Wednesday 7th  September 18:45 – 19:45 Main Lecture Theatre, Faraday Building Swansea University Join composer Mark Bowden and poet and Professor of Creativity Owen Sheers as they discuss ‘A Violence of Gifts’, an oratorio exploring the origins of our universe. Hear how this 2015 BBC Radio 3 commission for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra was influenced Read More …

The Greatest Poem of World War One: David Jones’s In Parenthesis In Parenthesis is considered one of the greatest ever literary works about war. TS Eliot called it a work of genius and WH Auden said it did for the British and Germans what Homer did for the Greeks and Trojans. In this programme, the Read More …

The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer (Faber & Faber) We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, Thomas Morris (Faber & Faber) I Saw a Man, Owen Sheers (Faber & Faber) “compelling and thoughtful” More information: www.literaturewales.org/x2016-short-list      

4 May 2016 – 18:30 How does a writer begin to evoke the experience of conflict for their readers? What are the ethical implications of trying to bring a real war zone to life on the page? Is one way of writing about war better than another? These questions, among many others, will be discussed Read More …

White Ravens by Owen Sheers is part of the Kobo Spring Sale. Get your copy for only 99p! wwstore.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/white-ravens

Phil Dunster for his role in Pink Mist at the Bush Theatre has been nominated in the Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre category at the 2016 Olivier Awards. Pink Mist is cutrrently showing at the Bristol Old Vic until 5th March

COAST One And All: Owen Sheers ‘making of’ documentary from Benjamin Wigley on Vimeo. Owen Sheers On The Sea’s Land (Ar-for-dir) Owen spent two weeks walking and researching the Gower’s southern coastline between the Upper Paleolithic archaeological site of Paviland Cave and the striking causeway peninsula of Wurm’s Head. This documentary video shows the ‘making Read More …

16th February to 5th March Theatre, intimate configuration with allocated seating 7.30pm, 2.30pm (Selected Thursday & Saturday matinees) £27.50 – £10 (plus booking fee) Pink Mist tells the story of three young Bristol men deployed to Afghanistan. Returning to the women in their lives who must now share the physical and psychological aftershocks of their service, Read More …

Owen Sheers in conversation with Glyn Mathias December 10th Bethany Chapel, Market Street, Abergavenny The National Eisteddfod of Wales is coming to Monmouthshire this summer and will be held on the Castle Meadows in Abergavenny from 28th July to August 6th 2016.  Abergavenny has to raise £100,000 to help stage the Eisteddfod. So as an Read More …