Wrexham Library is hosting an event to launch of a new volume of poetry which includes some renowned local poets. Yer Ower Voices! is an anthology of dialect poetry in Welsh and English which celebrates geographical regional dialects across Wales.
It is the first anthology of its kind ever published.
Among the local poets reading their work will be Aled Lewis Evans and Sara Louise Wheeler. The collection is edited by Mike Jenkins and also reading their poems will be Pete Akunwunmi and Leigh Manley. The event takes place at the Library on Wednesday 21 February at 7.00pm and is free of charge but places must be reserved by phoning 01978 292090.
This highly original anthology is unique in its presentation of the variety of dialect poetry written in Wales today. Unique, too, in the space it gives to poems written in dialects of Welsh. Yer Ower Voices! shows clearly how dialect writing can be relevant both locally and universally. Dialect poetry is particularly capable of forcefully giving voice to whole communities and social groups in Wales who have been traditionally under-represented as readers and writers of poetry. We hope that the book and this event acts as a stimulus and increases both the reading and the writing of poetry in Wales.
