poetry
POETRY: Swansea Valley counsellor turns cancer and amputation into debut collection to help others heal
Tammy Allen was diagnosed with bone cancer at 18 and lost her leg at 40. Now the Swansea Valley mental…
SWANSEA: Literary phenomenon and British cult hero Dr John Cooper Clarke heading to Swansea Grand Theatre
Following his huge arena show at the Co-Op Live in 2025, the original people’s poet and ‘Godfather of Punk Poetry’…
Young poet sought to honour Richard Burton’s mentor in centenary commission
A search has been launched for a young poet to help tell the story of the teacher and mentor who…
Swansea women to share powerful stories of climate and migration
A group of migrant and refugee women in Swansea are taking part in a powerful new project that connects their…
George the Poet and First Bus release ‘ode to the bus’ poem, as research shows people in Wales want to connect more in public spaces
New research commissioned by First Bus finds that four in five people in Wales think buses are an important way…
Poet Laureate to visit Pembrokeshire as part of ten-year tour of UK libraries
The prestigious UK-wide Poet Laureate Library Tour will stop in Pembrokeshire this Spring with a reading by Simon Armitage included.
Former national poet of Wales headlines new Swansea poetry event
Gillian Clarke, former national poet of Wales is set to headline a new kind of poetry event at the Dylan…
Bookish Britain: Swansea revealed as one of UK’s top literary locations
With 64.9 billion views under the TikTok hashtag #booktok, holiday lettings agent holidaycottages.co.uk have revealed the UK's top literary locations…
Nurse turns to verse to express pandemic woes
An emergency department nurse has combined his passion for nursing and writing by creating heartfelt poems inspired by the Covid-19…
Mental health nurses’ pandemic experiences used as muse for poems
Three mental health nurses from Cefn Coed Hospital have turned to poetry to process their emotions of working through the…
Family fun QR code treasure hunt reveals underwater environments through art and poetry
Throughout July, FIRE Lab's art-science creations, Underwater Realm, are being exhibited in Swansea's Square Peg Coffee House and mark the starting point of a…