Novelist and singer-songwriter Fflur Dafydd was the latest UK artist to participate in the British Council UK Writer-in-Residence Program. As part of the British Council’s inaugural partnership with the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program this fall, Fflur shared her work, met other writers from around the world and contributed to public events in Iowa and Oregon.
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Fflur joins other contemporary British artists as part of an ongoing literature initiative at major American universities. Read more about the UK Writer-in-Residence Program in our special feature. |
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Learn more about Fflur, her writing, her music, and her Welsh heritage. |
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Watch a Welsh music video featuring Fflur produced by writers from the International Writing Program in Iowa. |
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7:00 PM
FREE READING
Prairie Lights Books
15 South Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA |
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9:00 PM
CONCERT
The Mill Restaurant
120 E. Burlington Street
Iowa City, IA
Three singer-songwriters on the same bill as Fflur joins US musicians Nerissa Campbell and Sarah Cram for a concert of folk, blues and jazz. |
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12:00 PM
FREE PANEL DISCUSSION
Iowa City Public Library
Meeting Room A, 123 South Linn Street
Iowa City, IA
Fflur joins an international literary panel to discuss how the process of translation or multilingual writing affects authors' literary thinking and their creative process. |
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6:30 PM
FREE READING
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons
1241 NW Johnson Street
Portland, Oregon |
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6:30 PM
FREE PANEL DISCUSSION
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union
Room 328
Portland, Oregon |
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12:00 PM
READING
Wordstock Book Fair
Oregon Convention Center
777 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon |
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