The first Ghost Jam experiment - October 2015 - brought together a group of artists, writers and performers, most of whom knew at least some of the others. The venue was the scout-hut in Crickhowell, a small town in Powys. There was a small audience. The group comprised a visual artist, Penny Hallas, who had made two films for the occasion, eight poets/writers and a movement artist called Emma Lewis-Jones, from Nottingham, whose role was to respond in any way she saw fit to what was happening....
Events
Information about the Hay Poetry Jamborees, the Glasfryn Seminars, readings and launches.
On Sunday 4th October, 7.30 - 9.00 pm, as part of the Crickhowell Literary Festival, Aquifer Books (based just across the river in Llangattock) presents readings by six of its published authors: Graham Hartill, Chris Torrance, Phil Maillard, Rhyst Trimble, Steven Hitchins and Lyndon Davies, with a special guest appearance by Nia Davies, editor of Poetry Wales.
AQUIFER BOOKS announces the launch of SLIPPING THE LEASH Chris Torrance Phil Maillard Graham Hartill THE HEN AND CHICKENS PUB, ABERGAVENNY SATURDAY, JULY 11th 2.00 pm Entry: Free
THE OTHER ROOM presents JOHN GOODBY GRAHAM HARTILL LYNDON DAVIES NIA DAVIES CHRIS PAUL RHYS TRIMBLE Wednesday 8th July 2015, 7pm The Castle Hotel pub, Oldham Street, Manchester M4 1LE Free admission and book stall John Goodby was born in Birmingham, universitied in Yorkshire, taught in Ireland, living since 1994 in Wales. He lectures at Swansea University and is editor of the new Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas; has been co-editor of Irish and Welsh issues of Angel Exhaust, and published,...
Aquifer Books announces the launch of Steven Hitchins' The White City, at the Hen and Chickens pub, Abergavenny. Tuesday June 9th. Plus, the Abergavenny launch of Lyndon Davies' 'A Colomber in the House of Poesy'
BEYOND ORPHEUS: an afternoon of poetry, film, movement and voice and instrumental improvisation. Six poets perform in an environment centred around Penny Hallas' film triptych, as the closing event for the The Tales We Tell exhibition at Un Deg Un in Wrexham. With Penny Hallas are Allen Fisher, Scott Thurston, Anthony Mellors, Steve Boyland, Rhys Trimble, Lyndon Davies and as yet unknown collaborators. Saturday February 28th, 2 - 5 pm. Penny Hallas says: The body of work on level 1 and level...
GLASFRYN SEMINARS Two Angles on Modernism with ALLEN FISHER and ANTHONY MELLORS Saturday, March 28th, 2015 11am - 4.30 pm The event comprises two sessions, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m, then from 2.00 p.m. onwards, followed by an open-ended discussion. £12.00 (Concessions £8) Contact: Lyndon Davies. Email: goodiebard2@googlemail.com 01873 810456 Allen Fisher says: My plan is to offer Modernism in three sections. Part one: No way Jose or Not on your Nellie: an overall thesis that recognises popular lack of enthusiasm for Modernism. Part two: The Twelve Stretches of Modernism: a succinct analysis of Modernist painting in the period from 1906 to the 1950s. Part three: Collage and Simultaneity: a tract: giving a brief historical view of the subject and then an analysis of one painting by Georges Braque from 1911. ALLEN FISHER is a poet, painter and art historian, website: www.allenfisher.co.uk. He has authored many publications of poetry, graphic work and commentary; recently: SPUTTOR, a book of the poetry, commentary and visual work (Veer Books 2014); The Marvels of Lambeth. Interviews & Statements, 1973-2005, edited by Andrew Duncan (Shearsman...
GLASFRYN SEMINAR CHINESE POETRY & TRANSLATION INCLUDING: CHINESE DYLAN! with Wu Fu-Sheng SUNDAY 4th MAY 2014 11.00 AM - 4.00 PM (with 1 hour break for lunch) at Glasfryn, Llangattock, Crickhowell, NP8 1PH A special Glasfryn Seminar & get-together to welcome Professor Wu Fu-Sheng from the University of Utah who is on a brief visit to Wales to explore the poetry of Dylan Thomas and translate some of it into Chinese. The day will provide an opportunity to talk about the history...
The Glasfryn Orpheus/Eurydice day took place on Saturday March 23rd. In spite of the dicey weather the event was very well attended, with a piquant mixture of poets, writers, visual artists, academics and practitioners in many fields, including psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. In the morning, David Cook presented his translation of Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus (Redcliffe Press), followed by a discussion around the work. After lunch Angie Voela (senior lecturer at University of East London,...
