Past Events (2023)
Facilitating: Writing and Empowerment Workshop for Can You Hear Us Participants, Ty Newydd Writers’ Centre, June 2nd, 2-4pm
Co-Hosting: Can You Hear Us? A Reading with Young Women from Wales and Zimbabwe, Chapter Arts Centre, May 30th, 7pm-9pm
Facilitating: Art-Writing Workshop for Can You Hear Us participants, National Museum of Wales, May 30th, 11:15 – 12:45
Facilitating: Writing and Walking Workshop for Can You Hear Us participants, Cardiff City Centre, May 29th, 10am-12pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Dylan Thomas Day Poetry Wales’ Celebration, Waterstones, May 15th, 7pm-9pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Thomas Stewart’s Pamphlet Launch, Cardiff Central Library, May 11th, 5:30pm-7pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Howl at the Moon, The Moon Club Cardiff, May 9th, 7:30-9pm
Reading: Visiting Writer at Cokethrope School, Oxfordshire, May 6th
Reading: Featured Reader at Patrick McGuinness’ launch of ‘Blood Feather’, Cardiff MADE, May 3rd, 7pm-9pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Mackintosh Sports and Community Centre, May 2nd, 7:30-9pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Urban Wordsmiths, Urban Crofters, April 28th, 8pm-10pm
Panel Member: Cardiff 75 Launch, Waterstones, April 27th, 7pm-8pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Zoom, April 11th, 7:30-9pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Mackintosh Sports and Community Centre, April 4th, 7:30-9pm
Facilitating: A Braided Life: Writing Workshop, Writing and Making Wellbeing Project with Aberystwyth University and the Fathom Trust, Strata Florida (West Wales), March 31st, 1pm-3pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Zoom, March 14th, 7:30-9pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Mackintosh Sports and Community Centre, March 7th, 7:30-9pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Queer Words, Dyddiau Du, February 22nd, 6pm-8pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Zoom, February 14th, 7:30-9pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Mackintosh Sports and Community Centre, February 7th, 7:30-9pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Spoken Word Saturday, 125 Objects Unlocked Event, People Speak Up, Llanelli, January 14th, 2-4pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Zoom, January 10th, 7:30-9pm
Facilitating: Roath Writers, Zoom, January 3rd, 7:30-9pm
Notable Past Events (2022)
Reading: Featured Reader at Spoken Word Saturday, 125 Objects Unlocked Event, Dinefwr, January 14th, 2-4pm
Reading: Curente La Ruscruce Launch, West University of Timisoara Literary Festival (Romania), 2-4pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Manchester Poets, Chorlton Library, October 21st, 7.45-9.30pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Voices on the Bridge, Storyville Books (Pontypridd), September 22nd, 6:30pm-9:30pm
Leading: Unlocked: 125 Objects at Dinefwr – Roath Writers Road Trip, September 17th, 10am-4pm
Presenter: From Dreams to Delivery – Lessons Learned from an Early Career Researcher, Cardiff Met School of Education and Social Policy Professional Development Day, Principality Stadium, 12pm-1pm
Speaker: Guest Speaker for the Cardiff Met School of Education and Social Policy Showcase Panel, QED Conference, Cardiff Met Cyncoed Campus (Room LT2), 11am-11:45am
Leading: Unlocked: 125 Objects at Dinefwr – Roath Writers Road Trip, September 3rd, 10am-4pm
Facilitating: Story Care and Share Session, People Speak Up (Zoom), September 2nd, 5:30-7pm
Facilitating: Story Care and Share Session, Ffwrnes Fach, Llanelli, August 31st, 11am-1:30pm
Facilitating: Story Care and Share Session, People Speak Up (Zoom), July 29th, 5:30-7pm
Facilitating: Story Care and Share Session, Ffwrnes Fach, Llanelli, July 27th, 11am-1:30pm
Reading: Featured Reader at ‘The Thought Sits With Me’ Launch Event, Nine Pens Press, Zoom, July 17th, 6:30pm – 8pm
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cardiff West High School, June 9th, 12:50 – 1:50
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cantonian High School, June 9th, 9:45-10:35
Reading: How the Heart Can Falter Book Launch – Guest Reader, Zoom, June 8th, 7pm – 8:15pm
Reading: Bilingual Poetry Reading for A470 Anthology, Cardiff Library, May 28th, 3pm – 4:30pm
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cardiff West High School, May 26th, 12:50 – 1:50
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cantonian High School, May 26th, 9:45-10:35
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cardiff West High School, May 19th, 12:50 – 1:50
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cantonian High School, May 19th, 9:45-10:35
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cardiff West High School, May 12th, 12:50 – 1:50
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cantonian High School, May 12th, 9:45-10:35
Facilitating and Reading: Visiting Writer at Cokethrope School, Oxfordshire, May 6th
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cardiff West High School, May 5th, 12:50 – 1:50
Facilitating: Courageous Writing – First Campus, Cantonian High School, May 5th, 9:45-10:35
Speaking: Swansea & District Writers Circle (SDWC) Meeting Speaker, SDWC Zoom, May 4th, 7pm-9pm
Facilitating: Story Care and Share Session, People Speak Up (Zoom), January 14th, 5:30-7pm
Notable Past Events (2021)
Reading: Featured Reader at NUTS II: A Real Life Event with People and Books!. Chapter Arts Centre, December 11th, 3:30-5:00pm
Reading: Featured Reader for the Poetry Wales Holiday Party, Zoom, December 21st, 6:30-8pm
Facilitating: Writing Landscape at the Llanishen Resevoir, Widening Access / Online + On Side, September 1st to September 29th, 10am to 12pm
Facilitating: Performance Poetry session, British Council Go Digital Funded When Women Write Project, September 13th and 15th, 5:30pm-7pm
Facilitating: Poetry session, British Council Go Digital Funded When Women Write Project, September 6th and 8th, 5:30pm-7pm
Facilitating: Microfiction session, British Council Go Digital Funded When Women Write Project, August 23rd & August 25th, 5:30pm-7pm
Reading: Featured Reader for CARPET, Big Skies Weekend at Tredegar House, August 14th, 10am-12pm
Reading: Featured Reader for Neptune’s Glitter House, July 23rd, 7:00-10pm
Reading: Featured Reader for Flight of the Dragonflies, June 29th, 8:00-10pm
Facilitating: Viva Survival Guide, May 4th, Doctoral Academy, Cardiff Metropolitan University 2:00-3:00pm
Facilitating: Word – Spoken Word and Learning Course, First Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University, January 26th to April 27th
Hosting: The Persistence of Memory: On Isolation and Creativity, Cardiff Poetry Festival, April 18th, 5pm – 5:45pm
Facilitating: How to Teach Poetry, Cardiff Poetry Festival, April 17th, 10am – 12pm
Facilitating: Taboo: Saying the Unsaid, Online Course, The Poetry School, January 21st to April 1st, 7pm to 9pm
Reading: Featured Reader, Mental Health Foundation Showcase, March 25th, 5:30pm – 7pm
Reading: Featured Reader, A Celebration of People and Poetry, March 12th, 6pm to 8pm
Reading: Featured Reader, Four Poets, Cardiff Libraries, March 8th, 7pm – 9pm
Reading: Featured Reading with Kim Addonizio, Cheltenham Poetry Festival, February 15th, 7:15 – 9:00pm
Facilitating: Nearing the Finish Line: Late Stages of the PhD, February 2nd, Doctoral Academy, Cardiff Metropolitan University 2:00-3:00pm
Notable Past/Postponed Events (2020)
Reading: Featured Reader, Dreaming of a Dark Christmas (ZOOM), December 15th, 7:30-9:30pm
Guest Talk: EntAct Connect : Entrepreneurship to fit your Lifestyle, Centre for Entrepreneurship (ZOOM), December 8th, 7pm-9pm
Hosting: Cardiff Met Poetry Slam, Microsoft Teams, November 27th, 6:30-8:30pm
Reading: The Hexing Circle – A Pre-Election Poetry Reading, Featured Reader alongside Sarona Abuaker, Sascha Akhtar, Ruth Awad, Zoe Brigley, Mari Ellis Dunning and Melissa Studdard, Zoom, November 1st, 2pm (EST) / 7pm (BST)
Facilitating: Professional Practice Workshop, Virtual Autumn Retreat at Ty Newydd, October 29th, 10am – 12pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Speakeasy Poetry Night, Theatre Orchard (Zoom), October 8th, 7:30 – 9pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Burn Me Bright with Kelly Grace Thomas, Zoom, October 11th, 12pm (PST) / 8pm (BST)
Reading: Translation as Conversation, Parthian Books Youtube Channel – Live Event, September 27th, 8pm-9pm
*POSTPONED*Reading/Facilitating: Workshop and Reading at the Poetry Pharmacy, Bishop’s Castle, October 25th, Time TBC
Hosting: Roath Writers Anthology Launch, The Gate Arts & Community Center (ZOOM), September 24th, 7:00-9:00pm
Facilitating: Writing for Wellbeing Workshop, First Campus Online, Adult Learners’ Week, September 23rd, 10am-12pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Taster Workshop, First Campus Online, Adult Learners’ Week, September 22nd, 10am-12pm
Reading: Featured Reader with Todd Dillard, Mab Jones and Katherine Stansfield, Distances – A Pennsylvania / Wales Poetry Reading (Zoom), August 30th 2:30pm EDT / 7:30pm BST, email landscapewriting@gmail.com for the Zoom link
**Postponed**Reading/Facilitating: Summer Retreat: Perfecting your poetry and prose, Tŷ Newydd, August 17th to August 22nd
Book Tour Reading: Featured Reading at Liver Bards, Ma Boyle’s Alehouse & Eatery (Liverpool), July 7th, 8pm-10pm
Facilitating: Writing for Wellbeing Workshop, Royal College of Psychiatrists, July 3rd, 3pm to 3:30-pm
**POSTPONED**Reading/Facilitating/Co-Leading: Cardiff Met Creative Writing Summer School, University of Jyvaskyla, June 21st to June 28th
Facilitating: Using Poetry to Document Our World, Lapidus Summer Solstice Writing Festival, June 20th, 11:45 to 12:15
**Postponed** Book Tour Reading: Featured Reader with Katherine Stansfield at Poetry @ The Drawing Room, Trowbridge (Wiltshire), June 6th, 2pm-4pm
Book Tour Reading: Featured Reader with Katherine Stansfield at First Thursday, Chapter Arts Centre, June 4th, 7:30pm-9:30pm
Book Tour Reading: Featured Reading at Word Club, The Chemic Tavern (Leeds), May 29th, 2pm-4pm
**POSTPONED**Book Tour Reading: Featured Reader with Helen Calcutt at Open Space, Cardiff Central Library, May 21st, 5:30-7pm
**POSTPONED**Book Tour Reading: Featured Reader with Katherine Stansfield at the Murenger House Open Mic, The Murenger (Newport), May 13th, 7pm-10pm
Reading: Featured Reader at the Verspolis Festival of Hope, Versopolis Festival of Hope (Online), April 24th – June (day/time TBC)
**POSTPONED**Book Tour Reading: Featured Reader with Stephen Delbos, Anglo-American University Library (Prague, Czech Republic), April 22nd, 7pm
Reading: Featured Reader – Marshall Scholar Poetry Reading, Marshall Scholar Alumni Network Google Hangout, April 22nd, 5-6:30pm (BST)
Online Panel: Literature for Wellbeing Panel Member, Stay at Home Literary Festival, April 11th, 4-5pm
Online Reading: How to Carry Fire Reading and Q&A, Stay at Home Fest, April 9th, 6pm-7pm
Online Reading, Sofa Stage Wales – Live Event, Facebook, April 8th, 6pm
**POSTPONED**Book Launch: How to Carry Fire Launch, The Gate Arts & Community Center, April 6th, 7:30-9pm
Online Reading, Sofa Stage Wales – Live Event, Facebook, April 1st, 6pm
Online Reading: Digithon, Wales Arts Review, March 28th (digitally accessible here)
Reading: Feature Reader – New Poetry Showcase, Cardiff Poetry Festival, Temple of Peace, February 15th, 10:30-11:30am
Notable Past Events (2019)
Reading: Featured Reader – Oxford Review of Book’s Poetry Night, Balliol College, November 21st, 7pm-10pm
Moderating: Leading Conversation and Q&A with author Jo Harding, Cardiff MADE, November 17th, 3:00-5pm
Co-Facilitating: Mind Medicine Focus Group/Writing Session with Patrick Jones, Whole School Approach Conference at All Nations Centre, November 11th, 11:15-12:20
Facilitating: Newport Mind Writing Group Workshop, Newport Mind, October 29th, 1:00pm-3pm
Reading: Finished Creatures – Issue #2 Launch, The Crown Tavern (in the Apollo Room), October 28th, 7pm-10pm
Hosting: Cardiff Metropolitan Poetry SLAM, Centro Bar, October 24th, 7:30-9:30pm
Reading: Featured Reader at The Habitat Show, Women’s Arts Association Exhibition (Opening Night – Private View), Llanover Hall, September 27th, 6pm-8pm
Hosting: Roath Writers Anthology Launch, The Gate Arts & Community Center, September 26th, 7:30-9:30pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Listen, Gentileza, September 5th, 6pm to 9pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session for The Compassionate Friends’ Weekend Retreat for Parents Bereaved by Suicide, Addiction or Substance Use, Woodbroke in Birmingham, August 24th, 2pm
Reading: Guest Reader, Ten Stories High-Spoken Word Night, Beelzebub’s, June 13th, 7pm-10pm
Facilitating: Poetry After School Club Session, St. Illtyd’s School, June 4th, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Voices on the Bridge, Chapter Arts Centre, May 21st, 6:30pm
Reading: Featured Reading for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Wales showcase event, Sunflower & I, May 16th, 6:30pm
Facilitating: Poetry After School Club Session, St. Illtyd’s School, May 2nd, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Facilitating: Writing Poetry Sessions for Primary School Students, Llanishen Hub, April 30th, 9:30am – 2:30pm
Facilitating: Unseen Poetry Sessions, St. David’s College, April 29th, 9am – 4:30pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Record Store Day by Diverse Vinyl, April 13th, 5pm – 7pm
Reading: Issue 4 Launch – Marble Magazine, The Sustainable Studios, April 13th, 2-4pm
Facilitating: Writing Loss and Lostness Workshop, Abergavenny Writing Festival (meeting at Kings Arms Hotel and walking to Linda Vista Gardens), April 12th, 11:15 – 12:30pm
Reading: Featured Reader, Third Place Books – Ravenna (Seattle, WA), April 7th, 7-9pm
Reading: Featured Reader with Leah Horlick, People’s Co-Op Bookstore (Vancouver, BC), April 2nd, 7-9pm
Reading: Featured Reader at the Poetry Showcase, Seren Cornerstone Poetry Festival, February 9th, 10:30 -11:30am
Reading: Featured Reader at Carpet, The Tramshed, January 24th , 8:30-10:30pm
Notable Past Events (2018)
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, November 26th, 5:00-7pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Carpet, Le Pub, November 22nd , 8:30-10:30pm
Reading: Featured Reader at Word-Slinger Thursday, St. Canna’s Alehouse, October 25th, 7:00-9:00pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, October 22nd, 5:00-7pm
Reading: Reading with Helen Calcutt and Claire Williamson, The Poetry Cafe in London, October 20th, 7:30-10:00pm
Reading: Feature reading at Swansea Fringe Festival, Cinema and Co. in Swansea, October 7th, 5:00-6:30pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, September 24th, 5:00-7pm
Reading: Reading with Helen Calcutt, Waterloo Tea Rooms (Penarth), September 22nd, 7:30-9:30pm
Hosting: Roath Writers Anthology Launch, The Gate Arts & Community Center, September 19th, 7:30-9:30pm
Reading: Feature reading at Pub Poets, Bootleg Social in Blackpool, September 2nd, 6:30-10pm
Reading: Feature reading at Mild Extravaganza, Gwdihw, August 20th, 7:30-9:30pm
Reading: Feature reading at Canton Beer Festival, St. Canna’s Ale House, July 21st, 6pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session for The Compassionate Friends’ Weekend Retreat for Parents Bereaved by Suicide, Addiction or Substance Use, Woodbroke in Birmingham, July 6th-8th, 2pm-4pm
Hosting: LitReach – Recovery Showcase Event, Little Man Coffee Company, June 28th, 7:30-10pm
Facilitating: LitReach – Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, June 18th, 6:00-8pm
Reading: Feature reading at Voices on the Bridge – Summer Time, Pontypridd Museum, June 15th, 7:30-10:00pm
Reading: Feature reading at Company of Words, Little Man Coffee Company, May 24th, 6:30-10:00pm
Facilitating: LitReach – Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, May 21st, 6:00-8pm
Hosting: Old School Poetry Slam, The Gate Arts & Community Center, April 25th, 7-10pm
Facilitating: LitReach – Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, April 23rd, 6:00-8pm
Facilitating: Into the Darkness: Death and Poetry Workshop, Noa Bakehouse on the Isle of Man, April 15th, 3-6pm
Reading: Poetry Feature, Road to Recovery – Reading & Open Mic, Noa Bakehouse on the Isle of Man, April 14th, 8-10pm
Reading: Feature reading at Open Mic hosted by Mike Jenkins, Imperial Hotel in Merthyr, April 12th, 7:30-10pm
Reading: Poetry Feature, African Music and Poetry Event, Cardiff University School of Music, March 21st, 5:30-8:30pm
Facilitating: LitReach – Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, March 19th, 6:00-8pm
Reading: Poetry Feature, Rhys Milsom and Friends: Poetry Hour, Canton Beer Festival, St. Canna’s Ale House, March 3rd, 5:00-6:00pm
Hosting: Death Writing Demonstration Stall, Life, Death (and the Rest!) Festival, Arnos Vale Cemetery, February 25th, 10-4pm
Facilitating: LitReach – Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, February 19th, 6:00-8pm
Reading: Poetry feature at Still We Rise, Horton’s Coffee House (Newport) – supported by Welsh Women’s Aid, January 25th, 7-10pm
Facilitating: LitReach – Creative Writing Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, January 15th, 6:00-8pm
Notable Past Events (2017)
Workshop: Death Writing, Cardiff MADE, December 13th, 7:00-9pm
Facilitating: Home and Landscape Creative Writing Workshop for Cardiff University MA students, Gregynog Hall, December 12th, 11:30-1pm
Reading: Guest Reader, Milieu Cardiff, Flute and Tankard, December 9th, 7pm-10:30pm
Reading: Short Guest Reader, Seren Books – First Thursday, Chapter Arts Centre, December 6th, 7:30pm
Reading: Feature reading with Carla Drysdale and Elizabeth Coleman, Books Books Books (Lausanne, Switzerland), December 2nd, 3:00-4:30pm
Hosting: Collective, Little Man Coffee Co., November 29th, 7:30pm-10:30pm
Reading: Guest Reader, Wild Words at the Wheatsheaf – Parthian’s Pop-Up Poetry Festival, The Wheatsheaf in London, November 25th, 3-6pm
Workshop: Death Writing, Cardiff MADE, November 22nd, 7:00-9pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Taster Session, Solas Cymru – Footsteps to Recovery, November 20th, 6:00-8pm
Reading: Feature reading at HOWL, Mozarts in Swansea, November 16th, 8-10pm
Teaching/Reading: Guest Teacher and Poet (2 x AP English Classes & 1 x 10th Grade English Class), Central Bucks West High School, November 9th, 9:30-2:30pm
Workshop: Death Writing – Other Doors, Three Doors Up, October 24th, 6:00-8pm
Reading: Special guest poet at Better Houses Literary Book Party, Diana Rooms, October 17th, 7:30pm
Professional Feedback: Creative Writing Masterclass, Cardiff MADE, October 21st, 2pm-4pm
Speaking/Reading: ‘Poetic Grief – Writing the Death of an Addict’, DrugFAM’s 9th Annual National Bereaved by Addiction Conference, Holiday Inn in High Wycombe, October 14th, 11:15am
Reading: Poetry Feature, Malvern Book Cooperative, October 7th, 7-9:30pm
Workshop: Death Writing – Other Doors, Three Doors Up, September 26th, 6:00-8pm
Hosting: Roath Writers Anthology Launch, The Gate Arts & Community Center, September 20th, 7:30-10pm
Presentation: “From Writing to Research – Lessons learned from poetry, the community and academia”, Creative Bridges Conference, Engineer’s House Clifton, July 30th, 11:10am
Reading: Reading with Natalie Ann Holborow and Rhian Elizabeth, Cardiff Central Library, July 20th, 17:45-19:00
Facilitating: Roath Writers, The Gate Arts & Community Center, July 11th, 7:30-9pm
Co-Facilitating: Creative Writing and Art Grief Workshop, Crisis Newcastle, July 7th, 6-8pm
Conference Panel Member: How Can Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes (CWTP) Support People to Improve their Mental Health?, English Shared Future Conference, July 7th, 12.30 -13.45
Hosting: Poetry Slam, The Gate Arts & Community Center, June 21st, 19:30-22:00
Reading: Reading with Jodie Hollander, Octavo’s Book Cafe and Wine Bar, May 28th, 17:30-19:00
Book Launch: Joint Book Launch with Natalie Ann Holborow and Emily Blewitt, Cardiff Waterstones, April 27th, 7pm
Visiting Creative Writing Tutor: University of Jyväskylä, Finland, February 27th – March 3rd
Reading: Poetry, Hammer & Tongue Bristol, February 1st, 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Notable Past Events (2016)
Hosting: Beer and Bards, Small Bar: Cardiff, December 12th, 7:30pm-10pm
Hosting: Collective, Little Man Coffee Co., December 1st, 7:30pm-10pm
Reading: Poetry, Walls: The Welsh Mental Health Arts Festival, Wales Millennium Centre – Glanfa Stage, November 21st, 4:15pm
Reading: Poetry, Pontardawe Arts Centre, November 8th, 7:30-9:30pm
Speaking/Facilitating: ‘I will never forget’ – An Introduction to Creative Writing, Grief and Memory, DrugFAM’s 8th Annual National Bereaved by Addiction Conference, Holiday Inn in High Wycombe, October 1st, 2:50pm
Reading: Poetry, Penarth Acoustic Club, Penarth Conservative Club, September 16th, 8pm
Reading & Facilitating: Poems & community workshop in response to the Semi-Detached exhibition, Arcade Cardiff, August 24th, 6pm-8pm
Reading: Parthian’s New Generation Summer Reading Party, Octavio’s Book Cafe and Wine Bar, July 26th, 6pm-8pm
Reading: Guest Reader – Cardiff Launch of Annette C. Boehm’s The Knowledge Weapon, The Roath Park Pub, July 24th, 7pm-9:30pm
Reading: Terry Hetherington Young Writers 2016 Award Ceremony, Dylan Thomas Centre, June 24th, 7pm
Facilitating: Mess up the Mess: SLAM Poetry Workshop, Llanelli, April 20th, 4pm-6pm
Reading: Poetry, Hidden Now Heard Project: Ely Hospital Spoken Word Evening, Little Man Coffee Co, April 7th, 6pm-7:30pm
Cardiff University Representative (Postgraduate Course Booth): Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), LA Convention Centre (California, USA), March 29th-April 3rd, 9am-5pm
Workshop: Poetry, Creative Writing Society – Cardiff University, March 10th, 7pm-9pm
Hosting: How to Exit a Burning Building Launch – Part II, Little Man Coffee Co., March 4th, 7pm-9pm
Workshop: Death Writing, Cardiff MADE, February 24th, 7:00-9pm
Reading: Poetry, Penarth Acoustic Club, Penarth Conservative Club, February 19th, 8pm
Reading: Poetry, The Lonely Crowd: Winter Reading, Little Man Coffee Co, February 4th, 7pm
Reading: Poetry, The Cardiff Review Launch Party, Cardiff MADE, January 11th, 7pm
Notable Past Events (2015)
Launch (Editor): How to Exit a Burning Building, Parthian Festive Book Fair, December 13th, 2:30pm
Reading: Poetry, Parthian Festive Book Fair, Chapter, December 12th, 8:30pm
Reading: Poetry at Megaverse at Oxjam, Urban Tap House, November 29th, 3-5pm
Talk: Cardiff University Postgraduate Open Day – MA/PhD Opportunities, John Percival Building – Cardiff University, November 25th, 2pm
Workshop: Death Writing, November 25th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Workshop: Death Writing, October 28th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Hosting: A Made in Roath Retrospective: Book Launch and Open Mic, October 25th, Waterloo Tea Gardens, 6:30-8:30pm
Workshop: Death Writing, September 30th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Reading: Cardiff Creative Writers Visiting Writers Series, Waterloo Tea Gardens: Wyndham Arcade, September 28th, 8pm
Facilitating: Dignity Workshop on behalf of Interlink & Making Minds, Pontypridd YMCA, September 3rd, 2:30-4:30pm
Facilitating: Dignity Workshop on behalf of Interlink & Making Minds, Pontypridd YMCA, September 2nd, 2:30-4:30pm
Reading: Poetry at Megaverse at Cardiff HUB Festival, Urban Tap House, August 29th, 3-6pm
Workshop: Death Writing, August 26th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Reading: Poetry, British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) Conference, Tintern Abbey, July 18th, 4:15pm
Hosting:Solstice SLAM and Festival After Party, CF24 Project , June 21st, 9pm-12am
Hosting: Step-by-Step Book Launch and Open Mic, The Gate Arts & Community Centre , June 20th, 7:30-10pm
Reading: Octopoet, Coffi House , June 19th, 7:30-10pm
Workshop: Death Writing, May 27th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Reading: Headliner for the Open Mic Spoken Word Extravaganza, Ye Olde Murenger House, May 20th, 7:30-10pm
Workshop: Cam wrth gam/Step by Step, The Living Room, May 16th, 12pm-2pm
Reading: Megaverse Poetry Reading, Temporary Autonomous Art Cardiff (TAA), May 1st, 6:30-9pm
Workshop: Death Writing, April 29th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Cardiff University Representative (Postgraduate Course Booth): Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), Minneapolis Convention Center (USA), April 8th – April 11th, 9am-5pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session, Huggard, April 1st, 5:00-7pm
Workshop: Cam wrth gam/Step by Step, The Living Room, March 28th, 12pm-2pm
Workshop: Death Writing, March 25th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Delegate: Lapidus Day: Writing for Wellbeing Conference, March 14th, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, 10am – 6pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session, Huggard, March 6th, 5:00-7pm
Facilitating: Writing Our Lives: Final Session, Butetown Arts and History Centre, March 8th, 2-4pm
Presentation: A Warm Welsh Welcome: What to Expect from Wales, Cardiff and Celtic English Academy, JeyStudy Teachers’ Forum (Ekaterinburg, Russia), February 28th, 10:40am-12:40pm
Workshop: Death Writing, February 25th, Cardiff MADE, 7:00-9pm
Workshop: Cam wrth gam/Step by Step, The Living Room, February 21st, 12pm-2pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Session, Huggard, February 20th, 5:00-7pm
Presentation: OMG FAM Trip and Presentation Skills, English UK Marketing Conference, February 6th, 9:30am-5pm
Facilitating: Creative Writing Taster Session, Huggard, January 30th, 5:00-7pm
Speaking: PUBlic Uni Night, Chapter, January 29th, 7:30-9pm
Workshop: Cam wrth gam/Step by Step, The Living Room, January 10th, 12pm-2pm
Notable Past Events (2014)
Talk/Workshop: Professional Practice and Research Methods – Talk with Students, Cardiff Metropolitan University, December 3rd, 12pm-1pm
Reading: Cardiff Christmas Bazaar, The Abacus, November 29th, 11:30-12pm
Talk: Cardiff University Postgraduate Open Day – MA/PhD Opportunities, John Percival Building – Cardiff University, November 26th, 4pm
Talk: IGNITE Cardiff: Writing Grief, the Glee Club, November 19th, 6pm-9pm
Workshop: Playing with Words – Transforming Teachers into Writers, NAWE Conference, November 15th, 3:00pm
Reading: Do Not Go Gentle Festival, Mozarts Bar, October 24th, 9pm-10pm
Reading: It’s My Shout: Film Fest Cymru 2014, Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, October 12th, Time TBC
Hosting (co-hosting with Julie Pritchard): Roath Writers Anthology Launch, Rhyme and Real Ale, The Mackintosh Sports Club, September 8th, 7:30-8:45pm
Reading: Megaverse (as part of the HUB Festival), Cardiff Fashion Quarter, August 24th, 6pm onwards
Paper Presentation: ‘Death Writing’, Great Writing Conference 2014, Imperial College London, June 28th, 2:45pm
Reading: Solve et Coagula Exhibition Opening, Modern Alchemists Gallery, June 20th, 7:30pm
Poster Presentation: CDAS Conference 2014: Social Death, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute, June 7th, 11:15am
Reading: The Ghastling Launch, Gwdihw, May 18th, 7pm
Workshop (co-leading with Clare Potter, Bob Walton, and Shelagh Weeks): Creative Writing for Key Stage 2 & 3 Pupils, St. Fagans Museum, March 19th, daytime
Hosting: What thing is Love? : An Evening of Spoken Word, Cardiff MADE, February 22nd, 7:30-10:30pm
Reading: Dream Catcher Magazine Launch, According to McGee, February 1st, 1pm-5pm
Exhibition: mikst, ATTIC, January 24th, 7-9pm
Past Series (2014)
Death Writing Workshop Series: Cardiff MADE, April – July 2014
City Writing Workshop Series (co-lead with Emma Metcalf): Cardiff Story Museum, February – May 2014
Relaxation and Reflection Workshop Series (co-leading with Charlotte Nock): The Natural Health Clinic, January – June 2014
Landscape Writing Winter Series (co-leading with Emma Metcalf): the Ciliau, November (2013) – February (2014)
Notable Past Events (2013)
Workshop: Modern Poet’s Toolkit, Peripeteia, November 13th, 7-8pm
Hosting: Voices of Roath Open Mic: Autumn Edition, The Pot Cafe, October 19th, 8-10pm
Reading (Feature Poet): Back of the Pub Poetry Club, the Tair Pluen, October 20th, 7pm
Workshop: Death Writing Cafe, ATTIC, October 23rd, 7-9pm
Workshop: Art and Poetry, Aberdare Girls School, July 16th, Full Day
Reading: Poetry, Alternative Modernisms Conference, Cardiff University, May 15th, 8pm
Workshop: Past and Present Walking and Writing Workshop in Aberdare, Half Moon, May 18th, 11-3pm
Poetry Judge: Cardiff Women’s Aid Creative Writing Competition, Deadline: May 31st, 2013
Workshop: Interpretations, Made in Spring, Milkwood Gallery, May 4th, 10am-12pm
Hosting: Open Mic, Made in Spring, Milgi Lounge, May 5th, 7-9pm
Workshop: Creative Spark, Golley Slater, March 11th, 11-3:00pm
Workshop: Flash Fiction, Peripeteia, February 27th, 7-8pm
Workshop: Teaching Creativity through English Language: Professional Workshop, Celtic School, February 27th, 2-5pm
Workshop: Performance Poetry: Get Into It, Cardiff University Creative Writing Society, February 26th, 7-9pm
Workshop: Expectations & Memories: Taffs Well to Castell Coch Writing and Walking Workshop, Half Moon, February 23rd, 10-3pm
Reading & Workshop: Poems for National Library Day, Llanrumney Library, February 9th, 10-12pm
Workshop: Performance Poetry: The Basics, Cardiff University Creative Writing Society, February 5th, 7-9pm
Notable Past Series (2013)
Landscape Writing Summer Series (co-leading with Emma Metcalf): the Ciliau, April-August
MARGIN Writer’s Response Group: ATTIC, February – July
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