List Of Writers
ROBSON, LLOYD
36 de Bawdrip Road, Roath Brook, Cardiff CF24 2TN
Tel: 029 2045 2000
Email: mail@lloydrobson.com
Website: http://www.lloydrobson.com/
Poet, novelist, broadcaster, workshop tutor, freelance book designer/typesetter; International Projects Editor, Parthian (Wales); Contributing Editor, Rattapallax (USA). Awards and grants received include a Society of Authors/John Masefield Trust writer’s award; a Welsh Assembly Govt Commission for New Welsh Writing; Arts Council of Wales Buying Time and Published Writer’s Bursaries; Arts Council of Wales Visual Artist and Design Fund grants.
Lloyd often works abroad and in recent years has worked in Australia, mainland Europe, India, Japan, Sierra Leone, USA, and Zimbabwe. He divides his time between Cardiff and New York and leads a creative writing project in Sömmerda, Germany, every July. Employers include Academi, British Council, Wales Arts International, Welsh Assembly Govt. Previous positions include Writer-in-Residence, University of Wales School of Art, Media & Design, Caerleon. He has written commissioned documentary scripts for BBC Wales TV and BBC Radio Four.
Reviews:
With respect to Cardiff Cut (Parthian, 2002):
"…The best dialect writing in these islands ever…"
The Guardian
"…A national treasure…"
Planet Magazine
Lloyd has been described as:
“…vigorous & exhilarating…”
Robert Minhinnick, Poet & Editor, Poetry Wales Magazine
“…The most innovative… the most literary energy... Cardiff’s best...”
Peter Finch, Poet & Chief Executive of Academi
“...The most potent welsh writer we have...”
Chris Torrance, Poet
“...One of the most interesting & audacious writers on the circuit...”
Terrible Work Magazine
Selected Publications:
City & Poems (Blackhat, 1994)
Edge Territory (Blackhat, 1995)
Letter from Sissi (Blackhat, 1996)
Cardiff Cut (Parthian, 2002)
BBBoing and Associated Wierdness (Parthian, 2003)
Oh Dad! A Search for Robert Mitchum (Parthian, 2008)
Cardiff Cut (Parthian, 2002)
The ferocious Lloyd Robson on a tour through the streets of Cardiff.
Cardiff Cut takes a scenic and disenchanted tour of the capital. A unique work that further develops robson’s growing reputation as an artist of originality and daring.
An audacious and anarchic monologue set on the streets of the city of Cardiff, written by a poet and performer who is daring in both material and language.
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BBBoing and Associated Wierdness (Parthian, 2003)
A fantastic, energetic, exhilarating new collection from this daring and exciting young poet. Lloyd Robson stretches the possibilities of language, blows away structure and form, bounces into and out of emotion, commotion, travel and abandon with linguistic dynamism, humour and depth. From the author of Welsh Books Chart-Topping Cardiff Cut (Parthian, 2002), this book is a must-read.
A collection of poetry and prose, visual art and photography reflecting the Cardiff-born author’s unique style and use of language as he deals with everyday themes such as war, hijacking and suicide, drugs and pop music.
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Oh Dad! A Search for Robert Mitchum (Parthian, 2008)
Robert Mitchum – aka ‘Mr Bad Taste’, ‘Trouble Himself’, ‘The Man with the Immoral Face’, ‘Daddy Bad’ – was the original Hollywood bad-boy and one of the greatest screen actors of the twentieth century. But his pre-fame life is cloaked in mystery, the truth hidden within conflicting tales of time spent as a Depression-era hobo, prizefighter, escaped felon – and secret poet.
Lloyd Robson trailed the Eastern Seaboard in search of Mitchum, his poetry, America, a surrogate father, and how to be a man. Oh Dad! is the result – a boozy, drugfuelled attempt to define masculinity in the modern age and to match the standards set by the ultimate man and the personification of Film Noir, Robert Mitchum.
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Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. Read and discuss own work
2. Creative writing workshops. Topics could include: good writing practice, an introduction to poetry, responding to the work of other writers, prose poetry, some poetic schools and movements, writing in dialect, achieving honest expression, inspiration, the power and usage of language and grammar, editorial skills, how to get published, how to publish yourself, performance/oration/public speaking skills, typography and text, text and image montage
3. The Welsh Discussion. Includes: discussion and writing about Wales, its cultures, languages, prejudices and future. Also choice- making and accepting responsibility
AGE RANGE: 7 years to adult.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Performance space, PA for large audiences, overnight accommodation when necessary.