Poet Karen Ankers introduces her poem In Dark written especially for Solstice Shorts Festival, Tymes goe by Turnes.The festival is online this year, 21st December 2020 8pm BST Tickets are on sale now (donation: suggestion £5) on eventbrite
you can pre-order the book direct from our webshop and get a free ticket, or ticket holders paying at least £5, get the book half price if ordered by 8am the morning after the festival.
Videos of the launch of Mamiaith by Ness Owen, held at Canolfan Ucheldre in Holyhead.
This is where Ness’s friends got involved, reading some of the poems on Ness’s behalf…
Karen Ankers and Eabhan Ni Shuileabhain read #10 ways to say No (to Radioactive Mud)
Fiona Owen reads Laboon
Eabhan Ni Shuileabhain reads March
Anne Phillips reads One Name – Cymru
many thanks to all for getting involved.
You can buy Mamiaith direct from our webshop or ask your local bookshop to stock it!
Poet Karen Ankers reads her poem, Poppy Day, at the launch of An Outbreak of Peace, an anthology of stories and poems in response to the end of WWI at Housmans Radical Bookshop
Next launch event Blackwells Manchester 30th November
Launching An Outbreak of Peace to a full house at Housmans.
Thanks to everyone who came along and in particular to Housmans for hosting and to CB, Clare, Karen, Katy, Peter, Sarah and Chantal (all pictured) and Valerie (not pictured) for reading so magnificently – sold out Housman’s stock of the book!
Karen Ankers is a poet, playwright and novelist who lives in Anglesey. Her poetry collection, One Word At A Time was published in 2017. Her one-act plays have been performed in the UK, America, Australia and Malaysia. Her first novel, The Crossing Place, was published in January 2018 by Stepping Stones Publishing. Poems published in Indiana Voice Journal
Karen will read her poem Poppy Day at the An Outbreak of Peace launch at Housmans 14th November 7pm
Karen Ankers reads Dusk Runner by Cath Bore
BSL interpreted by Ffranses Wharton-Faraut
The unpublished poems and stories from these events are in the forthcoming anthology Dusk.
You can buy the book, and the ebook only from us now! Not in shops until June
Karen Ankers reads Sleeping Out by Stevie Krayer
BSL interpreted by Ffranses Wharton-Faraut
The unpublished poems and stories from these events are in the forthcoming anthology Dusk.
You can buy the book, and the ebook only from us now! Not in shops until June
Karen Ankers reads Female Blackbird Sings by Ness Owen
BSL interpreted by Ffranses Wharton-Faraut
The unpublished poems and stories from these events are in the forthcoming anthology Dusk.
You can buy the book, and the ebook only from us now! Not in shops until June
Karen will be reading poems and stories at Ynys Mon
Karen Ankers lives in Holyhead and has been an active member of the Ucheldre Rep for fourteen years, both as actor and director. She is a founder member of her own award-winning company, Pakala Productions. Her most recent role was Wendy, in Peter Quilter’s “Blind Date”. She has portrayed a wide variety of parts and has acted in plays by Ayckbourn, Shakespeare, Priestley, and many others. In 2009 she won the award of Best Actress at the Anglesey Drama Festival. She also enjoys writing plays and has had work produced in the UK, USA, Australia and Malaysia.
