For the second year running we will be celebrating International Dylan Thomas Day during a global pandemic. On May 14th last year most of Britain and Ireland was in lockdown and many of us could only venture out in our local area, but this year we hope that travel within Britain and Ireland may [...]
International Dylan Thomas Day 2020 was thrown into chaos, when, a few months before May 14th, much of the world had locked down. Doors were bolted, events were cancelled and we all had to come together to find ways to work, socialise and celebrate in a new online environment. We had always had a [...]
by Mab Jones For the sixth year running, we’re delighted to again be offering a poetry writing competition to celebrate International Dylan Thomas day. This element of the celebration began with the Day when it was coordinated by Literature Wales, and by myself, in its second and third year. In the beginning, it was [...]
A look back at the news and developments of 2020 in the world of Dylan Thomas and his legacy. Courtesy of www.dylanthomasnews.com © Benjamin Harvey January 2020 The long-list for the 2020 International Dylan Thomas Prize was announced at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India. The list was described as “a rich, international collection of young, experimental writers [...]
The Germany based artist, Gerhard Schneider, has kindly given me permission to share some of his pictures based on my grandfather’s play for voices, Under Milk Wood. In August 2017, Gerhard wrote to me to express how much he enjoyed the stories and poems of Dylan Thomas. His favourite was Under Milk Wood that [...]
I would like to start by thanking everyone who entered the Dylan At Home photography competition. The entries were fun, creative and thoughtful and it was a difficult process choosing a winner. The decision was mainly mine, however I did have a helping hand. I was able to undertake the difficult task of whittling [...]
A huge thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Love the Words international poetry competition. As in previous years, there were many entries - just over 200 in total - from all ages around the world. We were pleased to read poems from the UK, US, Italy, India, Nigeria, Malta, the Philippines, Canada, [...]
We've been delighted to see that Dylan Thomas has been the inspiration for some wonderful performances and creativity during our period of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and we thought we'd collect some to share on this page. A wonderful socially distanced excerpt from Under Milk Wood performed by alumni of the West [...]
On Friday May 14th we will be celebrating International Dylan Thomas Day, an annual day to celebrate the life and work of the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, on the anniversary of the first stage production of his classic play for voices Under Milk Wood, that took place in New York in 1953. For [...]
Ahead of International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14th we thought we'd share some of the thoughts of well-known figures from public life who have kindly shared with us their Dylan Thomas inspiration. Click here to visit our International Dylan Thomas Day page [...]
