Student life in Bangor

Third Lifelong Learning student publishes book

Rhys A BA Literature and Creative Writing student at Bangor University’s Lifelong Learning has recently published his first book. Keinc, in English ‘branch’, is a debut collection that twists between mythology and relationships, between language and form, exploring subjects from the four branches of the Mabinogi to Dostoevsky versus Kerouac.

Rhys Trimble, who lives in Bethesda, is a bilingual poet, performer, tutor and editor. The 32 year old was born in Livingstone Zambia and brought up in Gwent and Pontneddfechan South Wales. Rhys has been published in many journals including Poetry Wales, Tears in the Fence, Seventh Quarry, Coffee House Poetry, Aesthetica and Skald.

Rhys enrolled onto the well established part-time BA Literature & Creative Writing degree in 2005 and graduates this July. Like most Lifelong Learning students, Rhys fitted in his studies around his work commitments, which during the last five years has included gas meter installations and gardening.

“I enrolled onto this course in particular, as I was well aware of its excellent reputation and its tutors whom are mainly published authors. I’d been writing for a few years before hand, and already had some of my work published,” said Rhys “By studying at degree level, I learnt much about the background to creative writing and most of these poems have been written whilst on the degree.”

Rhys is the third Lifelong Learning student to have a book published recently. John Tanner and Helen Lopez, both former MA Writing students, had their books published following the completion of their studies at Lifelong Learning.

“I’m delighted to see the publication of Rhys’s work. His work is full of excitement about both of the languages he uses, and about language itself. His is a fresh voice and it brings something new to writing in Wales,” said Dr Zoë Skoulding, Co-ordinator of BA and MA Writing and Literature programmes.