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The Dylan Thomas Centre
Wednesday, 18 June at 7pm
The Dylan Thomas Centre and Parthian Books launch Lloyd Robson’s Oh Dad! on Wednesday, 18 June at 7pm.
Oh Dad! is Cardiff poet Lloyd Robson’s search for one of Hollywood’s most complex characters, Robert Mitchum. This fascinating book tells the story of Mitchum as Lloyd follows in his […]

EXHIBITION: FRIENDS OF THE GLYNN VIVIAN – 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION (1958-2008)
Guided Tour & Talk:    Kirstine Brander Dunthorne, curator of this exhibition, will give a guided tour and talk about the show.  Kirstine is a free-lance researcher and lecturer in art history.  She teaches part-time at the Dynefor Centre for Art, Design and Media, Swansea Metropolitan […]

The latest issue of New Welsh Review is out now.  In this issue Alan Riach reviews the recently published Poetry 1900-2000: One hundred poets from Wales; Andrew Green, Librarian of the National Library of Wales, argues for a digital ‘theatre of memory’; Kirsti Bohata considers three recent publications that offer a feminist perspective on the […]

Saturday 31 May – Saturday 7 June
The Dylan Thomas Centre hosts the third international Swansea Life Film Festival from 31 May to 7 June.

The festival includes free screenings of around 300 films from independent film makers all over the world. Maureen Lipman, Elliott Gould, Kiefer Sutherland, Mike Reid (in his last film role), Freddie Jones, […]

Come and hear the distinguished Welsh-American poets
JON DRESSEL +DAVID LLOYD
read from the new Parthian anthology
OTHER LAND: CONTEMPORARY POEMS ON WALES AND WELSH-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (2008)
4.00 p.m., Wednesday, June 4
Room 216, Keir Hardie Building
Jon Dressel, founder – in St. Louis – of possibly the best pub in America, is renowned as the ‘Yanklo-Welsh’ poet who, with his […]

Dear all
Thank you to all those who attended and contributed to the success of last months Framework Social one year birthday celebration.
We are now looking for your work to show at the next social on Tuesday 3rd June.

This could take the form of: video installation, participatory works, intervention, spoken word, live work, collaboration, sound, anything […]

PLEASE NOTE:
TALK ON FRIDAY 30TH MAY AT 1PM
Regrettably, WALTER KEELER is unable to give the talk scheduled for lunchtime on Friday 30th May at 1pm.
However, we are very pleased that Dr Matthew Partington is able to take Walter’s place and will be giving an illustrated talk detailed below:
STUDIO POTTERS AND DESIGN: A CASE STUDY OF […]

Taken from latest Academi newsletter:
 
The Guardian Hay Literature Festival runs from 22 May - 1 June this year.  There’s the expected roll call of literary greats, engaging outrider events, talks, walks, performances and celebrations. The world’s best, and it’s in Wales.
Among the highlights this year will be Ken Dodd on Happiness, Kathryn Jenkins talking to […]

EXHIBITION: GARETH HUGH DAVIES: OLION
Talk
Illustrated: ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE & ROMANTIC PHILOSOPHY
Dr Robert Newell, Associate Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Swansea Metropolitan University , will give an illustrated talk looking at the historic context of the Romantic outlook and sensibility and also making reference to the […]