Seren's author of the month
https://www.serenbooks.com/author-of-the-month
I've a copy of Skirrid Hill, which I regularly dip into, and his novel Resistance is good too - he is also an interesting speaker at lit festivals if you get the chance.
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Owen Sheers
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Nor read anything by him, sadly. I recall someone mentioning that he was a nice guy.
Will certainly keep an eye open for him now, Mac
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p.s. Whatever happened to his old mate Dai Strimmer?
Will certainly keep an eye open for him now, Mac
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p.s. Whatever happened to his old mate Dai Strimmer?
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
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Funnily enough I am reading In Parenthesis at the moment and have just found a documentary about it by Owen Sheers.
We fray into the future, rarely wrought
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Save in the tapestries of afterthought.
Richard Wilbur
Yes, he's done a bit of TV, including a series on poetry/landscape:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmU7MolQZeE
He edited this anthology in connection with that, which is well worth a read:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176460/ ... o-britain/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmU7MolQZeE
He edited this anthology in connection with that, which is well worth a read:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/176460/ ... o-britain/