Washington Meets Wales
Washington Meets Wales
Wednesday 18 - Tuesday 24 March 2009
Wednesday 18 March
- 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Venue: Hotel Tabard Inn, 1739 N Street, NW
Welcome reception and readings. Entry by invitation only.
Contact: Tabard Inn (202) 463 7909 or Academi post@academi.org
Thursday 19 March
- 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm
Venue: Marymount University Campus Café, Arlington, Virginia
Fflur Dafydd sings and writes in both Welsh and English. Owen Sheers is a poet and prose writer who writes in English. Together they will perform their work in a unique bilingual evening of poetry and song. Event is open to the public. For reservations contact the Honors Program: (2703) 284 1629
Friday 20 March
Venue: British School of Washington, 2001 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Eurig Salisbury and Tom Anderson lead creative writing workshops for young people. Eurig will introduce the ancient form of cynghanedd (Welsh verse form) and draw parallels with the more modern art of texting. Tom will lead a workshop on travel writing and introduce the concept of the surfing novel. This event is for students of the British School only.
- 7.30 pm
Venue: The Writers’ Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda
Catrin Dafydd, Owen Sheers, Eurig Salisbury, Tom Anderson and Fflur Dafydd will join DC writers Rose Solari (author of Orpheus in the Park and Difficult Weather) and Adele Steiner (author of The Moon Lighting and Freshwater Pearls) for a lively evening of readings and discussion.
For reservations go to www.writer.org and click on the “Events” link.
Monday 23 March
- 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Venue: Battelle-Tompkins Building, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W
Catrin Dafydd, Owen Sheers and Eurig Salisbury present their work at the Department of Literature at American University. They will also discuss some of the issues in contemporary Welsh literature and culture. For information contact: Kyle Dargan (202) 885 2933 or kyle.dargan@american.edu
- 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Venue: Busboys and Poets, 14th & V., 2021 14th St (At the heart of the U St. Corridor)
Poetry Slam in DC’s best venue with poets from DC and Wales: with Welsh writers Catrin Dafydd, Owen Sheers, Fflur Dafydd, Tom Anderson and Eurig Salisbury, joined by some of the best of DC poets, Ethelbert Miller, Kyle Dargan and Fred Joiner. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Contact: Busboys and Poets (202) 387 7638 or post@academi.org
Tuesday 24 March
- 9.30 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: English Department, George Washington University, Rome, Hall, 801 22nd St., NW
Catrin Dafydd and Tom Anderson are visiting writers at some of the creative writing workshops at George Washington University. This event is for GWU students only. Contact: (202) 994 6180
Please Note: this timetable is subject to alterations.
For further information contact Academi:
029 2047 2266 / post@academi.org