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Wednesday, 26 January 2011

'...A kind of make-believe for adults who've forgotten how to dream.'


An article I wrote about living with an alcoholic parent for The Telegraph's Stella Magazine can now be read online.

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Shoes Or No Shoes


I recently wrote a short story, 'Grown-Up Shoes' for the author's collection at the Shoes Or No Shoes Museum in Kruishoutem, Belgium.

You can read the story at the museum, or by visiting online. (Collection 115).

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Friday, 14 January 2011

Reading at Mostyn Gallery



As part of the opening of the Silent Village Exhibition, 8pm Friday 21st January. Oriel Mostyn Gallery, 12 Vaughan St, Llandudno. LL30 1AB.

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Thursday, 6 January 2011

Fresh Apples on the Stage

Fresh Apples is currently being developed for theatre in both Welsh and English. The English version, directed by Julia Barclay and Richard Tunley, will be previewed at three free showings in Tactile Bosch, Cardiff and the SOAR Centre in the Rhondda this spring.

Cast: Shelley Rees (Pobol y Cwm), Jonny Owen (Shameless, Torchwood), Gareth Milton (Pen Talar, Crash), Richard Tunley (Bouncers), Rhian Blythe (Deep Cut, Blink), Lauren Pillips (Pobol y Cwm), Julie Barclay (Belonging, Torchwood).

Designed by Steve Denton. Supported and funded by National Theatre of Wales and Arts Council of Wales. (Check the calendar on this website for dates and venues).

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Sixteen Shades of Crazy Paperback

Sixteen Shades of Crazy is released in paperback today with a snazzy new green and red cover.

Praise for Sixteen Shades of Crazy: 'Trezise opens up the lives of her characters with surgical skill, making you wince as well as laugh.' THE WESTERN MAIL 'We in the know have come to expect brilliance from Rachel Trezise, and Sixteen Shades of Crazy doesn't disappoint. This is a powerful, unflinching and extremely funny novel. It's a beauty.' DAN RHODES 'Sixteen Shades of Crazy is a dirty but Day-Glo slice of modern Valleys life.' NEW WELSH REVIEW 'written with great energy and verbal skill and its characters … are immediately engaging.' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'Trezise sings a sharp and suffocating song.' THE AGE

Available from all good bookshops.

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