Poets in the Bookshop with Carol Rumens

March 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Award-winning writer Carol Rumens headlines Poets in the Bookshop at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Thursday, 25 March at 7.30pm.

Poet, reviewer and translator Carol Rumens is the author of 14 collections of poems, as well as occasional fiction, drama and translation.

She has received the Cholmondeley Award and the Prudence Farmer Prize, and was joint recipient of an Alice Hunt Bartlett Award.

Her most recent publication is the prose book, Self into Song, based on three poetry lectures delivered in the Bloodaxe-Newcastle University Lecture Series.

Her latest poetry collection is the critically acclaimed Blind Spots: "But suddenly Carol Rumens's Blind Spots arrives, her best work ever. Philosophical, playful, with umpteen forms expertly managed, Rumens explores her fusion of the personal and political " - Bill Greenwell, The Independent, 2008.

She is currently Professor in creative writing at the University of Wales, Bangor, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She blogs regularly for The Guardian.

The evening will include an open mic session.

More information and tickets are available from the Dylan Thomas Centre on 01792 463980: full price £4-00, concessions £2-80 and Swansea PTL £1-60.

For more information on the Dylan Thomas Centre visit http://www.swansea.gov.uk/dtc

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