Reminded on Instagram that the hometown launch of my first book was 6 years ago today. Great night in the TechHub Cafe in Swansea and had this lovely write up on the Parthian blog the next day: parthianbooksinternblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/18/the-launch-of-that-lone-ship-by-rhys-owain-williams
One for the Swansea ’eds: is this logo for the slowly-disappearing St. David’s Shopping Centre by the same artist as the much-loved Penscynor Wildlife Park car sticker, or is it just of the same time? Have only just clocked the similarities.
A painful but important collection of tributes to Chris as both a person and a writer. Diolch to @thelonelycrowd.bsky.social for asking me to contribute. Thinking of all his loved ones.
Christopher Cornwell’s dazzling debut collection, Ergasy, was published by The Lonely Crowd. Here, his fellow writers pay tribute to an exceptional talent who will be sorely missed by all who knew …
No matter what I do it seems that I will always confuse Brian Eno for Phil Spector and I can’t apologise enough to Brian Eno for that
Still can’t quite believe the tragic and unexpected news that Christopher Cornwell has passed away. Chris was such a warm-hearted and generous person – a champion of other writers and a wonderful poet who loved to test the boundaries of form in his constellation-like poems. RIP Chris x
It's #WorldPoetryDay, so I’m going to share some of my favourite 300-character-friendly poems throughout the day. (If your poem is featured in this thread and you'd prefer it not to be, let me know).
A much-anticipated second collection from one of Wales’ best poets, out in April but now up for pre-order via Verve Poetry Press. Can’t wait to read this – clare’s poetry performances are legendary but will be great to see her work gathered together on the page again.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Spending this St. Dai’s Day listening to Angharad’s brilliant debut ‘Motherland’. An album that takes a trip across genres – from disco-infused pop to fireside folk, spoken-word jazzscapes to foot tapping funk. Check it out on Spotify, Bandcamp, etc.
Going through my list of places to submit work and so sad to see how many magazines and journals have ceased to be this last year. A sea of indefinite hiatuses, dead websites and final notes from the editors. I know lit mags often come and go but this feels bigger than that.