find something, anything, that might spark some much craved creativity. In those trying times when nothing seems to mean anything and you are left staring at…… Continue reading Places to Inspire Writing in Cardiff
Celebrating Parthian Books
Parthian Books is a Welsh publishing house based in Cardigan/Aberteifi which was established in 1993 in order to publish Director Richard Lewis Davies’ first novel, Work, Sex and Rugby. Parthian has gone on to become one of the most respected publishers in Wales and beyond. They publish an innovative range of new fiction, poetry and…… Continue reading Celebrating Parthian Books
Robin Reeves and Anna Lewis
All the submissions for the Robin Reeves Prize for Young Writers Competition have now been received and we’d like to thank everyone who sent in their stories and poems around the theme of adversity. The winner of the competition will be announced in September and an award ceremony will be held in November later this…… Continue reading Robin Reeves and Anna Lewis