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NEWS FROM WALES AND THE WORLD
February 2009 - Videos from the Press and Media
South Wales Evening Post reporter Kate Clarke stays at Number 5.
South Wales Evening Post on the opening of 5 Cwmdonkin Drive on Dylan's 94th birthday (27th October 2008) stays at Number 5 for The Guardian.
South Wales Evening Post interview with Aeronwy Thomas.
The Post get a preview of 5 Cwmdonkin Drive a week before opening day.
February 2009 - Why we are not a museum
Excluded from entering a £100k competition open "...to all museums and galleries..." in the UK because we are privately owned. Full story.
January 2009 - What the Press and Media say
This is a selection of articles and video links to the world's Press and Media.
Colette Hume - BBC Wales correspondent takes a tour of the house.
Colette Hume's interview about the house.
South Wales Evening Post reporter Kate Clarke stays at Number 5.
Author Niall Griffiths stays at Number 5 for The Guardian.
Sebastian Lander in Number 5 for TravelMail.
South Wales Evening Post interview with Aeronwy Thomas.
November 2008 - Nam Le wins 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize
Nam Le, the Vietnamese born author won the £60,000 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize sponsored by University of Wales. The winner was announced at an awards dinner at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea by the chairman of the judges Peter Florence with Dylan's daughter Aeronwy making the presentation. Check out the shortlist here and see the authors preparing for the big night.
July 2008 - Dylan Thomas Prize 2008 longlist
The longlist for the £60,000 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize was announced by the actor Michael Sheen at Margam Orangery on Sunday 13th July. The entry was described by the board chairman Peter Stead as being "..better than the Booker entries and the strongest entry of any literary competition.." Check out the longlist or here
June 2008 - House Clearance for Dylan Thomas
Fine out why we are looking to purchase Edwardian and Victorian house clearances.
October 2006 - The Dylan Thomas Prize first winner
The world's largest literary prize - the £60,000 ($100,000) Dylan Thomas Prize for young authors - was launched at the start of the 2004 of the Dylan Thomas Festival simultaneously in Swansea and New York. The prize has the backing of Swansea born actress Catherine Zeta-Jones who has agreed to be an international ambassador.
Rachel Trezise from the Rhondda Valley was the first winner with her collection of short stories Fresh Apples. She collected the prize at an award ceremony in Swansea Brangwyn Hall on 27th October 2006.
One of the shortlisted authors James Scudamore has had his book The Amnesia Clinic shortlisted in the Best First Novel section of the Costa (formerly Whitbread) Prize.
Check for details of all the shortlisted books and winner on the Prize's website.