Afonydd- poems for Welsh Rivers online launch
Contact: cherry@arachnepress.com
Join a wonderful lineup of Welsh poets for a bilingual reading from 'Afonydd: Poems for Welsh Rivers/ Cerddi Afonydd Cymru'
'An anthology of poems about rivers is the obvious eco follow on to Northey and Owen’s last outing together, which was to collect verse about the A470, Wales’ main trunk road. And it’s terrific too – if you didn’t know how wilily-wet, watercourse-beset, rill-rich, brook-bombarded, nant-naturalised and aber-anaesthetised Wales was, then start here.'
Peter Finch
Poems that celebrate the rivers of Wales. These are not generic river poems, but specific poems about particular rivers, from their source, tributaries, through course, to estuary – washing up against the rural, the urban, the industrial, the unspoiled…
'No two rivers are the same. From the least bog-trickle to the 200-mile embrace of Hafren/Severn, each has its own voice, often many voices, each specific to the place it flows through and reflects. This is the insight that makes for such a rich and various anthology. More than just a showcase for the range and reach of Welsh writing in two equal languages, this is a water-map that catches the whole of Wales, its history and landscapes, its diversity and fine connections, in its glittering net.'
Philip Gross, author of A Fold in the River, Troeon/Turnings and The Water Table
Following the same pattern as our best-seller, A470, this is an entirely bilingual Welsh/English Cymraeg/Saesneg, with each poem in the language it originated in, alongside its translation.
Edited by Sian Northey and Ness Owen
Immerse yourself in this river of rivers, its narratives and lyric moments. All our griefs and joys course through it.
Paul Henry
Lineup: Catrin Mari, Chris Kinsey, Des Mannay, Fiona Owen, Iris Anne Lewis, Lee Green, Lesley James, Martin Daws, Mat Troy, Nick Rawlinson, Sian Dafydd, Stevie Krayer, Susan Walton, Suzanne Iuppa, Zoe Brigley, Zohrah Evans... plus editor/translators Sian Northey and Ness Owen
Entry: free but please book your place in order to get the link
Time: 7:00pm (prompt start! waiting room will open 15 minutes prior)
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