David Hanlon - Dawn's Incision Book Launch

Join us in celebrating the launch of David Hanlon’s debut full-length poetry collection, with support from Christina Thatcher (poetry) & Eugene Capper (music).

Christina Thatcher is a Creative Writing Lecturer at Cardiff University. She has published two poetry collections with Parthian Books and her third, entitled ‘Breaking a Mare’, is forthcoming in March 2025.

Eugene Capper is a musician, sound designer and sound artist, who has worked and performed with the likes of Richard James, The Gentle Good, Girl Ray, Ivan Moult and Teddy Hunter. Their album ‘Pontvane' with Rhodri Brooks was shortlisted for a Welsh Music Prize and last year they were commissioned by the Greenman Trust to score a film with artist Kathryn Ashill titled ‘Gunsmoke City.'

David Hanlon is a Björk-loving confessional poet from Cardiff, Wales. His work explores themes of queerness, toxic masculinity, love, loss and mental health. He is a Best of the Net nominee and Co-Poetry Editor at Broken Spine Arts. He is widely published and his debut chapbook Spectrum of Flight was released in 2020 with Animal Heart Press. His first full-length collection Dawn's Incision was recently published with Icefloe Press.

David will be in Q&A with Lucy Smith.

David is a long-time supporter of Dyddiau Du, so we’re chuffed we can celebrate him with this event for his brilliant new book! Please come down, bring yer pals, and buy his new book on the day!

Please book your free ticket here so we have an idea of numbers.

(Non-alcoholic) refreshments will be available.