In an unusual turn of events this year Cardiff Bay and Academi invite you to join them in celebrating St George’s Day. The 2007 Academi BayLit Festival which runs from Tuesday 17 to Saturday 21 April is preparing to find out if St George and the Welsh Dragon can accommodate each other in the name of Literature. With a week of lit events including poetry, prose, A Night for the Unpublished, review, Taliesin Magazine, debate and of course a lot of disagreement there is most definitely something for everyone no matter what side of the border you are on. How important is our national identity? Academi brings the debate to a head on Friday 20 April at the Wales Millennium Centre with Gwyn Thomas the National Poet of Wales and Andrew Motion Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom meeting on stage for the first time to debate what it is to be an official bard and how national identity plays its part in that role. This lively and never before witnessed discussion will be chaired by a poet who knows the subject only too well, the first National Poet of Wales, Gwyneth Lewis. Wales versus England. National Poet versus Poet Laureate. Neighbours from hell or perfect fellow travellers? This is a meeting of two incredible poetic minds that is not to be missed. On Saturday 21 April join in the advance celebrations of the National Saint Day of Catalonia, La Diada de Sant Jordi, or is that St George’s Day, with a host of Catalan and Welsh-Language poetry. Then hear one of Catalonia’s leading fictional voices, Jordi Coca and Welsh writer Aneurin Gareth Thomas being interviewed by Dr Monserrat Lunati. Rounding off the week’s events is a unique opportunity to meet and question some of the 2007 Wales Book of the Year Long Listed authors and have your chance to make up your mind who should win the £10,000 prize. Expect concern, erudition, entertainment, books, poetry, literary debate, engagement and a chance to see just a little bit of what Literature in Wales has to offer. Book your tickets now. To book your Academi BayLit tickets call the BBC National Orchestra of Wales Ticket Line on 08700 131812 For more information on BayLit Contact: Academi, Chief Executive: Peter Finch, Mount Stuart House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FQ. 029 2047 2266 / |
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Monday, April 16, 2007 |
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