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SUMMARY:Some Miraculous Promised Land
DESCRIPTION:Richard Gwyn will be in conversation with poet and broadcaster Clare Potter. Tuesday 13th January @ 7pm Melville Theatre Cafe/bar.\nSome Miraculous Promised Land is the story of James Dickson Innes (1887-1914) — one of the most original and outstanding of British artists\, whose star shone briefly in the years before World War One.\nRichard Gwyn’s new book follows in the footsteps of the young painter across Wales\, London and Paris to the French Pyrenees\, southern Spain and Morocco\, and chronicles Dick Innes’ love affair with Euphemia Lamb and his losing battle with tuberculosis.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/some-miraculous-promised-land/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:books
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SUMMARY:John Higgs talk
DESCRIPTION:NB: Tickets Available at the door \n  \nJohn Higgs is an English writer\, novelist\, journalist and cultural historian. The work of Higgs has been published in the form of novels (under the pseudonym JMR Higgs)\, biographies and works of cultural history.\nHe will be talking about his most recent book about the history of Doctor Who titled: Exterminate/Regenerate: The Story of Doctor Who
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/john-higgs-talk/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:books,workshops
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SUMMARY:An evening with Len Pennie
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with Len Pennie discussing her new highly anticipated poetry collection\, Poyums! \nThe event will take place in the Melville Theatre\, Abergavenny on February 29th at 7:30pm. \n—————————————————————————————————————————————————————- \nAnd I have done more than just simply get by \nSo much more than escape or survive \nThrough the galvanisation of love\, time and patience \nI’ll take hold of my story and thrive. \nAfter life that was seldom what life ought to be \nThrough laughter and love I’ll be whole \nThis story is mine from the cover to spine \nAnd the narrative I will control \nWhether she’s writing letters to her younger self\, advocating for women’s rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship\, Len’s voice is bold\, unashamedly frank and unmistakably hers. The poems in this collection\, both funny and fiercely feminist\, announce a formidable new talent. \nMoving deftly between English and Scots\, poyums is as approachable as it is affecting.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/an-evening-with-len-pennie/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:books
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SUMMARY:An evening with Keith Temple
DESCRIPTION: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. \nKeith’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 widely on screenwriting and filmmaking. 
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/an-evening-with-keith-temple/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:books
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SUMMARY:An Illustrated book talk: ‘Life on the Floodplain' - Fundraising for Ukraine & Afghanistan Crisis Appeals
DESCRIPTION:7pm Saturday 15th October 2022 \nAt the café-bar\, the Melville Centre for the Arts\, Abergavenny \n  \nDoors open 6:30pm \n  \nAn Illustrated book talk: ‘Life on the Floodplain – A Garden Wildlife Diary 2020’ \n  \n‘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.’ \n  \nPlease join us for a fascinating talk and the opportunity to meet and chat to Ceri. \n  \n£5 donation on the door in aid of DEC Ukraine & Afghanistan Crisis Appeals \nBar available \n  \nSigned books available on the night\, full-colour hardback £24.99 \n  \nPress Release — Life on the Floodplain \n  \n  \nHow photographing the Welsh countryside has helped my journey with PTSD \n  \nCeri Leigh has been in therapy for the best part of the past 10 years since an accident on her way home one day from work left her with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and unable to walk for a year and a half. \nThe former Exhibitions Manager (Design & Conservation) at the Natural History Museum in London now suffers with insomnia\, severe flashbacks and dissociative paralysing seizures which prevent her from leaving the house unaccompanied and unable to drive a car or cook in case she loses all sense of reality and collapses to the floor. \nBut the 58-year-old\, who now lives in the Usk Valley\, has found photographing the beautiful floodplains of the Brecon Beacons the best medicine for calming her anxious brain. \nAs the coronavirus pandemic spread across the world\, Ceri took pictures of the wildlife she watched from her window every day in 2020 — recording a few hundred species — and she has just published a book called ‘Life on the Floodplain’. \nThe book is a living document of the natural environment during a time of restrictions and lockdowns\, providing diary entries of the year the world stood still\, alongside pictures of British animals and birds\, including Canada geese\, woodpeckers and nuthatches — as nature carried on. \nWriting the book for Ceri was a step towards her old life and the job that she loved managing exhibitions at one of the UK’s most popular museums. \nFor a long time\, Ceri has felt as if ‘there is no one in charge of her head’ and even the sound of a child crying\, or an ambulance siren\, can trigger a seizure — the effects of which can last for hours. \nBut in writing 365 entries in her journal and taking pictures of the landscape\, plants and animals around her with an iPhone\, she found comfort from the confusion and disorder of daily life. \nCeri said: ‘With PTSD nothing makes sense. Piecing your mind back together takes baby steps\, over and over\, every day. It’s a never-ending battle. You may have no idea of time with PTSD or\, like me\, often not know where you are and can temporarily be out of touch with reality.’ \n‘I fall frequently with the seizures but I feel nothing as I get a dose of natural anaesthetic with the dissociation. If I fall backwards\, there is no feeling and no thoughts — it’s like a computer malfunction\, my brain just shuts down.’ \n‘But the constant falling is taking its toll on my neck\, and other vertebrae are showing painful signs of degeneration. Thankfully\, the seizures have decreased from several times per day\, to several times per week\, and after more than a decade\, I’m in a better place. But the struggle and fallout has been acute — it’s a shock to the system when your life falls apart in an instant.’ \nCeri added: ‘Watching wildlife calms me as I find it has a meditative quality. Taking photographs on my mobile phone distracts me from the anxiety of PTSD and it grounds me in reality. I encourage everyone to observe their own environment\, as even in cities\, nature is present. It’s surprising how much wildlife can be seen if you take the time to tune in and look around.’ \nLife on the Floodplain is priced at 24.99 GBP and available to order from local bookshops or online retailers from 9 September 2021. \n  \n  \n  \n       
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/an-illustrated-book-talk-life-on-the-floodplain-a-garden-wildlife-diary-2020/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
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SUMMARY:POETRY UPSTAIRS- 27th September
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Upstairs for: TUESDAY 27th September \nDon’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. \n  \nNicholas 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 for the Marsh Biography Prize in 2003.  The biography of Franz Kafka has been translated into nine languages. Nicholas Murray is a regular contributor of poems\, essays and reviews to a wide range of newspapers and literary magazines and has many collection of published poems. \n  \n  \nJemma L King is a poet based in West Wales. She won the Terry Hetherington Young Writer of the Year Award in 2011 and in 2014 was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Wales Book of the Year for her poetry collection ‘The Shape of a Forest’ (Parthian Books). Her second book ‘The Undressed’ was released by Parthian Books in 2014. She is a reviewer of contemporary literature for numerous publications and teaches literature and creative writing at Aberystwyth University. She is a founding member of the Centre for Women\, Writing and Literary Culture. \n  \n  \nCharles Wilkinson: The Snowman and Other Poems (Iron Press\, 1987) Ag & Au – 36 page pamphlet (Flarestack Poets\, 2013). This publication formed part of a submission that helped to win Flarestack the Michael Marks Award for poetry publishing. The Glazier’s Choice (Eyewear – forthcoming 2019); shortlisted for The Beverly Prize. Charles Wilkinson’s early work was published in magazines\, including Delta\, English\, Iron\, Littack\, and The Human World. \nHis more recent poems have appeared in over fifty publications\, including Envoi\, Poetry Wales\, Poetry Salzburg (Austria)\, Tears in the Fence\, The SHOp (Eire)\,Crannog (Eire)\, The Interpreter’s House\, Magma\, Fire\, Stand\, Scintilla\, Shearsman\, Pennine Platform\, Other Poetry\, Earthlines (The Two Ravens Press)\, The Warwick Review\, Under the Radar\, New Writer\, The Reader\, The Iron Book of New Humorous Verse\, Entanglements (The Two Ravens Press)\, The Aesthetica Annual\, Snow Lit\, Revand Otoliths (Australia)\, as well as in American magazines such as Gargoyle\, The Madison Review\, The Raintown Review\, Lummox\, Futures Trading\, and The San Pedro River Review. \n  \nPlease bring £5 to pay on the door\, but DO pre-register to ensure your seat! Email info@melvillecentre.org.uk \n  \nFree parking and wheelchair access. \nPlease do not bring food or drink in the building that is not purchased here. \n  \nPOETS: \n            \nCharles Wilkinson                                       Jemma L King                                       Nicholas Murray
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-upstairs-27th-september/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:art,books,Poetry,talks
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