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Poetry Double Bill with Parthian Books
Thursday 29 October 2026
7.30pm
Join us at Elysium Gallery to celebrate the launch of Rhys Owain Williams’ deeply personal second collection Here's What Happens When You Enter a Black Hole.A celebration of the ordinary and extraordinary, honouring the stories we inherit and those we forge ourselves.
Joined by Patrick Jones, on the next stop of his poetry tour to celebrate the double release his of collections Antidotes to DISSOLUTION Part I & II
Here’s What Happens When You Enter a Black Hole
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In Here’s What Happens When You Enter a Black Hole, Rhys Owain Williams explores modern masculinity, mental health, and the evolving dynamics of family. These are poems that look at the legacies that shape us – reflecting upon love, loss and lineage with a raw openness.
‘I like a poet who writes about unruly creatures: pigeons, forgotten and tormented goldfish, dogs and cormorants gathered around car parks, bins, rivers, houses, fly-tips and fairgrounds. I like a poet who writes sadness with the same feral tail-flick of a missing cat. I like a poet who gives me the sense of walking the backstreets of Swansea, growing older by the second, wondering about Welsh identity. I like a poet who writes masculinity and fatherhood as if they’ve been constructed from all the leftover bits of Swansea. I love Bucky the cat-child, the dutiful stepfather, and all the poetic steps towards becoming a father in this chaotic black hole of a world. Dw i’n hoffi’r bardd hwn. Even though I needed Duolingo to help me say that, I need no help at all to enjoy Williams’s brilliant new collection.’ – Jessica Mookherjee
Hosted by Susie Wild.
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12-24 Belle Vue Way, SA1 5BY Swansea, United Kingdom, 1 Orchard Street, Swansea, SA1 5AA, United Kingdom
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