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A tourist pocket-book version of the WALKING TOUR by Peter and Aeronwy, which will include such rarities as a drawing of Dylan by Caitlin and an unpublished photo of David Slivka's and Ibram Lassaw's death mask of Dylan in the making, will be published in January 2014.
With a foreword by Hannah Ellis, the granddaughter of Dylan Thomas, the book will be the centrepiece of a New York visit by the First Minister of Wales and other dignitaries in February 2014, when they will be guided on the actual Walking Tour by Peter and Hannah as part of the DT100 launch in America.
The book will also be launched at Poets House, New York, in early March, organised by Stanley H. Barkan, Peter's American publisher, and in several other American states during 2014, including Boston and California.
Peter Thabit Jones was born in Wales and raised by his maternal grandparents. He is the author of ten books, several of which have been reprinted and two published in Romania. His work has been translated into over twenty languages. His latest international book is Poems from a Cabin on Big Sur, from Cross-Cultural Communications, New York, 2011.
In March 2008 Peters American publisher, Stanley H. Barkan, organised a six week poetry reading tour for Peter and Dylan Thomass daughter, Aeronwy. The pair gave readings and workshops from New York to California, at many universities and prestigious art venues.
Peter is also the co-author, with Aeronwy, of the Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greenwich Village .
He was invited to Serbia in 2006 by the Serbian Writers Association to participate in the 43rd International Meeting of Writers in Belgrade. He was visiting poet in Romania in 2008 and 2009, where he carried out readings and poetry workshops at colleges and universities.
He is the recipient of the Eric Gregory Award for Poetry (The Society of Authors, London), The Society of Authors Award, The Royal Literary Fund Award (London) and an Arts Council of Wales Award. He has been a prize-winner in several UK and international poetry competitions.
He resided at Big Sur, California, in 2010 as writer-in-residence, returning again for a second and third residency in 2011 and 2012. Whilst in California in 2012, Peter was commissioned to write a drama on Big Sur sculptor Edmund Kara (famous for his sculpture of Elizabeth Taylor in the film The Sandpiper ). It will receive its world-premiere in America in 2014.
Peter is the Founder and Editor of The Seventh Quarry Swansea Poetry Magazine , which publishes poetry and articles from around the world, and the accompanying The Seventh Quarry Publishing Press, which publishes books by international poets.
His poem Kilvey Hill has been incorporated into a permanent stained-glass window at the new Saint Thomas Community School in Swansea, Wales.
In December 2012, Peter was one of just eight people invited to meet His Royal Highness Prince Charles at the Dylan Thomas Birthplace in Swansea.
He returned to California in the summer of 2013, as a writer-in-residence in Big Sur for a fourth time.
In 2014, he will be a part of a number of events commemorating Dylan Thomas in the UK and in America, including being the co-organiser of a Dylan Thomas Multilingual/International Creative Writing Competition and the organiser of a Dylan Thomas Trail of Quotations at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.
His short drama, The Poet, the Hunchback, and The Boy, based on The hunchback in the park by Dylan Thomas, is available as a DVD, as part of the Centenary celebrations of the Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. The drama was performed by Theatre actors at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, and The Welsh Centre, London, in May 2013.
A new chapbook by Aeronwy Thomas, daughter of Dylan Thomas, and America's Maria Mazziotti Gillan
By Peter Thabit Jones, 2010-07-16
Published Summer 2010
POET TO POET #3/ NIGHTWATCH by Aeronwy Thomas and Maria Mazziotti Gillan, published by Cross-Cultural Communications and The Seventh Quarry Press. The third chapbook in the series edited by Stanley H. Barkan and Peter Thabit Jones. Each chapbook features a commissioned American poet and a commissioned British poet. This latest one has many of the well-known poems by Aeronwy Thomas, daughter of Dylan Thomas, and work by Maria Mazziotti Gillan, who is one of Americas finest poets and the recipient of an impressive array of major awards.
Available in America from Cross-Cultural Communications, 239 Wynsum Avenue, Merrick, New York 11566-4725, U.S.A. Available in U.K. from The Seventh Quarry Press, Dan-y-bryn, 74 Cwm Level Road, Brynhyfryd, Swansea, SA5 9DY, Wales, Great Britain. Price $10/3.50.
(c) Peter Thabit Jones, 2010 Aeronwy in Boston during her and Peter's American Tour in 2008
AN UNPUBLISHED SELF-PORTRAIT BY DYLAN THOMAS IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE SEVENTH QUARRY
By Peter Thabit Jones, 2010-07-16
SUMMER 2010
The twelfth issue of the magazine features work from Wales, England, Holland, Romania, Italy, Catalonia, Israel, South Africa, Canada, and America. It also includes a POET PROFILE of American poet Allan Peterson and an interview with leading Catalan poet August Bover. An article by America's John Edwin Cowen, which is entitled The Anchored Angel and the Dylan Thomas/Jos Garcia Villa Connection , is accompanied by a rare self-portrait by Dylan Thomas, unpublished until its appearance in THE SEVENTH QUARRY. Permission to publish the sketch was given by John Edwin Cowen, Peter's friend and the Literary Trustee for the Jos Garcia Villa Estate.
VISITING AMERICAN STUDENTS PROJECT
Dylan Thomas in Wales is a 12-week literary seminar offered by Knox College (Illinois, America) in cooperation with the Carl Sandburg Birthplace (America),The Seventh Quarry Swansea Poetry Magazine (Wales), Cross-Cultural Communications (New York) and Wales International Center (New York). In the U.S., students will study the life and literary works of Dylan Thomas; in Wales, they will study the impact of Wales natural history and cultural dynamics on Thomas work.
To launch this new and exciting Project
American poet Robin Metz and Swansea poet Peter Thabit Jones will give readings of their poetry and talk about the Project.
Plus songs about Dylan Thomas
by Swanseas singer-songwriter Terry Clarke
at the Dylan Thomas Centre
7 p.m., Friday 4th December, 2009
Free entry
FIRST-EVER DYLAN THOMAS WALKING TOUR OF GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK
By Peter Thabit Jones, 2008-12-29
Written by Welsh poet Peter Thabit Jones and Dylan Thomas daughter Aeronwy Thomas, herself a poet, in association with the Welsh Assembly Government/Wales International Center, New York.
Visitors to New York and lovers of Dylan Thomas poetry, will enjoy this self-guided tour of ten places in Greenwich Village associated with the Welsh poet.
Dylan toured the USA four times and spent a lot of time in Greenwich Village , New York , and died there on November 9th 1953. He was one of the greatest English-language poets and a very colourful character. The leisurely 2-hour tour will introduce you to some of Dylans poetry, the bars and restaurants he frequented, the places where he stayed, his readings, his friendships, and the real facts behind his premature death in the city.
Simply print the PDF and take it with you to the Village for a very interesting walk around some of the most historic places in the Big Apple.
The publication coincides with the release of a new film about the life of Dylan Thomas called The Edge of Love, which stars Matthew Rhys, Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller.
Catrin Brace, who works for the Welsh Assembly Government in New York said: Fifty years after his death, there is still a huge interest both in Wales and the USA in Dylan Thomas and his workvisitors will be able to gain a strong sense of the real man behind the brassy orator with the lovely gift of the gab, as well as giving people a real feel for the Greenwich Village of the 1950s.
VISIT www.walesworldnation.com
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DOWNLOADABLE WALKING TOUR HIGHLIGHTS DYLAN THOMAS LINKS WITH NEW YORK
A walking tour highlighting buildings and landmarks in New York City connected with Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is now available for iPods and MP3 players.
The downloadable tour was launched today [Monday 10 November], a day after the 55th anniversary of the death of the Welsh poet, who died in New York on November 9th 1953.
Based on an original script by Welsh poet Peter Thabit Jones and Dylans daughter, Aeronwy Thomas, the MP3 version has been recorded and produced in Wales by Welsh actor John Pierce Jones and Huw Chiswell on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Governments office in New York .
The tour takes visitors to New York City around a number of sites in Greenwich Village which are linked with the poet. Dylan Thomas visited and stayed in the New York City while on four reading tours of North America between 1950 and 1953.
The self-guided tour begins on Hudson St at the Church of St Luke s in the Field where a memorial service was held to remember the poet after his death. The tour ends at the famous White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village, one of Dylans favourite haunts in the Big Apple.
First Minister Rhodri Morgan said: Fifty five years after the death of one of Wales most well known literary heroes, there is still a huge interest in Dylan Thomas and his work, both in Wales and the USA . This fascinating tour will now be even easier to access for visitors and will allow people to learn more about the poets links with the city as well as helping to promote Wales strong links with the Big Apple.
The tour is available to download at www.dylanthomaswalkingtourmp3.com .
THE SEVENTH QUARRY Swansea Poetry Magazine aims to publish quality poems from around the world. Poets from the U.K., America, Russia, Japan, China, Argentina, Canada, Israel, South Africa, Greece, France, Sicily, Catalonia, Spain, Czech Republic, Serbia, and Romania have already appeared in its pages. New Yorks Vince Clemente, as the magazines Consultant Editor: America, ensures a steady stream of American poets.
Each issue features a Poet Profile, a batch of pages given over to a chosen poet. The policy is to try to alternate between a British poet and a non-British poet. There is also a Books and Magazines page, which provides details and brief comments on received publications.
The magazine has recently become a cooperating partner with Cross-Cultural Communications Publishers, New York. The partnership has already contributed to the magazine being displayed at several prestigious literary events in America and the publication in QUARRY of work by the late, Pulitzer prize-winner Stanley Kunitz.
The magazine has also been contracted to The Poetry Librarys (Royal Festival Hall, London) prestigious digitisation project, which will ensure copies of the magazine are featured on its very popular website: regarded by many as the best source for poetry in the U.K. QUARRY was featured in THE GUARDIAN, one of Britains leading daily newspapers, in April 2006. It was awarded SECOND BEST SMALL PRESS MAGAZINE IN THE U.K. 2006 by PURPLE PATCH (U.K.).
The editor also organises THE SEVENTH QUARRY PRESENTS poetry evenings. The first, at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, featured a visit by American poet Stanley H. Barkan.
The magazine is now 64 pages and appears twice a year, in January and July. It costs 3.50 per issue or 7 for a years subscription (two copies). $10 and $20 for USA subscribers. Further information at www.peterthabitjones.com
Editor: Peter Thabit Jones info@peterthabitjones.com
Consultant Editor, America: Vince Clemente
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