AWARD-winning poet Gareth Writer-Davies kicks off a full autumn programme for the Cellar Bards in Cardigan when he is special guest at the next event on Friday, September 28.

He’ll be reading from his latest collection The Lover’s Pinch (Arenig Press) at the Cellar Bar, Quay Street. Doors and the bar open at 7.45pm. Entry is £3 and open mic spots are available.

Gareth, who lives in Brecon, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2014 and 2017, and the Erbacce Prize in 2014. He was commended in the Prole Laureate Competition in 2015 and was Prole Laureate in 2017.

Other accolades include a commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition 2015 and highly commended in 2017. His pamphlet, Bodies, was published in 2015 by Indigo Dreams Publishing and the pamphlet Cry Baby came out 2017. The Lover's Pinch is his first full poetry collection.

Open mic spots are always available at The Cellar Bards, Cardigan’s only regular spoken word event.

The Bards welcome writers of poetry, short stories, micro-fiction and novels (maximum five minutes each). People who want to read can put their names down at the door on the night.

Or go along to hear Gareth Writer-Davies’s amazing poetry, plus a variety of spoken word performances from the talented regulars.

Cellar Bards host, poet Dave Urwin, said: “We are very much looking forward to welcoming Gareth to the Bards, and it is always a pleasure to listen to the work of our talented local writers on the open mic as well.

“All are made welcome and as always we provide the opportunity for writers of all ages and styles to come and read or perform their work in a friendly and relaxed environment. We are not exclusively spoken word either, as there is always room for a song or two as well.”