'Strange Animals': Emily Vanderploeg in conversation with Alan Bilton

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‘Reading Strange Animals feels a bit like rummaging around in someone's well-travelled backpack full of old photographs, seashells, tarot, and countless precious found objects collected for "the passing of knowledge”. A brilliant new voice.’ – Roberto Pastore, Hey Bert (Parthian Books, 2019)A Canadian grandchild of Dutch and Hungarian immigrants, in Strange Animals, Emily Vanderploeg explores issues of language, ritual, death and identity. Having studied English and Art History at Queen’s University and Creative Writing at Swansea University (MA, PhD), she now teaches creative writing to children and adults. Emily was a Hay Festival Writer at Work (2018 and 2019) and received a 2019 Literature Wales New Writer’s Bursary Award for an extract of her recently completed novel. Her pamphlet, Loose Jewels, won the Cinnamon Press Pamphlet Competition and was published in 2020. ‘Strange Animals’ was published by Parthian in 2022 and charts the author’s journey from childhood home to settling across an ocean, moving through the vagaries of modern love as she travels to new cities and a newfound maturity. Originally from Aurora, Ontario, she lives in Swansea.Please note: Event delivered in EnglishYn Strange Animals, mae Emily Vanderploeg, sydd o Ganada ac yn wyres mewnfudwyr o'r Iseldiroedd a Hwngari, yn archwilio materion iaith, defod, marwolaeth a hunaniaeth. Wedi iddi astudio Saesneg a Hanes Celf ym Mhrifysgol y Frenhines ac Ysgrifennu Creadigol ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe (MA, PhD), mae hi bellach yn addysgu ysgrifennu creadigol i blant ac oedolion. Enwyd Emily yn Awdur wrth ei Waith yng Ngŵyl y Gelli (2018 a 2019) a derbyniodd Wobr Bwrsariaeth Awdur Newydd Llenyddiaeth Cymru 2019 am ddarn o'i nofel a oedd newydd ei chwblhau. Enillodd ei phamffled, Loose Jewels, Gystadleuaeth Pamffledi Cinnamon Press a chafodd ei gyhoeddi yn 2020. Cyhoeddwyd 'Strange Animals' gan Parthian yn 2022 ac mae'n olrhain taith yr awdur o gartref ei phlentyndod i ymgartrefu ar ochr arall y cefnfor, gan symud trwy droeon cariad modern wrth iddi deithio i ddinasoedd newydd ac aeddfedrwydd newydd. Yn enedigol o Aurora, Ontario, mae hi bellach yn byw yn Abertawe.Plîs nodwch fod: Cynhelir y digwyddiad yn Saesneg.

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