Welsh Poetry

The A470 - Poetry Along The Road in Wales, a special ZOOM Event

The A470 - Poetry Along The Road in Wales, a special ZOOM Event

The A470 - Poetry Along The Road in Wales, is a wonderful new* book about experiencing Wales by following the A470 (arguably the most famous road in Wales) in poetry. It includes 51 original poems, translated into and out of Welsh, to create an entirely bilingual poetry collection.

This special ZOOM presentation features  - Adele Evershed (NAFOW Eisteddfod Poem in English Language Winner),  Sian Northey (editor and translator), Ness Owen (editor and translator), and Cherry Potts (Director, Arachne Press Limited).

A link to a YouTube video of this this ZOOM event is included in the Past Event description.

St David’s Day 2021 - Event Report

St David’s Day 2021 - Event Report

Heard of praying to saints, but never heard of zooming to saints. Yet, that’s what the Welsh Society of Western New England did to celebrate our patron saint on Saturday, March 6, 2021 with over 40 of us from America, Canada and Wales gathered via Zoom.

By Heidi Williams McCloskey, Member WSWNE