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๐ THE 2025 SHORTLIST ๐ We are thrilled to unveil the 6 titles that make up this year's stellar Swansea University (Swansea University) Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist! #SUDTP25 Who will be crowned our winner on May 15th? ๐ PRESS RELEASE ๐ฐ : bit.ly/SUDTPshortlistโฆ



Congratulations to Rebecca Watson! I Will Crash has been shortlisted for the dylanthomprize ๐ #SUDTP25


THIS THURSDAY Waterstones Swansea! '๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐' - Anthony Shapland talks about his stunning 'A Room Above a Shop,' with Elaine Canning. Info and Tickets: bit.ly/ashapland


โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "There is no real ending. It's just the place where you stop the story." - Frank Herbert Stories are eternal; characters are immortal. Writers are the key to the everlasting. #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ โWear the old coat and buy the new book.โ โ Austin Phelps We are not accountants... but we do think this is sound advice. #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "Maybe it won't be famous. Maybe it won't be a movie. But that's not why I started it. And that's not why I'll finish." - Ryan Reudell We think all writers can relate to this ๐ #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize


โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.โ โGroucho Marx Getting your steps in as well as reading. #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell." - Charles de Lint The world is divinely unique to everyone #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer." -Isaac Asimov Persistence will lead to success. #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

We are thrilled that our prize patron, the wonderful, and great michael sheen ๐, will help us celebrate 20 years of the prize and this year's incredible shortlist at the British Library on 14th May (the night before we crown this year's winner!) Tickets: bit.ly/SUDTP25BL


โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "Write a short story in a week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row." - Ray Bradbury There's surely logical sense to this... Right? ๐ค #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ โSure, itโs simple, writing for kidsโฆ Just as simple as bringing them up.โ โ Ursula K. LeGuin Sometimes trying to control your characters is like having a unruly children #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

This very special evening, introduced by Prize Director Elaine Canning, celebrates the 2025 @SwanseaUniversity @dylanthomasprize shortlist - including Sean Hewitt (Rapture's Road), Ferdia Lennon (Glorious Exploits), Rebecca Watson (I Will Crash), Eley Williams (Moderate to



โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." - W. Somerset Maugham What are your three rules when writing? #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ โA person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.โ โ Edna St. Vincent Millay The former is a vulnerable practice, the latter is an illegal one. #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize

โจWisdom Wednesdaysโจ "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami Always look for a gem outside of the mainstream. #amwriting #WritingCommunity Elaine Canning Cultural Institute - Swansea University dylanthomprize
