Wait, what's going on in Nottingham 15-18 Aug? 🔎🤔 STAMMAFest: a weekend packed with sessions about everything from sport to sound waves, a full day of family fun and best of all, spending time in a community of people who speak just like us ♥️ JOIN IN stammafest.org/booking

#Poetry The Adverb at Hay The Verb Friday 21:00 BBC Radio 4 Ian McMillan presents poets in performance The Verb's performance wing - The Adverb. Simon Armitage, Hanan Issa, @JosephACoelho, Owen Sheers FRSL and Jazz Money perform at the Hay Festival. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The masterful Owen Sheers FRSL has written a poem about the pollution of the Llynfi (a tributary of the Wye). It’s in the voice of Emily, who witnessed a major fish kill there in 2020 and featured on RIVERCIDE. Listen to The Verb tonight, BBC R4, at 9pm. Recorded Hay Festival

Diolch/ thank you The Verb for creating this space for the performance of poetry, and for the opportunity to tell Emily’s story. Despite a Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales investigation no individual or business was convicted for this mass fish-kill incident… Swansea University Creative Writing at Swansea University Hay Festival

Did a guest on BBC Radio 4 #AntiSocial with Adam Fleming just say children learning Welsh disadvantages them? Um no, my children are both bilingual which in a largely polyglot world is a huge advantage. My eldest now has a fascination with learning other languages too…

Fancy a brand spanking new GM pod? Joined by Owen Sheers FRSL, acclaimed playwright and poet @jtaylortrash takes us through their debut novel The Night Alphabet, an electrifying examination of community ✊ Tune in → gmfe.st/podcast

Don’t miss Love English in Action: Love Through the Ages this year, with the exciting chance to hear from award-winning Welsh poet, author and playwright Owen Sheers who will present a stirring session of poetry, discussion and Q&A! educationinaction.org.uk/study-day/engl…

Launch night for Triggs Talgarth Mill 6pm on Friday 27th. Kebabs, cocktails, drinks. The cafe will be open from 9am that day for breakfast, coffees, lunch, too. Croeso Triggs!

Thank you Owen Sheers FRSL Valerie Bloom Kate Wakeling Elina Braslina Kwame Alexander Ele Fountain Sydney Smith SF Said Sam Usher Frank Cottrell-Boyce Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 CatherineJohnson for being a part of this year's fantastic line-up. See you soon!

#NationalPoetryDay is this Thursday! To celebrate, Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 is releasing the recording of his brilliant Big 50 Year Show, for you to watch at home or show in class. It's about 1 hour long and totally free to watch 📚 youtu.be/yJfeIXxlUrI 📚 #poetry #teachingenglish

Please help ⁦Greenpeace UK⁩ stop Shell and Equinor from drilling illegal oil and gas fields in the North Sea. Greenpeace is facing off against them in court on November 11th, and we need to show huge public opposition to make a real impact. act.gp/4dHxsEu

We know "climate change" is less real than problems like inflation, food prices and jobs. So why aren't we connecting the changing climate to these problems? More from Emily Atkin of j.world on this week's episode. Out now at planetcritical.com/p/wtf-emily-at…

We have Owen Sheers FRSL to thank for this unforgettable and unflinching picture of what a warming world means for all of us. If you missed The Trick on BBC, please watch this scene 👇

We want to tackle the rising levels of mental health problems for young women and girls by providing an online storytelling tool that helps them understand and talk about their mental health. We have two opportunities for young women and girls aged 16-25: orlo.uk/bt4Qn

Learn how to inject personality into your work, and create unique voices for your characters in poetry on this exciting course led by @poetclare and Owen Sheers FRSL 👄 Grab your space today! 👇 tynewydd.wales/course/poetry-…

Dysgwch sut i roi personoliaeth I’ch Gwaith, a sut i roi lleisiau unigryw i’ch cymeriadau mewn barddoniaeth dan arweiniad y beirdd arobryn @poetclare ac Owen Sheers FRSL 👄 Archebwch eich lle heddiw! 👇 tynewydd.cymru/cwrs/barddonia…

Hello Team English Hope you don’t mind me sharing this GCSE Poetry Live A level study day with me, Carol Ann Duffy, examiner sessions etc. next March Swansea University. Do please spread the word. Should be a great day. poetrylive.net/event_categori…

Anthony Joseph Owen Sheers FRSL We would also like to congratulate our incredible shortlist this year, including Bebe Ashley, Kat François @katfrancois, Bethany Handley Bethany Handley, Dane Holt, Aaron Kent Aaron Kent, Iona Lee, Jeda Pearl Jeda Pearl Time Cleaves Itself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇯🇲, Momtaza Mehri, Alycia Pirmohamed Alycia Pirmohamed, Taz

📚 THE 2025 LONGLIST 📚 We are thrilled to unveil the 12 titles that make up this year's Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize longlist. What a depth of incredible global talent! 😮#SUDTP25 PRESS RELEASE 📰: bit.ly/SUDTP25Long

We are delighted to announce that renowned landscape gardeners the rich brothers have kindly agreed to donate their talents to redesign #DrewsGarden in #Talgarth 🌿We can't wait to show you how things develop over the coming months #dbwcharity #chordoma #rarechildhoodcancer