ALYS CONRAN
EVENTS & RESIDENCIES
London Bookfair
Three events on Wednesday 11th of April:
Wales and Scotland: Indigenous Languages of the UK in Contemporary Literature, 11 30 - 12:30 in the Literature Translation Centre
Transformations: Women's Writing from the Edges 4-5 pm The Cross Cultural Hub
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5pm - Meet the Author event with Parthian Books at stand 5C129
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28th March 2017
Literature Live, Burgess Centre, Manchester
Reading by three début writers, novelists Rory Gleeson and Alys Conran, and poet Joey Connolly. Roddy Doyle wrote of Gleeson’s debut, ‘Rockadoon Shore is terrific’, while Conran’s novel Pigeon is longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Gregory Award winner Joey Connolly’s first book is just out from Carcanet.
Translation from Outside the Metropolis
The London Bookfair
March 15, 2017
Following a tumultuous year in world politics, does contemporary fiction and media need to give a better representation of the variety of national voices and perspectives? Is the rural vs. urban divide that we’re hearing so much about an issue in translation? We speak to people at all stages of the writing chain to hear their take on whether voices from outside the metropolis can find a home in the global market.
RESIDENCY WITH INUIT DELEGATION (December 2016)
BRITISH COUNCIL, PRINCES CHARITIES & CANADA HOUSE
Writer in Residence with a delegation of members of the Inuit Tapiritt Kanatami's Language Committee in the Arctic on a study tour around Wales.
LATVIA: LITERATURE ACROSS FRONTIERS WORKSHOP
8 - 13 Setember, Riga
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FESTIVAL NO 6
2pm Sat 03 and Sun 04 August in The Grove
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LAUNCH OF PIGEON
24, May 2016. 7:30pm Pontio, Studio
24, May 2016. 7:30pm
Pontio, Studio
FREE, all welcome.
The novel is to be launched simultaneously in English original and in Welsh translation by Sian Northey.
A first for publishing in Wales (we think).
LAUNCH OF TALIESIN's FINAL ISSUE
7th May Blue Sky Café, Bangor.
7th May
Blue Sky Café, Bangor.
After so many years as the seminal journal of the Welsh language literary scene, Taliesin's last issue has gone to print. Alys will join other contributors including Twm Morys, Angharad Price and Sian Northey for readings music and conversation. This a Welsh medium event.