Stephanie McNicholas trained as a journalist in Cardiff in the 1980s and went on to write for national and regional newspapers and magazines.
Steph published her second book – WHEN PONTY ROCKED! – in 2021. It tells the stories of the many musicians from her home town in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
Whether Steph reads from her book – When Ponty Rocked – or sings unnacompanied were sure to get the real deal – excellent!
Writers also reading are Sophie Buchaillard, Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77, Susie Wild, Ben Wildsmith, Nicholaus McGaughey, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
Nicholas lives in Pontypridd. He has new work in Bad Lilies/Stand/Lucent Dreaming/The Friday Poem and Spelt Magazine.
Nicholas played Brandon Monk in Pobl y Cwm for 10 years and has had his poetry widely published including most recently in the hit anthology A470.
Writers also reading are Sophie Buchaillard, Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77, Susie Wild, Ben Wildsmith, Stephanie McNicholas, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
Ben Wildsmith is a singer songwriter from Birmingham who lives in the Rhondda and has performed around the world for the last 30 years. His songs combine folk and blues elements with sharp lyrics and an ironic take on subjects ranging from philosophy to politics, love and loss. He’s a published writer of fiction and a columnist for Nation Cymru. His new album, ‘Damn My Sense of Humour’ will be released in 2023 and his memoir will be published by Calon Books in 2024.
Writers also reading are Sophie Buchaillard, Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77, Peter Thabit Jones, Susie Wild, Stephanie McNicholas, Nick McGaughey, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
VoicesontheBridge is organised by Rob Cullen.
@StoryvilleBooks is a small and intimate space – seating is limited so come along early.
Susie Wild is author of the poetry collections Windfalls and Better Houses, the short story collection The Art of Contraception listed for the Edge Hill Prize, and the novella Arrivals. She has placed in competitions including the Welshpool Poetry Festival Competition, the Prole Laureate Prize and the Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition and performed at festivals including The Laugharne Weekend, Green Man and Hay. https://linktr.ee/Soozerama
Writers also reading are Sophie Buchaillard, Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77, Peter Thabit Jones, Ben Wildsmith, Stephanie McNicholas, Nick McGaughey, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
Peter Thabit Jones will be reading his poetry. Peter is a Welsh poet and dramatist. Peter has authored sixteen books. He has participated in festivals and conferences in America and Europe and is an annual writer-in-residence in Big Sur, California. A recipient of many awards, including the Eric Gregory Award for Poetry (The Society of Authors, London) and the Homer: European Medal of Poetry and Art, two of his dramas for the stage have premiered in America. His opera libretti for Luxembourg composer Albena Petrovic Vratchanska have premiered at the Philarmonie Luxembourg, the National Opera House Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, and Theatre National Du Luxembourg. Further information: http://peterthabitjones.com
Writers also reading are Sophie Buchaillard, Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77, Susie Wild, Ben Wildsmith, Stephanie McNicholas, Nick McGaughey, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
One of the poets reading at VoicesontheBridgewill be Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77 a poet of Iraqi heritage who lives in Cardiff, Wales. She trained as a dentist in London developing an interest in the treatment of anxious patients and mindfulness. Her poems are often inspired by stories of Iraq and include a range of personal and political themes. They have appeared widely online and in-print publications including: Acumen, Poetry Wales, Magma, New Welsh Reader, The Rialto and The Poetry Review. Her debut poetry collection, Inhale/ Exile, was published by Seren in February 2021 and shortlisted for the Poetry Category for Wales Book of the Year 2022.
Writers also reading will be Sophie Buchaillard, Peter Thabit Jones, Susie Wild, Ben Wildsmith, Stephanie McNicholas, Nick McGaughey, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
Under The Raging Moon (One night with Dylan Thomas in Greenwich Village).
A new drama by Swansea poet and dramatist Peter Thabit Jones
October, 1953. Dylan Thomas, unwell and harassed by personal problems, is on his fourth and fatal visit to America, organised by John Malcolm Brinnin, Director at the YM & YWHA Poetry Center in New York.
Dylan, accompanied by Liz Reitell, Brinnin’s assistant, with whom he started an affair on his third visit, is in a taxi on the way to Greenwich Village. Since his arrival in the city, she has been trying to keep him away from his ‘hangers-on’ and to focus him on the upcoming two performances of his Under Milk Wood at the Kaufmann Auditorium. Unhappy and upset by his general behaviour, she stops the taxi near her apartment and abandons him to do whatever he pleases.
In this imagined scenario, he stops at some bars where he mainly meets people unknown to him. The final bar is the White Horse Tavern, his favourite drinking place in the Village.
Note: In the early hours of 3 rd November, Dylan would leave the Chelsea Hotel and an upset Liz. His last-ever drinking spree would lead to him being rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital on November
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks 8 Mill St, Pontypridd
Sophie Buchaillard writes contemporary fiction that reflects on the anxieties of our age, using fiction to connect historical events with our perception of movement, migration and identity today, and dehumanising the ‘other’. Her short stories and essays have appeared in a wide array of literary magazines and newspapers. This Is Not Who We Are (Seren Books) is her debut novel.
A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Society of Authors, Sophie is passionate about empowering others to write. She splits her time between writing and tutoring in creative writing at Cardiff University and in the community. During the lockdown she set up the literary podcast Writers on Reading with author Jonathan Macho to give a platform to local authors and independent publishers to promote new releases, and to foster a virtual community of authors and poets in Wales, at a time of great challenge.
Originally trained as a political scientist, she has worked as a policy advisor and a campaigner. In 2016, she co-authored Talented Women for a Successful Wales, a report making recommendations to the Welsh Government on improving gender parity in business and education. She holds an MA in Creative and Critical Writing and is currently doing a PhD at Cardiff University.
Writers also reading will be Abeer Ameer @abeer_ameer77, Peter Thabit Jones, Susie Wild, Ben Wildsmith, Stephanie McNicholas, Nick McGaughey, Sion Tomos Owen & Rob Cullen.
VoicesontheBridge is hosted by Jeff Baxter @StoryvilleBooks
Writers and poets include – Sophie Buchaillard, Abeer Ameer (@abeer_ameer77), Sion Tomos Owen, Ben WildSmith, Susie Wildsmith, Peter Thabit Jones, Stephanie McNicholas, Nick McGaughey & Rob Cullen –
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