Amazing to see so many people invoking the words of Dylan Thomas on the marches that took place around the world on January 21st 2017. Do not go gentle into that good night Rage, rage against the dying of the… Read More ›
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Quite Early One Morning: On the trail of Dylan Thomas in New Quay
‘The town was not yet awake, and I walked through the streets like a stranger come out of the sea, shrugging off weed and wave and darkness with each step, or like an inquisitive shadow, determined to miss nothing’ I’ve… Read More ›
September 2016 News Round-up
Welcome to our latest round-up of all things Dylan Thomas. We’ll be looking back at the second International Dylan Thomas Day in May, and at the award of the 2016 Dylan Thomas Prize. We’ll also look at exciting new acquisitions for Swansea University… Read More ›
The most beautiful thing you’ve ever heard: Roald Dahl on Dylan Thomas
This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl, born in Llandaff, Cardiff, on September 13th 1916. The celebration follows hot on the heels of the 2014 centenary of Dylan Thomas, and the two men can… Read More ›
Dylan Thomas – Reading List
A suggested reading list of books by, or about, Dylan Thomas. If you’re new to Thomas or want a single volume to carry with you, then the Dylan Thomas Omnibus is an excellent place to start. You’ll find all the poems from… Read More ›
Manic Street Preachers pay tribute to Dylan Thomas
The Manics paid tribute to the influence of Dylan Thomas at their gig at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium on May 28th. Excellent. The Manics tonight at the Liberty stadium, flying the flag for #DylanThomas. pic.twitter.com/eN08veZjIL — John Goodby (@johnnygoodeb) May 28,… Read More ›
Unknown memoir of Dylan Thomas to be exhibited
Two manuscripts including a previously unknown memoir of Dylan Thomas are to be donated to the British Library after being exhibited at Swansea Museum. Professor John Goodby, of Swansea University, the leading authority on Dylan’s poetry, explains: There are three… Read More ›
March 2016 News Round-up
After a quiet start to the year the build-up has begun to the second International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14. May will also see the publication in paperback of The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas, the award of the… Read More ›
2015 Review of the year – Dylan Thomas News
We had every reason to think that 2015 might be a bad case of the morning-after-the-night-before; a rapid comedown from the 15-month-long party that was the Dylan Thomas centenary, that unique and unprecedented celebration of a 20th century poet. Particularly… Read More ›
November 2015 News Round-up
In our latest news round up we hear about a number of celebrations of Dylan Thomas and his work. Tenby has celebrated a unique event in 1953 with a plaque; National Poetry Day saw Dylan’s work being showcased; and a little-known poem… Read More ›
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