Gorwelion: Shared Horizons

Robert Minhinnick is co-founder of both Friends of the Earth Cymru and the charity Sustainable Wales/Cymru Gynaliadwy. He lives and works in Porthcawl, having won the Wales Book of the Year on three occasions. Previous to the pandemic he taught creative prose at the American University of Paris in 2019. His next volumes are The Extinction Circus, a collection of short prose from Seren scheduled 2022; and a monograph on Duncan Bush, in the Writers of Wales series. Formerly, he edited Poetry Wales between 1997 and 2008.

Texts from Gorwelion will be made available as digital contributions to events at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties COP26 in Glasgow, 1-12 November 2021, representing voices from the UK and India in uniting the world to tackle climate change, where the book will also be launched and available to buy.Produced in collaboration with Sustainable Wales/ Cymru Gynaliadwy Gorwelion follows on from Sustainable Wales' initial project 'Our Square Mile', created to help us imagine the future.'This project aims to imagine what life in Wales could look like in the future as seen through the lens of the cultural dimension of well-being. The Well-being of Future Generations Act requires us to think long-term and broaden our horizons and "Square Mile - MilltirSgwar" can do just that...' – Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for WalesGorwelion is the second stage of this project commissioning five writers from India and five others from the UK. Contributors from Wales include Peter Finch, Laura Wainwright and Abeer Ameer; from Scotland include Mandy Haggith and Stewart Sanderson; and from India include Sampurna Chatterji. These contributors have been asked to consider the 'global' re: climate change, biodiversity and introduce 'future thinking'. This future might be mundane, marvellous or dreadful.More info and updates as they come at www.sustainablewales.org.uk/gorwelionhome