Rae Howells is a Welsh writer. Her debut poetry collection The language of bees was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award in 2023.[1]
Rae Howells | |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Genre | Poetry |
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Career edit
In 2017, Howells' poem 'Airlings' won the Welsh Poetry Competition.[2] This win was followed by another prize the next year, when 'The Winter-King' took first place in The Rialto's Nature Poetry Competition.[3] Both of these poems would eventually appear in Howells' first full collection The language of bees, published by Parthian Books in April 2022.[4] In May 2023, The language of bees was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year award, with the shortlisting announced on BBC Radio Wales.[5]
Howells also regularly works in collaboration with other writers and artists. Prior to her first full collection, she published Bloom & Bones: a collaborative poetry pamphlet with fellow Swansea poet Jean James. Presented as a 'poetry conversation through colour' and inspired by The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair, the pamphlet contained twenty poems responding to ten colours: white, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, blue, green, brown and black.[6] The pamphlet was published by Hedgehog Press, and launched at The Swansea Fringe festival on 24 October 2021.[7] Later that year, Howells was selected as one of five Welsh women artists to take part in Ù Ơ: a virtual artistic residency linking artists from Wales and Vietnam.[8]
Bibliography edit
Poetry edit
- Bloom & Bones (with Jean James) (2021)
- The language of bees (2022)
References edit
- ^ "Literature Wales announces shortlist for Wales Book of the Year". Nation.Cymru. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Rae Howells wins the Welsh Poetry Competition 2017". Literature Wales. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Rae Howells wins £1000 Rialto Nature Poetry Competition – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ Howells, Rae (2022). The language of bees. Parthian Books. pp. 20–70. ISBN 9781913640699.
- ^ "Buchaillard, Rowland-Hill and Newbury among Wales Book of the Year shortlistees". The Bookseller. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Davies, Gwen (28 September 2022). "Bloom and Bones: A Poetry Conversation Through Colour". New Welsh Review. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Ù Ơ : Five Welsh women artists selected for prestigious international residency". Nation.Cymru. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
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