InSight

Empathy and the new-cross cultural voices of Wales

WritersMosaic launches in Cardiff with its founding editor Gabriel Gbadamosi, the Welsh-Guyanese writer, Charlotte Williams OBE, and Eric Ngalle Charles, a Cameroon-born poet whose journey as a refugee took him to Wales, with a discussion of the meaning of empathy in the context of Welsh nationalism and multiculturalism.
3rd September 2023

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Films from WritersMosaic

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Free Will

Will Harris reads his poem, 'Free Will'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

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Half Written Love Letter

Selina Nwulu reads her poem, 'Half Written Love Letter'. Directed by Matthew Thompson and commissioned by the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.

In Conversation

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Writers talking to writers

Ryan Calais Cameron: '"I never wanted to get to the point where I was in my acting, where you could put me in a box. If that was the point, what's the point of having all the creativity in the world and you can only talk about one aspect of life?"'

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Rianna Simons: 'I think there are two things going on in the play that I try to do. One of them is the characters trying to do something as opposed to doing nothing, and then there's the whole thing of being seen to do something.'

In conversation with Luca Newman

Matthew Xia: 'My job as a director is all about big picture. Literally to sit at the back of the auditorium and ensure that the story is being told, and then lots of other people will worry about the details.'

In conversation with Trish Cooke

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