Dyddiau Du started as a small library by two friends and grew into a community arts centre in the centre of Cardiff run by LGBTQ+ and Disabled folk. We hosted exhibitions, book launches, open mics, creative workshops, and offered a welcoming space for anyone to drop by, have a tea or just be.
After multiple evictions, burnout, physical health & other commitments, Dyddiau Du ran its course. Dyddiau Du has now evolved into Dyddiau Du Press – an experimental publishing project by Joshua Jones & Ginny Darke, celebrating Welsh and weird art and literature often overlooked by mainstream publishing.
Joshua Jones (he/him) is a queer, disabled writer & artist from Llanelli, South Wales. Local Fires, (Parthian, 2023) was shortlisted for awards including the Dylan Thomas Prize. He has published various pamphlets of poetry, including Three Months in the Zebra Room (Hello America Stereo Cassette, 2024), and The City on Film (Bread and Roses, 2024). His latest, I AM A MAN AT WORK (g39, 2025) is an art book accompanied with a creative text by Anthony Shapland (author of A Room Above A Shop, Granta, 2025). He is a Contributing Editor of Folding Rock.
Ginny Darke (she/her) is a Welsh poet based in Bristol, England. Her writing has been published with The Poetry Review, The Stinging Fly, Magma and WORMS, amongst others. She has been shortlisted for the Poetry Wales Award 2024-25 and was a Foyle Young Poet.
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