26
August
2019
Upcoming Readings: Llawn / Swansea
Llawn Festival: Llandudno See Llawn website here for details of other events Swansea Fringe See full festival line and events details here
News
16
August
2019
Reading at Milieu’s Swansea Fringe event
Milieu’s moving to Swansea! Milieu is a night of literature, spoken word, art, photography and visual concepts, bringing together a collective of writers and artists alike. Held quarterly in Cardiff since 2015, this year Milieu will move to a new permanent home in Swansea. Join the #SwanseaFringe in welcoming Milieu to this ugly, lovely town […]
8
July
2019
‘Vertebrae’ launched in North Wales
On Thursday, at Provideo coffee shop in Llandudno, my first poetry collection was officially launched. The crowd spilled out the door and the start of the reading had to be delayed until everyone was able to find space, but the evening passed with some informal reading, some impromptu piano and some wonderful company. The book […]
28
June
2019
Article on ‘Vertebrae’ launch in North Wales Pioneer by Duncan Rieder
Ysgol John Bright teacher Glyn Edwards to launch Vertebrae at Providero in Llandudno By Duncan Rieder AN YSGOL John Bright English teacher will take his seat at the table of the literary world with the release of his first poetry collection. Llandudno poet Glyn Edwards will launch Vertebrae at a Providero Coffee House in Llandudno on […]
30
May
2019
North Wales launch of ‘Vertebrae’
July 4th: Providero Coffee House, Llandudno 6-8 Please feel welcome to attend an informal launch of my debut poetry collection, published by The Lonely Press. There’ll be music and coffee and a reading and a very high chance of a emotionally blackmailed purchase of a signed copy of the book. See you there!
12
March
2019
‘Divining’ performed in Manchester
My poem 'divining' became the libretto for @olliecomposer to compose breathtaking opera from. @JoeAshmore19 performed the 20 minute piece, accompanied by @MarvoloQuartet at @MusicStChrys in Manchester last night. It was stunning. #aneveningofchambermusic@McrWritingSchl @LitWales pic.twitter.com/IVQdB3ON4R — glynfedwards (@glynfedwards) March 12, 2019 Notes from the event programme: Divining was written in the summer of last year, when the […]
6
February
2019
An Evening of Chamber Music
There were news reports last summer about paths that had been revealed by the dry weather. I wrote a poem about following these trails with my son, Arthur.It began: ‘the land revealed two tracks it had kept secret for centuries.’ The poem became the libretto for a piece of music composed by Ollie Lambert and […]
28
January
2019
Outspoken – Neuadd Ogwen – Bethesda
On Friday, the inaugural Outspoken event in Bethesda took place to a sold-out Neuadd Ogwen audience. I quickly exchanged Dydd Santes Dwynwen cards with my wife at home then hurried along the read some alternative love poems at the new event. Two of the poems can be read here. while another poem is available in Verve […]
23
December
2018
An Interview with Jonathan Edwards / Glyn Edwards — The Lonely Crowd
Jonathan Edwards was born and brought up in Crosskeys, south Wales. He has an MA in Writing from the University of Warwick, has written speeches for the Welsh Assembly Government and journalism for The Big Issue Cymru, and currently works as an English teacher. 2,870 more words via An Interview with Jonathan Edwards / Glyn […]
15
December
2018
Books of the Year Recommendations
From The Lonely Crowd’s trio of articles on their contributor’s books of the year, here’s my recommended reading material from 2018: The full article can be read at: The Lonely Crowd: Books of the Year (part 2) Unless it really can’t be helped, I prefer to concentrate on one book at a time. Yet, at […]