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POETRY UPSTAIRS- 27th September

Poetry Upstairs for: TUESDAY 27th September Don't miss this opportunity to join us - another three amazing poets to listen to and chat to... bar and doors open 6:30, performance begins 7pm.   Nicholas Murray is a freelance author and journalist based in Wales and London.  Born in Liverpool; the author of several literary biographies including lives of Franz Kafka, Aldous Huxley, Bruce Chatwin, Andrew Marvell and Matthew Arnold, five collections of poems, and two novels.  His biography of Matthew Arnold was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1997 and his biography of Aldous Huxley was shortlisted [...]

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Cancelled An Illustrated book talk: ‘Life on the Floodplain’ – Fundraising for Ukraine & Afghanistan Crisis Appeals

7pm Saturday 15th October 2022 At the café-bar, the Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny   Doors open 6:30pm   An Illustrated book talk: ‘Life on the Floodplain – A Garden Wildlife Diary 2020’   ‘A year’s diary entry of the wildlife photographed in a garden on the Usk floodplain tells a bigger story of trauma, mental health and the power of nature to help heal the mind.’   Please join us for a fascinating talk and the opportunity to meet and chat to Ceri.   £5 donation on the door in aid of DEC Ukraine & Afghanistan Crisis Appeals Bar [...]

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An evening with Keith Temple

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

TV writer Keith Temple talks about the pros and cons of novelising the script of his David Tennant era Doctor Who story Planet of The Ood for Penguin/BBC Books in 2023. Along the way he’ll talk about his writing career in television – and the bits of real-life in between! This will be followed by a Q&A session and book/memorabilia signing. Keith’s screenwriting credits include Doctor Who, Doc Martin and original BBC comedy drama film Angel Cake starring Sarah Lancashire. He has also written extensively for Continuing Drama including EastEnders, Emmerdale, Doctors and Casualty. Recently, he wrote the screenplay for horror feature film, Wyvern Hill. He has also written for the stage and lectures [...]

An evening with Len Pennie

The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

Join us for an evening with Len Pennie discussing her new highly anticipated poetry collection, Poyums! The event will take place in the Melville Theatre, Abergavenny on February 29th at 7:30pm. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————- And I have done more than just simply get by So much more than escape or survive Through the galvanisation of love, time and patience I’ll take hold of my story and thrive. After life that was seldom what life ought to be Through laughter and love I’ll be whole This story is mine from the cover to spine And the narrative I will control Whether she’s writing letters [...]

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