Live reading: Glyn Edwards: In Orbit, Wales book of the year 2024 shortlist

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A poetry reading form nominated writer, Glyn Edwards, who's book In Orbit is a deeply moving account of love, longing, and loss.

We are delighted to present an in person reading from Author and Writer, Glyn Edwards. His book, In Orbit, has been shortlisted for this year's Wales Book of the year.In Orbit uses a variety of innovative forms to explore loss, from traditional stanzas to prose poems to shaped poems in the form of birds, circuits, or hands. The narrative shifts in time, moving from his teen years to the present day when he himself has become a teacher, working alongside the man he mourns.In Orbit is a deeply moving account of love, longing, grief and loss. The themes mirror those of our exhibition, 'Daughter of Dog', by artists Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen, which comes to an end this same day.Copies of 'In Orbit' by Glyn Edwards are available to purchase from our <a href="https://shop.mostyn.org/collections/books-1/products/in-orbit-glyn-edwards" title="https://shop.mostyn.org/collections/books-1/products/in-orbit-glyn-edwards" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">online shop</a>Mae’n bleser gennym gyflwyno darlleniad personol gan yr Awdur a’r Awdur, Glyn Edwards. Mae ei lyfr, In Orbit, wedi cyrraedd rhestr fer Llyfr y Flwyddyn eleni.Mae In Orbit yn defnyddio amrywiaeth o ffurfiau arloesol i archwilio colled, o benillion traddodiadol i gerddi rhyddiaith i gerddi siâp adar, cylchdeithiau, neu ddwylo. Mae'r naratif yn newid mewn amser, gan symud o'i arddegau i'r presennol pan mae ef ei hun wedi dod yn athro, gan weithio ochr yn ochr â'r dyn y mae'n ei alaru.Mae In Orbit yn gofnod hynod deimladwy o gariad, hiraeth, galar a cholled. Mae'r themâu yn adlewyrchu rhai ein harddangosfa, 'Merch y Ci', gan yr artistiaid Revital Cohen a Tuur Van Balen, sy'n dod i ben yr un diwrnod.Copïau o 'In Orbit' gan Glyn Edwards ar gael i'w prynu o'n <a href="https://shop.mostyn.org/collections/books-1/products/in-orbit-glyn-edwards" title="https://shop.mostyn.org/collections/books-1/products/in-orbit-glyn-edwards" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">siop ar-lein</a>