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Peter Read as John TrippMembers’ ActivitiesDuring 2008 Academi organised a Welshlanguageconference in west Wales.Goruwchnaturiol was held in the Gellifawrestate in Cwm Gwaun, Pembrokeshire. Writersand academics discussed the literary aspectsof the supernatural. Eurig Salisbury discussedzombies in medieval Welsh literature, DamianWalford Davies took delegates on a trip tothe cursed fields, Sioned Davies discussedsupernatural elements of the Mabinogionwhile Gwyn Thomas showed clips from horrorfilms. There was a visit to nearby CromlechPentre Ifan in the company of archaeologistKen Brassil. In the evening Towyn Jones readghost stories.At St Fagans National History Museumin October Academi hosted an event tocelebrate Meic Stephens’ 70th birthday andhis contribution to literature in Wales. Theevening included contributions from Meic’sfriends and colleagues including Prof. M.Wynn Thomas, Herbert Williams, Sam Adams,Gwerfyl Pierce Jones, Prof. Dai Smith, R.Brinley Jones, Prof. Tony Curtis, Lord DafyddElis-Thomas and Chris Meredith. Travel writerTom Anderson paid tribute to his former tutorby reading an extract from Meic’s latest novelYeah Dai Dando! (Cinnamon Press, 2008).Music was provided by the dj Huw Stephensand singer Heather Jones.Were the 60s when it all began? In March2009 Academi organised a dayschool, JohnTripp and Anglo Welsh Poetry of the 1960s.Aimed at Academi Members, the eventincluded performances from previous JohnTripp Award for Spoken Poetry winners IforThomas, Mike Jenkins and Clare Potter;Aberystwyth-based poet, critic and lecturerTiffany Atkinson read a selection of poetrywritten in 60s Wales; Matthew Jarvis lecturedSing for Wales or shut your trap – All the rest’sa load of crap: English-Language Poetry inWales during the 1960s; followed by a panelevent with Nigel Jenkins, Tony Curtis, MatthewJarvis and Sally Roberts Jones. As part ofthis event Professor Tony Curtis delivered the2009 Gwyn Jones Lecture: The Meaning ofApricot Sponge: John Tripp’s Taste for Life.Peter Read premièred his one-man-showJohn Tripp’s Tragic Cabaret which tracedthe poet’s battles against the black dog ofdespair, shed light on The Hayes Al FrescoDrinking Club and celebrated the gnarledbard’s biting sense of humour.
The Welsh AcademyAnnual Report23MembershipStatisticsThe following were welcomed into fullmembership of the Academi (WelshLanguage Section) during 2008-2009:Eurig Salisbury, Geraint H. Jenkins, HywelGriffiths, Siwan Rosser, Dylan Foster EvansThe following were welcomed into fellowshipof the Academi (Welsh Language Section)during 2008-2009:John Davies, Dic Jones, Mererid HopwoodThe following were welcomed into fullmembership of the Academi (EnglishLanguage Section) during 2008-2009:Jane Blank, Sarah Broughton, AllanBush, Gareth Calway, Carys Davies, JoeDunthorne, Paul Griffiths, Sarah Jackman,Lorraine Jenkin, Eifion Jenkins, CarolynLewis, Linden Peach, Dora Beale Polk,Nia Pritchard, Dafydd Wyn, Paul Burston,Adam Czerniawski, Geraint Talfan Davies,Dan Healy, Holly Howitt, Mark Jenkins,Tia Jones, Simon Lewis, Elisabeth Luard,Mary Medlicott, Sharon Morris, CaroleSeymour Jones, Louise Walsh, Nia WynNo new Academi fellowships (EnglishLanguage Section) were created during2008-2009.The following Members have died:Welsh Language Section;Ivor Wynne Jones, Gwilym James Thomas,H Delwyn Richards, Eluned Phillips,Gareth Alban DaviesEnglish Language Section;John Ellis WilliamsThe following Fellows have died:Welsh Language Section;T. Llew JonesMembership statistics at 31.03.2009(Previous year’s stats at 31.03.2008 in brackets):Welsh Members 241 (241)Cymrodyr 17 (15)English Members 391 (363)Fellows 49 (49)TaliesinThe Academi’s Welsh-language literarymagazine, Taliesin, is edited by Manon Rhysand Christine James. It is published with thesupport of the Welsh Books Council.The year 2008-2009 was the final year of thethree-year publishing franchise awardedfor 2006-2009. In September 2009 Academisuccessfully presented an application to theWelsh Books Council for funding for the threeyears from 2009 to 2012. The new franchise,worth less than in previous years, requiresthe periodical to increase both its sales andcover charges.During 2008-9 issues publishedwere 134 (Summer 2008), 135 (Winter 2008) and136 (Spring 2009).To coincide with the National Eisteddfod thesummer issue focused on Cardiff. Severallocal artists contributed to the colour section,and Cardiff-connected writers, Bobi Jones,Rhys Iorwerth, Sian Melangell Dafydd, MeicStephens, Luned Emyr and several otherscontributed poems, stories and articles. Thewinter issue featured poems written by thepoet in residence at the National Eisteddfod’sLle Celf, this year Christine James, by coincidenceone of the magazine’s two editors.Her poems were featured together with aselection of the art works themselves. Thespring issue had moving tributes to two late,great writers, T. Llew Jones and Eluned Phillips.
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