Rachel Trezise presents Fresh Apples

This week the University of Texas hosts author Rachel Trezise, the first ever recipient of the Dylan Thomas Prize. The prize features a $120,000 purse and is awarded biennially to authors under the age of 30 with works published in English.

At 28, Trezise has already authored two books, a novel, In and Out of the Goldfish Bowl, and a collection of short stories, Fresh Apples. Both works take on the complex social issues facing the author's native Wales and it was the latter, Fresh Apples, that landed the Dylan Thomas Prize for the young author. Citing literary influences ranging from Virginia Woolf to Henry Rollins, Trezise's prose is both profound and edgy. A new book, Dial M for Merthyr, an account of her exploits with the band Midasuno, is due out later this month.

Rachel Trezise will be reading from Fresh Apples this Thursday on the University of Texas campus at 7pm. Her titles have yet to be released in the US, but university representatives have been trying to make copies available for purchase at her reading. You don't often see many Welsh authors of note -or Welsh authors period- in Austin, so this event comes highly recommended.

Rachel Trezise presents Fresh Apples
Thursday, March 8th
UT - Calhoun Hall, Room 100 [map]
7pm, Free

Photo credit: Lisa Hocking