@nessowen.bsky.social
Poet, lecturer,Cymraes #ForwardPrizeHighlyCommended Books-Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim #ParthianBooks Mamiaith #ArachnePress-co-editor of A470 +Afonydd-Welsh Rivers. Winner #Greenpeace 's #PoemforthePlanet 2022 #YnysMon New collectionNaming the Trees π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Naming the Trees is a year old. Grateful to everyone who has bought, borrowed, reviewed/said kind words.π Diolch to @ArachnePress a Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru / Books Council of Wales+ to Lou Moore for the gorgeous cover art. Made it to the Forward Prizes commended anthology. Inspired by #SavePenrhos
Q1 Hi, Naomi. It's a pleasure to have you join us for a #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview tonight.
To get started, can you tell us a bit about yourself and your writing career to date?
@ncashmanfiction.bsky.social
Delighted to be a LONDON Regional & Country Finalist for SMALL PRESS OF THE YEAR in #BritishBookAwards
the London list is quite long, but - regional winners announced 10th March.
Our submission rests on success of #Afonydd
@inpressbooks.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social
Our most ordered books this month are #Afonydd and #A470. Worried someone may have already got a copy for the #Cymraeg #Welsh Poetry lover in your life? you could order #Mamiaith or Naming the Trees by @nessowen.bsky.social mostly in English with a core of Welsh poems @llyfraucymru.bsky.social
readers of #Cymraeg #Welsh and of writers from #Cymru #Wales Our #noAI #coedennadolig of ( #bilingual) #poetry anthologies/collections from sian northey @nessowen.bsky.social & @hazardpressuk.bsky.social
#nadoligllawen
last UK post 2nd 16thDec 1st 19thDec arachnepress.com/Poetry-c1217...
Diolch/Many thanks to the judges+team @forwardprizes.bsky.social for including Naming the Trees as highly commended.π Inspired by the campaign to save Penrhos Nature Reserve from being developed. Here's my copy in the leaf wave+rustle of where it beganπ³π @arachnepress.bsky.social @nation.cymru
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For the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social day 8 Ness Owenβs βMoon Jellyfish Can Barely Swimβ @nessowen.bsky.social @parthianbooks.bsky.social
Lovely to get a mention in this Western Mail article about the @arachnepress.bsky.social rivers anthology for my St Teilo saint-wizard poem. Stuff happens when you get published by this press. π @walesonline.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Reading over βAfonydd: Poems for Welsh Riversβ in the pub following the launch with Arachne Press and brilliant poets The Hours, Brecon
This evening I read βBy St Teiloβs Watersβ. Thank you Cherry Potts and her team. @arachnepress.bsky.social @nessowen.bsky.social
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Poetry post! Beautiful bilingual poem anthology βAfonyddβ from @arachnepress.bsky.social, edited by Sian Northey and @nessowen.bsky.social π
Catch #SianNorthey and @nessowen.bsky.social on Dros Ginio with Dewi Llwyd on #BBCSounds 45 mins in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... talking (in Cymraeg) about Afonydd: Ceddi Afonydd Cymru
@poetrysociety.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @llyfraucymru.bsky.social @inpressbooks.bsky.social
keep your ears open for @nessowen.bsky.social and #siannorthey fri23/05 on #bbcradiocymru on Dros Ginio with #DewiLlwyd 13:40 talking about #Afonydd #bilingual (Cymraeg/English) #anthology #poems #Welsh #Rivers
#cerddi #afonydd #Cymru
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more Afonydd coverage: Article on bbcnews website w/ @nessowen.bsky.social & natashagauthier (making excellent comparison between Canadian French & Welsh) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Segment on BBCRadioWales breakfastshow w/ Ness Owen & Rae Howells 55 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
We made the print @theguardian.com! There seems to be an insatiable thirst for #bilingual #Welsh/english #poetry about #rivers... and roads!
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@nessowen.bsky.social preorders: arachnepress.com
We have quite the article in @theguardian.com culture online thanks to Steven Morris. Afonydd *and* A470 highlighted. orders flooding in, roughly every 3-5 minutes. setting up a reprint. Thanks @nessowen.bsky.social &
@raehowells.bsky.social for quotable quotes! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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What is the future for #translation π
Many thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for these lovely words and close reading of Naming the Trees @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #ecopoetry ππ
Such stunning, important poems in #NamingTheTrees from @nessowen.bsky.social published by @arachnepress.bsky.social to help raise awareness and protect Penrhos Nature Reserve. Recommend!
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TONIGHT!! Blue Sky Versify open mic 7pm upstairs @blueskycafe.bsky.social meic agored, i fyny'r grisiau am 7yh
FREE event / DIGWYDDIAD AM DDIM @nessowen.bsky.social reading from her newest collection 'Naming the Trees'
Dewch I lawr a wrando a fwynhau noson gwych gyda Ness Owen
#Poetry
Thanks for all your support @rhonagreene.bsky.social ππ³ So glad it arrived safely and didn't take the scenic route this time.xx
diolch to LlyfrauCymru/BooksWales for choosing @nessowen.bsky.social Naming the Trees as Book of the Month for March, and for helping to fund it in the first place! lots of events over the next few weeks, starting this Thursday in Holyhead at CanolfanUcheldre
#ecopoetry trees penrhos ynysmon
Thursday 06/03 6pm CanolfanUcheldre Holyhead FREE.
Join #poets @nessowen.bsky.social karen ankers & more for readings & celebration of Penrhos Nature Reserve at launch of Naming the Trees. Winners of the Penrhos Erasure Poetry & photo competitions will be announced. ucheldre.org/event/naming...
It's #publicationday for Naming the Trees ππ³ You can have a peek hereπ @arachnepress.bsky.social #poetry #saveourforest @save-achubpenrhos.bsky.social π
February 27th - #Machynlleth 6pm! Croeso I bawb/ All welcome π
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