Poetry in Cardiff with Gillian Clarke and friends

Poetry Readings: Celebrate Cardiff with Capital Poet Gillian Clarke

Celebrity Restaurant, St David's Hall, Cardiff; 6.30pm; an event to celebrate the culmination of the Capital Project with Gillian Clarke, Kathryn Gray, Imtiaz Dharker and Maura Dooley.

11th May 2006 6.30pm

More information 029 2047 2266 or www.academi.org

Tickets are on sale now from the St. David's Hall box office: 029 2087 8444
Price £6 (£4.50 Concessions)

The publicity material for this event says:

"An event celebrating Cardiff will be held on 11th May 2006 in the Celebrity Restaurant at St David's Hall. The evening is the culmination of the Capital Poet project which has been developed in co-ordination with Cardiff Council and Academi. Gillian Clarke was appointed as Cardiff's first Capital Poet in 2005 to celebrate the cities hundredth anniversary as a city and fiftieth anniversary as the Capital of Wales. Gillian will be reading some of her Cardiff inspired poems on the evening, written during her time as Capital Poet.

Some of Gillian's favourite poets, Kathryn Gray, Imtiaz Dharker, and Maura Dooley, will also be reading on the evening.

An important part of the Capital Poet event will be to announce the winners of the 2006 Cardiff International Poetry Competition judged by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams and Adrian Mitchell. The three top winning poets and 5 runners up will have the honour of reading their poems on the evening and will be presented with their prize money by Gillian Clarke. The competition has had interest from all over Wales and Europe with entrants even coming from as far as St Lucia."

Tickets will be charged at £6 with concessions at £4.50.