Translation Challenge (into English) has been held annually for over a decade alongside its sister competition ‘Her Gyfieithu’ (into Welsh) with the aims of encouraging the development of creative translation in Wales, internationalising our literature scenes and strengthening the relationship between Wales and the world. Each year a different source language and text are selected,…
Category: Poems
Poetry Wales Summer 2020 Launch Event! Register for free now
Register to attend the virtual launch of Poetry Wales‘ summer 2020 edition on 7 September 2020 at 7pm. Spend the evening with (TBC) poets Carrie Etter, Jeni Williams, Philip Gross, Rob Miles, Mari Ellis Dunning, Helen Tookey, Sampurna Chattarji, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch, Luke Samuel Yates, Jon Stone, Moniza Alvi, David Clarke, Ifor Thomas, Benjamin Palmer, Nicholas McGaughey,…
Tryweryn at 55: Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch’s ‘71,200 Megalitres’ with a new introduction by the author, and online exclusive essay by Sharon Morris – Poetry Wales 56.1 Summer 2020
Flooded or Drowned? – An Introduction to ‘71,200 Megalitres’ In November 2005 I was on a writing residency at Hawthornden Castle outside Edinburgh. One afternoon I happened to catch part of the BBC Radio 4 programme Open Country, in which the speaker was visiting ‘the Tryweryn reservoir’ to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of ‘the flooding’…
WBOTY 2020 Shortlist Poets: Interview with Deryn Rees-Jones
Editor Jonathan Edwards interviews former guest editor of Poetry Wales Deryn Rees-Jones whose collection Erato (Seren, 2019) is shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year 2020. JE: Huge congratulations on being shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year. How does it feel to be shortlisted? Is it especially important to you to be recognised…
WBOTY 2020 Shortlist Poets: Interview with Zoë Skoulding
Editor Jonathan Edwards interviews Zoë Skoulding, former Poetry Wales editor and shortlisted poet in Literature Wales’ Wales Book of the Year 2020.
WBOTY 2020 Shortlist Poets: Interview with Jeremy Over
Editor Jonathan Edwards interviews Jeremy Over, shortlisted poet for Wales Book of the Year 2020.
5 tips for new writers from underrepresented backgrounds
Are you a new writer looking to publish your poems? Here are 5 tips to become a published poet.
Poetry Wales launches Stay-at-Home Special Issue
“One thing Poetry Wales can give is poems, and what we can all, at the moment, let in safely – through this screen here and into our hearts – are words.”
Free Access to Poetry Wales Digital Archive until April 23rd
Free resource for individuals, schools and universities, in light of recent library closures.