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Few poets are awarded the distinction of having an Oscar-winning filmtake its title from one of their poems; Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Lockerbrought Brian Turner’s penetrating and haunting work to an even wideraudience. Brian makes his eagerly-anticipated return to Swansea in June.

There are plenty of opportunities for new writers to flourish, with thelaunch of Parthian’s superb Ten of the Best, and drama from SwanseaUniversity’s Creative Writing students. Looking further ahead, plans arewell underway for this year’s Dylan Thomas Festival, with Sarah Waters,Pete Brown and Antony Penrose among those already confirmed.

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Saturday, 14 May / 1pmTHEATRE-IN-FOCUS: THEATRE CO PRESENT

HAROLD PINTER’S VICTORIASTATION AND FAMILY VOICESTwo short plays by Harold Pinter, probably thegreatest British playwright of the 20th century: one ishilarious, the other poignant. Both are studies incommunication, or lack of it. All Theatre-In-Focuspresentations are script-in-hand, and preceded by atalk about the playwright.TICKETS: £5, no concessions.

Wednesday, 25 May / 7.30pm

‘ALGAE: SCUM OF THE EARTH’Adam Powell & Bob Lovitt, Swansea University.TICKETS: FREE ENTRY

Wednesday, 25 May /7.30pm

Burning The Curtain BY GWYNNE EDWARDS

Jâms Thomas stars in Gwynne Edwards’ new piece onthe influential writer and broadcaster, Gwyn Thomas.TICKETS: £4, no concessions.

Thursday, 26 May / 7.30pm

POETS IN THE BOOKSHOP: KELLY GROVIERCelebrate the release of Kelly Grovier’s secondcollection from Carcanet, The Sleepwalker at Sea. Grovierwas born in Michigan and lectures in Creative Writing atAberystwyth University. He has written widely on theRomantic poets, and his biography of London’s notoriousNewgate prison was published in 2008, Plus open mic.TICKETS: £4 £2.80 £1.60

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Thursday, 9 June / 7pm

TEN OF THE BEST LAUNCHFollowing the success of 2010’s Bright YoungThings titles, Parthian introduces Ten Of theBest, a selection of poetry showcasingWales’ literary talent. Featured are hard-hitting poems by S.T. Owen, edgy, funnypoems by Mab Jones, poems inspired bythe paintings of Marc Chagall and TonyGoble by Alan Kellermann, poemsexorcising the inner demons of M.A. Oliver,and thoughtful poems, beautifully crafted, by Anna Lewis.

TICKETS: Free entry and wine, in association with Parthian

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Saturday, 11 June / 1pmTHEATRE-IN-FOCUS: THEATRE CO PRESENTS

OSCAR WILDE’S A FLORENTINE TRAGEDYWilde`s intriguing and rarely performed unfinished play - and his mostsuccessful attempt at tragedy. All Theatre-In-Focus presentations arescript-in-hand and preceded by a talk about the playwright.TICKETS: £5, no concessions.F

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Wednesday 15 June & Thursday 16 June / 7.30pmROUGH DIAMONDSFrom a beach endurance test for no-hope students, tonationalistic Glaswegians on match day; fromquestionable Nigerian nobility, to bi-sexual home-breakersin London: this year’s extraordinary collection of new playsfrom postgraduates on Swansea University’s CreativeWriting programme takes on the world. Writers include:Faith Barnes, Rebecca Cooper, David Ryan Craft, GarethEdwards, Tabitha Ganda, Debs Llewelyn, Elizabeth Wride,Ireti Oladapo, Sammy Siddique, Laura Stowe, Jayne Walter,Keira Wilkie, plus special guests. The evenings, made upof selected extracts from the plays, will be introducedand directed by playwright D.J.Britton, Lecturer inDramatic Writing at Swansea University, and performed bythe outstanding Fluellen Theatre Company.TICKETS: £3, no concessions.

Thursday, 16 June / 10am – 6pmWRITERS’ DAY The Creative Writing departments of Swansea Universityand University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen,with the Dragon Innovation Partnership, hold a day ofworkshops, discussions and readings. Featured areprize-winning poet, Menna Elfyn, and brilliant newwriters, Roshi Fernando and Tracey Warr. JamesHawes warns about the perils of adaptation, based onhis own, sometimes bitter experience, while MickFelton (Seren) talks about the future of publishing inthe digital age. There’s also a one-woman show by SianRees, a book launch showcasing new work by students,and plenty of sparkling conversation. TICKETS:FREE, but please reserve a ticket from the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980.

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Thursday, 23 June / 7.30pm

BRIAN TURNER Brian Turner is a multi-award winning soldier-poet who

followed up his debut, Here, Bullet, with the T.S.Eliot-shortlisted Phantom Noise. Turnerserved seven years in the US Army, to includeone year in Iraq. Here, Bullet is a harrowing,first-hand account of the Iraq War, and inPhantom Noise, he pumps up the volume as

he faces and tries to deal with thetraumatic aftermath.

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Saturday, 25 June / 2pm – 5pm

POETRY WORKSHOP ‘The Poetry of Negation’. We’ll study theways in which poets broaden theimaginative landscape by creating thatwhich does not exist. This technique isused by numerous writers, such asWilfred Owen, Dylan Thomas, SylviaPlath, and more. We’ll then create ourown poems employing this usefultechnique. Please bring your preferredwriting materials.

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Thursday 30 June / 7.30pmPOETS IN THE BOOKSHOP: CHRISTIEN GHOLSONChristien Gholson is the author of On the Side of the Crow (Hanging Loose Press, 2006), thechapbooks The Sixth Sense (Modest Proposal Chapbooks, 2005) and How the World was Made(2River View chapbook series, 2009), and the novel, A Fish Trapped inside the Wind (Parthian,2011). Of Crow, Coldfront Magazine said: “Highly original, both natural and tightly controlled,demonstrating the continued vitality of the prose poem.” Plus open mic.TICKETS: £4 £2.80 £1.60

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Friday, 1 July / 7pm

TERRY HETHERINGTONMEMORIAL ANDAWARDS EVENINGThe fourth memorial evening forthe late Neath writer TerryHetherington celebrates the workof this year’s entrants to the TerryHetherington Award for young writers.There will be readings and tributesfrom Terry’s friends, and the launchof Cheval 4 – selected writing by andabout Terry, published alongsidework from the Award winners.

TICKETS: Free entry

Saturday, 23 July / 1pm THEATRE-IN-FOCUS:

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THORNTON WILDER’SLOVE AND HOW TOCURE ITA young man is hopelessly in lovewith a girl who believes he is nothingbut a stalker and potential murderer.How can he be cured of this wretchedinfatuation? A sharp comedy from asuperb American writer. All Theatre-In-Focus presentations arescript-in-hand and are precededby a talk about the playwright.TICKETS: £5, no concessions.

Thursday, 28 July / 7.30pmPOETS IN THE BOOKSHOP:

KATY EVANS-BUSH &TAMAR YOSELOFF A double-header to celebrateTamar Yoseloff and Katy Evans-Bush’s new books from Salt.Yoseloff’s fourth collection, TheCity with Horns, features asequence of poems inspired byJackson Pollock. She holdsdegrees in Creative Writing fromthe University of Glamorgan andAberystwyth University. Evans-Bush is a Welsh-American poet,blogger and communicationsspecialist, who’ll be reading fromher second full collection, EggPrinting Explained. TICKETS: £4

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Saturday, 13 August / 1pmTHEATRE-IN-FOCUS: THEATRE CO PRESENT

JEAN GENET’S THE MAIDSWhen the mistress is away, the maids will play! A classicthriller from one of France’s most important playwrights.All Theatre-In-Focus presentations are script-in-handand preceded by a talk about the playwright.

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