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Author: DP

This author has written 132 articles

Songs of the Water, Voices of the Wells

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:27th September 2022
  • Post category:News

The On Land’s Edge Festival has been and gone, and I was delighted to take part in it. I read my ‘Non’ story and an extract from my ‘Gwenonwy’ –…

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Willesden Herald Short List 2022

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:21st September 2022
  • Post category:News

I’m delighted to have made the short list of this year's Willesden Herald Short Story Competition. It’s always exciting to see your name on a prize list, though also a…

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Something about wells…

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:15th September 2022
  • Post category:News

Recently, I wrote my first blog in a long time about some of the holy wells I had come across in Pembrokeshire. It will be the first of a few,…

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On Land’s Edge Festival

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:12th September 2022
  • Post category:News

Coming soon! An opportunity to hear about my holy wells stories, together with some wonderful music from Jo and Dan Messore. Tickets are available here

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Llangwm Literary Festival 2022

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:19th August 2022
  • Post category:News

It was such a pleasure to be back at Llangwm last weekend, for the Literary Festival. It, like so many other events, had been cancelled during the pandemic, and was…

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Bristol Short Story Prize Short List

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:27th July 2022
  • Post category:News

I am delighted to have made the short list for the Bristol Short Story Prize. Twenty stories, chosen out of over two thousand entries, from all over the world. My…

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Reading at the Hours bookshop, Brecon Cathedral

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:26th July 2022
  • Post category:News

Last Thursday, I, along with several other Arachne poets, read our work from the A470 anthology, at the Hours bookshop, which is located in the grounds of Brecon Cathedral. What…

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Bristol Short Story Prize Longlist

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:24th July 2022
  • Post category:News

I am very, very pleased to have a story long-listed for the Bristol Short Story Prize. The long list comprises of forty stories, chosen out of more than two thousand…

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Submission Tips for Short Stories

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:16th July 2022
  • Post category:News

In between trips here and there, and practising my A470 poem, I was happy to help fellow Pembrokeshire writer and creative-writing tutor, Philippa Davies, with some thoughts on submitting short…

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Reading at the National Library of Wales

  • Post author:DP
  • Post published:9th July 2022
  • Post category:News

I always love visiting Aberystwyth, an hour or two up the coast from where I live in Pembrokeshire. It was where I went to university, so has plenty of happy…

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Welcome to the web site of Diana Powell, prize-winning author of short fiction, who lives and writes in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

Latest news

  • ‘Tide’ in New Welsh Review 3rd May 2026
  • A (rather belated) review of 2025 15th February 2026
  • Bridge House Publishing Christmas Dinner 10th December 2025
  • ‘A Different Way of Knowing’ – Video Trailer 24th November 2025
  • A Different Way… 22nd November 2025
  • On Land’s Edge Festival 2025 29th September 2025

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