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This event is part of the Taliesin Arts Centre series
Professor in Creativity, Owen Sheers
Professor of English and holder of the Emyr Humphreys Chair of Welsh Writing in English at Swansea University, M. Wynn Thomas
Rhian Edwards
Menna Elfyn
Paul Henry
Robert Minhinnick
Jonathan Edwards
To: 2 Oct 2017, 9 p.m.
Location: Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PZ, Swansea
The Strings of Song
A celebration of the poetry of Vernon Watkins in reflection and response.
‘The most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English’ - Dylan Thomas
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Vernon Watkins Swansea University’s Professor in Creativity, Owen Sheers, has invited five award-winningWelsh poets to write a response to Watkins’s work.
Chaired by Professor of English and holder of the Emyr Humphreys Chair of Welsh Writing in English at Swansea University, M. Wynn Thomas, poets Rhian Edwards, Menna Elfyn, Paul Henry, Robert Minhinnick and Jonathan Edwards read and discuss the poetry of ‘Swansea’s other poet’before sharing their own new work. Presented in association with Literature Wales, Research Institute for Arts & Humanities, CREW
In support of this event the exhibition; Vernon Watkins 1906-1967: Poet of Gower, in partnership with Jeff Towns, Honorary Fellow of Swansea University, and Dylan's Mobile Bookstore, includes a group of early manuscript poems, original letters, rare editions of his books, ephemera and photographs of Vernon and his family. The exhibition runs from Saturday 30th September to Monday 30th October, Singleton campus main library.
Presented in association with Dylan's Mobile Bookstore and Research Institute for Arts & Humanities
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Event created by: m.t.hughes