Welcome to the Friends of Rhiwbina Library Speaker programme!

Join us at Rhiwbina Library for an exciting series of talks and presentations. Our speakers cover a range of topics, from literature and poetry to local history, and everything in between. Come along to be inspired, learn something new, and connect with fellow book lovers. These in-person events are a fantastic opportunity to engage with the community and support your local library!

Our next event will take place on Tuesday 8th October and features Marcelle Newbold, award-winning, published poet.

Marcelle’s writing explores place, inheritance and domestication. Bridport Prize shortlisted, her poems have been published in online and print magazines and anthologies from Propel, Ink Sweat & Tears, Iamb, Fly on the Wall Press, Black Bough Poetry, Indigo Dreams and others. She has previously been managing editor of Nightingale & Sparrow literary press, a guest editor for Feral, and Black Bough, competition poetry judge for Rare Swan Press, and Cardiff Writers Circle.

Her hybrid art/poem mini-pamphlet ‘City Companions’ in collaboration with Karen Pierce-Gonzalez published by Hedgehog Press is forthcoming in Autumn 2024. Marcelle lives in Cardiff, Wales where she practiced as an architect.