Wednesday
14th February, 2001
Aled Lewis Evans presents Valentine Poems Stories in
the Park. Bellevue Park, Wrexham. 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm. Further details
from: Alistair Hemphill, 07808 787765
Monday 19th
February, 2001
OLIVER REYNOLDS, reading and discussing his work
The Academi in partnership with the University of Wales, Bangor.
The Faber poet returns, author of Skevington's Daughter, The
Player Queen's Wife, The Oslo Tram and Almost. The
British Hotel, Bangor, Gwynedd. 8.30pm. Further details from: Ian Gregson,
School of English & Linguistics, 01248 351151
Friday
23rd - Sunday 25th February, 2001
The Academi and Welsh Union of Writers' Joint Conference.
Ireland and Wales - Telling the New Story. Speakers:
Dermot Bolger, Anne Comerford, Patrick Crotty, Grahame Davies, Paul
Durcan, Paul Flynn MP, Patrick Galvin, Harri Pritchard Jones and
Peter Stead. Lectures, Discussions, Readings and Workshop. All sessions
are open to the public. Conference price: £145.00 inclusive. White's
Hotel, Wexford, Ireland. Please reserve your place by 5th January, 2001.
Further details from the Academi, 029 2047 2266, post@academi.org
Tuesday 27th
February, 2001
FOR THE UNPUBLISHED
Check out what's not made it to the bookshelves yet. For those interested
in reading in front of an audience, perhaps for the first time, there's
a chance to book a five-minute floor slot. For the curious the event
is entirely free. The Plough Inn, The Roe, St Asaph, Denbighshire. 7.30pm.
Call Wena Grant, the Academi's north-east Wales Fieldworker on 01824
708 218 for more information or to book your slot
Monday 12th
March, 2001
CAROL RUMENS, reading and discussing her work
The Academi in partnership with the University of Wales, Bangor.
The former editor of Quarto and Literary Review Rumens has published
ten volumes of poetry including Thinking of Skins and The
Miracle Diet. The British Hotel, Bangor, Gwynedd. 8.30pm. Further
details from: Ian Gregson, School of English & Linguistics, 01248 351151
Friday
23rd - Sunday 25th March, 2001
Wales 2001: The Re-Imagined Nation. The 14th annual conference
organized by the Association for the Study of Welsh Writing in English,
at Gregynog, is to be devoted to considering the ways in which Wales
culturally constructs itself, both now and in the past. Speakers at
the conference include leading writers, critics and artists. Friday
23 - Chris Meredith & Richard John Evans. Saturday
24 - Professor Jeremy Hooker, Anne Price-Owen, Dr Jeni
Williams, Dic Edwards, Dr Sandra Anstey, Victor
Golightly, Chris Wigginton, Iwan Bala. Sunday 25 -
Kirsti Bohata, Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, Ned Thomas
& Professor Stephen Knight. Conference
fees: £40 (Registered Research Students), £108 (All Others),
£20 (Day Rate), £55 (Full Board). Further details and booking
form available from Jane Aaron, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL. Tel: 01443 482657. Email:
jaaron@glam.ac.uk
launching
in April
The Academi Cardiff International
Poetry Competition 2001
£5000
in prizes. Judges: Les Murray & Gillian Clarke. Closing
date for entries 1 November, 2001. Try yours - £4.00 a poem - original,
unpublished work only. For more information send SAE to P O Box 438,
Cardiff CF10 5YA
Friday 20th
- Sunday 22nd April, 2001
THE SECOND ACADEMI TY NEWYDD LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Poetry,
prose, performance and more in Llanystumdwy. Watch this space. Further
information and festival brochure available soon
Sunday 10th June, 2001
LITERARY LUNCH
The Academi's Annual Literary Lunch at Portmeirion. 12.30 pm. Further
details to follow
Thursday 28th June, 2001
Llandudno Midsummer Festival: Poetry Competition adjudication
and readings with Edmund Cusick. With guitat music from
Jonathan Richards. Washington Hotel, Craig-y-don, Llandudno. 10.30 am.
Further details of this event and the Competition from: Catrin Hobson,
01248 354206