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Feb 2

Welsh Poet Goes African With New Poetry And Photography Collection

Welsh writer and photographer Dave Lewis has just released Africa Poems, his twenty-third book — a selected works of his ‘African-themed’ poetry from his last eight collections. A self-confessed lover of all things African, Lewis takes us on a safari without us having to endure the hassle of Heathrow! His…

Poetry Writing

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Sep 11, 2021

Estelle Price Wins Welsh Poetry Competition 2021

The International Welsh Poetry Competition 2021 organisers have announced the winners of their prestigious 15th contest, judged by award-winning Welsh poet Kathy Miles, and the overall winner was Estelle Price for her poem ‘iii’. The winners were as follows: 1st Prize iii — Estelle Price, Wilmslow 2nd Prize YELLOW LIGHT…

Poetry

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Estelle Price Wins Welsh Poetry Competition 2021
Estelle Price Wins Welsh Poetry Competition 2021

Sep 5, 2020

How To Get Your Poetry Published

Getting your poetry published is a tricky business. Hundreds of years ago it was easy. You just needed to be posh, get sent down from Oxford, wear a frilly shirt, party your way around Europe and Lord Byron was your uncle. Byron was brilliant btw. Now it’s different. …

Publish Poetry

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How To Get Your Poetry Published
How To Get Your Poetry Published

Sep 5, 2020

What Makes A Great Poem?

What a strange question! OK, maybe not. For what it’s worth, here’s what I think… I often wonder what constitutes ‘good’ these days. Especially when you read some of the absolute drivel that is passed off as poetry by (mostly) young girls who put the word poet (in brackets) after…

Poetry

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What Makes A Great Poem?
What Makes A Great Poem?

Jul 17, 2020

My Quirky Reading List

If you search the Internet you can find lots of ‘Best Books Ever’ or ‘Top 100 Books To Read Before You Die’ lists. The BBC did a pretty decent ‘Big Read’ list back in 2000 as well. …

Book List

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My Quirky Reading List
My Quirky Reading List

Dec 31, 2019

Calling All Poets!

The Poetry Book Awards is an annual, international book award given to the best poetry books produced by indie writers, self published authors or books published by independent or small presses. Even though more and more people are enjoying and participating in creative writing it is becoming increasingly difficult to…

Writing

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Calling All Poets!
Calling All Poets!

Nov 22, 2019

So You Think You Know Modern Poetry?

Welsh writer, poet and photographer, Dave Lewis, has just published his twentieth book, a new poetry collection — ‘Scratching The Surface‘. “An epic collage of nature, history, adventure and grief that leaps off the page and thumps you in the chest. From Celtic mythology, to the African bush and ‘The…

Poetry

3 min read

So You Think You Know Modern Poetry?
So You Think You Know Modern Poetry?

Aug 21, 2019

Hadrian’s Cycleway & C2C

Welsh writer and poet Dave Lewis has just completed a week-long cycle across the north of England. He covered 275 miles, completed two iconic cycling trails: Hadrian’s Cycleway and the Sea to Sea / Coast to Coast (C2C) and has just published a book of his adventures. In the past…

Travel

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Hadrian’s Cycleway & C2C
Hadrian’s Cycleway & C2C

Feb 5, 2019

Famous Poetry Contest Launched

How many people know that the world famous International Welsh Poetry Competition began life in a small, independent pub, tucked away down a quiet side street in Pontypridd? …

Writing

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Famous Poetry Contest Launched
Famous Poetry Contest Launched

Dec 15, 2018

Why is Christmas Day on December 25?

Have you ever wondered why Christmas Day (that time when we scoff too many sprouts, we get inundated with socks and our favourite pub closes weirdly early) is celebrated on December 25? Well, it wasn’t always so. In fact, for the first three centuries of Christianity’s existence, Jesus Christ’s birth…

Christmas

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Why is Christmas Day on December 25?
Why is Christmas Day on December 25?
Dave Lewis - Writer

Dave Lewis - Writer

Welsh Poet & Photographer — http://www.david-lewis.co.uk | http://www.welshpoetry.co.uk | http://www.poetrybookawards.co.uk | http://www.welshwriters.co.uk

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