Novelist, poet, scriptwriter, journalist, song lyricist… you may have the talent, the enthusiasm and the ideas but how do get your work into print?
This series of six workshops will give you the unique experience of developing your work alongside some of Wales’s leading writers. The workshops are completely free. You will receive valuable feedback on your writing, learn useful tricks of the trade and get information on the processes of getting published. On some workshops professional writers from other fields, such as journalism, will come in and give advice on how to begin a career in that area.
A selection of the best work from this project will be published in an anthology.


WORKSHOP LISTINGS

Bangor

Tristan Hughes

Tyler’s Academic Bookshop, 154 High St, Bangor, 01248 372057.

Tuesday evenings 7pm – 9pm staring April 20th. Alternate Tuesdays for 12 weeks.

1.       Tuesday 20th April 7pm – 9pm
2.       Tuesday 4th May 7pm – 9pm
3.       Tuesday 18th May 7pm – 9pm
4.       Tuesday 1st June 7pm – 9pm
5.       Tuesday 15th June 7pm – 9pm
6.       Tuesday 29th June 7pm – 9pm

Tristan Hughes was born in Canada where he lived for two years before moving to Anglesey. His first novel, The Tower, was published in 2003. He is working on his second, The Strange Journeying of Johnny Ifor Jones,due to published in 2005. He studied English Literature at York, Edinburgh and King’s College, Cambridge before moving back to Anglesey.



Aberystwyth

Niall Griffiths

Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 01970 622882

Tuesday evenings, 6 pm – 8pm, starting April 27th. Alternate Tuesdays for 12 weeks.

1.       Tuesday 27th April 6pm – 8pm
2.       Tuesday 11th May 6pm – 8pm
3.       Tuesday 25th May 6pm – 8pm
4.       Tuesday 8th June 6pm – 8pm
5.       Tuesday 22nd June 6pm – 8pm
6.       Tuesday 6th July 6pm – 8pm

Niall Griffiths
Author of Grits, Sheepshagger, Kelly + Victor, and Stump, Niall was born in Liverpool and now lives in Aberystwyth. He has taught creative writing around Britain and Europe. His third novel, Kelly + Victor is to be filmed. He is now working on a fifth novel Wreckage, to be published in 2005.

Cwmbran

lloyd robson

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, 01633 483321

Saturday lunch time, 11am – 1pm, starting April 17th. Alternate Saturdays for 12 weeks.

1.       Saturday 17th April 11 am – 1 pm
2.       Saturday 8th May 11am – 1pm
3.       Saturday 22nd May 11am – 1pm
4.       Saturday 5th June 11am – 1pm
5.       Saturday 19th June 11am – 1pm
6.       Saturday 3rd July 11am – 1pm

Lloyd Robson, author of bbboing! & associated weirdness, cardiff cut, letter from sissi and edge territory, is a full-time poet and prose writer from Cardiff. Lloyd has been teaching creative writing since 1997 and has worked in Australia, Japan, Europe and the United States. He has worked as a journalist, publisher, typesetter, and poet.

Blackwood

Patrick Jones

Blackwood Miners’ Institute, High St, Blackwood, 01495 224425

Monday evenings, 7pm – 9pm, starting April 26th. Alternate Mondays for 12 weeks.

1.       Monday 26th April 7pm – 9pm
2.       Monday 10th May 7pm – 9pm
3.       Monday 24th May 7pm – 9pm
4.       Monday 7th May 7pm – 9pm
5.       Monday 21 May 7pm – 9pm
6.       Monday 5th July 7pm – 9pm

Patrick Jones is a poet, dramatist and publisher. Born in Treegar in 1965, he was educated at Oakdale and Swansea. He is the writer of everything must go (UK tour March 2000), the guerrilla tapestry (performed at the opening of the Welsh Assembly ‘Voices of a Nation’ concert, summer 1999), poem for ‘Pictures of the Gone World’ (film for BBC Wales 1999), and unprotected sex (Cardiff, October 1999). He has survived thirty jobs and four years travelling around the usa. Lives for his children.


Rhondda

The Pop Factory, Porth

Dates TBC

Rachel Tresize is 25 and lives in the Rhondda. Her first novel, In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl, won the Orange Futures Award in 2002. She is working on her second novel, Glory Days, and writing the official biography for The Darkness. She also works as a freelance journalist and has held talks and workshops on creative writing.

Barry

Supported by the National Lottery Arts for All; in association with The Big Issue
Cymru and Aberystwyth Arts Centre.