Richard Gwyn
Writer and Translator
Events
2024
Tuesday 7 May, 2024. Ambassador of Nowhere. An evening with Richard Gwyn, at Book-ish, Crickhowell. In conversation with Nicola Rayner, 19.30-21.30. Tickets here.
Friday 19 April, 2024. Ambassador of Nowhere. Abergavenny Writing Festival. In conversation with Gary Raymond at the King’s Arms Hotel, 15.00-16.00. Tickets here.
Thursday 28 March, 2024. Launch of Ambassador of Nowhere: A Latin American Pilgrimage Waterstones, The Hayes, Cardiff. 19.00.
2023
Wednesday 22 November, 2023. NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TRAVEL WRITING, MIGRATION AND TOURISM. Online Conference, University of Glasgow. 10.00-17.00.
2022
Friday 17 June, 2022. ‘James Dickson Innes sur la Côte Vermeille’ (talk given in French). In collaboration with the Musée d’Art Moderne de Collioure. 18.00 at Mediathèque de Collioure (Pyrénées Orientales).
2021
Wednesday 3 February, 2021. Cardiff BookTalk. The Blue Tent. 19.00. (For video recording, see Fiction).
Friday 5 March 2021. British Council, Stuttgart: ‘We are Wales’. 19.00 Online event: In Conversation with Niall Griffiths & a reading from The Blue Tent. Video here at 5:05:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFzbZToufWM&t=3s
Saturday 6 March, 2021. British Council, Stuttgart: ‘We are Wales’. 13.00 Online Workshop ‘On writing’. Watch video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDgBXqRmqI4
Saturday 6 March, 2021. British Council, Stuttgart: ‘We are Wales’. 17.00 Panel: ‘What Now?’
Thursday 27 May, 2021. Instituto Cervantes Manchester/Embajada de Colombia, London) ‘Recent Colombian Poetry. In conversation with Isabel Bermúdez.’ 18.00.
Wednesday 1 December, 2021. Glasgow University Bio-Lit Talks: Crossing Science with Humanities. ‘Heartaches and Stomach Pains: Infectious Disease in Latin American Literature.’ 19.00. Speaker at online event (Zoom). Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9mYBKjsnxg
2020
Tuesday 6 October, 2020. Translating poetry: Walking the Tightrope between Music and Meaning. The London Spanish Book and Zine Fair. With Adam Feinsitein. Online event. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/translating-poetry-walking-the-tightrope-between-music-and-meaning-tickets-120513431919#
Thursday 19 November, 2020. Fiction Fiesta Online. Tristan Hughes and Özgür Uyanık discuss their new books in conversation with Richard Gwyn, followed by an open mic.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fiction-fiesta-online-tickets-128250008227#
2019
Wednesday 23 January, 2019. Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. PN Review Winter Launch, with André Naffis-Sahely, Jamie Osborn, Suzannah V Evans, Jonathan Catherall & Claudine Toutoungi. I’ll be reading from my essay ‘Borders & Crossings’. 18.30.
Wednesday 30 January, 2019. Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. Launch of The Lonely Crowd, Issue 10. I’ll be reading an extract from forthcoming novel The Blue Tent (Parthian). 19.00.
Thursday 28 February, 2019. Librería la Central del Raval, Barcelona, Catalunya. Launch of El desayuno del vagabundo (The Vagabond’s Breakfast), published by Pre-Textos, translated by Jorge Fondebrider. In conversation with Andrés Ehrenhaus (Spanish language event). 19.00.
Friday 1 March, 2019. Librería Rafael Albertí, Madrid, Spain. Launch of El desayuno del vagabundo (The Vagabond’s Breakfast), published by Pre-Textos, translated by Jorge Fondebrider. In conversation with Andrés Neuman (Spanish language event). 19.00.
Sunday 10 March, 2019. StAnza: International Poetry Festival, St Andrews, Scotland.
Breakfast at the Poetry Café: A Conversation in Translation. With Tom Pow. In which I will be discussing The Other Tiger: Recent Poetry from Latin America 10.00 – 11.10
Border Crossings: In which I will be reading from Stowaway: A Levantine Adventure. With poets Arne Rautenberg and Ken Cockburn. 14.15 – 15.15.
Wednesday 15 May, 2019. Roath Park Pub. City Road, Cardiff. 7.30 p.m. Launch of The Blue Tent, a novel set in the Black Mountains of south Wales. Richard will be in discussion with Patrick McGuinness. Hosted by Parthian Books.
Wednesday 11 September, 2019. Book-ish, Crickhowell. 7.30 p.m. In discussion with my niece Nicola Rayner, author of The Girl Before You, about both her book and The Blue Tent.
Friday 13 September, 2019. The Cervantes Institute, London WC2. 7.00 p.m. Richard will be part of a panel discussion on Women Latin American Poets of the past 50 years. With Ben Bollig, Rachel Robinson & Juan Toledo.
Thursday 17 October, 2019. Aberystwyth Arts Centre Bookshop. 6.30 p.m. Reading and discussion about The Blue Tent.
Friday 18 October, 2019. Great Oak Bookshop, Llanidloes. From 5.00 pm. Reading and book signing of The Blue Tent.
Friday 22 November, 2019. Virgin Lounge, The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff. 6.30 – 8.30 pm: VIII FICTION FIESTA. Discussing The Blue Tent with Jon Gower and Patrick McGuinness. Launching Impossible Loves, my translations of the Colombian poet Darío Jaramillo.
Saturday 30 November. Canton Book Fest. Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2.00 – 3.00 p.m. Reading from and chatting about The Blue Tent with Canton Book Fest organiser Rosie Johns.
Ricardo Blanco’s Blog
- The problem of who you wereContinuing my series of Walks in the Black Mountains. Content warning: alongside description of the actual walks, these extracts also contain my thoughts about writing as well as an amateur’s excursions into the study of consciousness, philosophy of... Read More The post The problem of who you were appeared first on Richard Gwyn.
- How long can you stay focused on anything at all . . .I have been wondering about the capacity of the mind to focus on anything for more than a few seconds at a time. A lot has been published on this topic in recent years, especially relating to children’s... Read More The post How long can you stay focused on anything at all . . . […]
- This falling away and return is what we areOver the past couple of years I have been been keeping a record of walks I take in the Black Mountains, some of which have a philosophical or meditative tone to them, others not. I am unsure quite... Read More The post This falling away and return is what we are appeared first on Richard […]
- Q&A with Gary RaymondLast month I was interviewed by the excellent Gary Raymond for his BBC Radio Wales Arts Show (listen here) and last week we did a Q&A in anticipation of our chat at the Abergavenny Writing Festival tomorrow. For... Read More The post Q&A with Gary Raymond appeared first on Richard Gwyn.
- Ambassador of NowhereThursday March 28th saw the launch of Ambassador of Nowhere. I was interviewed by the astute and genial Jon Gower – who has helped launch three of my books to date – and there were a few questions... Read More The post Ambassador of Nowhere appeared first on Richard Gwyn.
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