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August 12, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘A Marriage’ by Dannie Abse, CBE
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘A Marriage’ by Dannie Abse, from A Last Respect: The Roland Mathias Prize of Contemporary Welsh Poetry. A Last Respect celebrates the Roland Mathias Prize, awarded to outstanding poetry books by authors from Wales. It…
August 5, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘A Flock of Young Birds’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘A Flock of Young Birds’ by Hilary Llewellyn-Williams from her new book The Little Hours: New and Selected Poems. The Little Hours: New and Selected Poems is a landmark volume which collects key poems from the career of Hil…
July 22, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘The Park in the Afternoon’ by Dai George
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Park in the Afternoon’ by Dai George from his collection Karaoke King. Dai George’s confident second collection Karaoke King, addresses the contentious nature of the times. Always deeply thoughtful but also altern…
July 15, 2022
Friday Poem – Page 35 from ‘Witch’ by Damian Walford Davies
This week’s Friday Poem is taken from Witch by Damian Walford Davies. This continuous narrative poem conjures a thrilling portrait of a Suffolk village in the throes of the witchcraft hunts of the mid-seventeenth century. With the narrative pull of a…
July 8, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Still’ by Christopher Meredith
This week’s Friday Poem is the title poem ‘Still’ from Christopher Meredith’s collection of the same name. Christopher was recently interviewed by Nawr magazine about his poetry and fiction. You can read the issue online via their website. Christophe…
July 1, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Iraqi Bride in Transit’ by Abeer Ameer
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Iraqi Bride in Transit’ by Abeer Ameer from her debut collection Inhale/Exile which has just been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year! Cardiff-based poet Abeer Ameer writes of her forebears in her first collection, …
June 24, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘43. When I open my ribs’ by Kim Moore
To celebrate her collection All The Men I Never Married being shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘43. When I open my ribs’ by Kim Moore. Kim Moore’s eagerly awaited second collection All The Men I Never…
June 17, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘The Artist Mixes Colour in the Renaissance’ by Rosalind Hudis
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Artist Mixes Colour in the Renaissance’ by Rosalind Hudis from her collection Restorations. Inspired by the art restorer’s keen eye and by a vivid empathy for people and events, Restorations, is a journey through memor…
June 16, 2022
Kim Moore Shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best Collection
Kim has been shortlisted with her collection ‘All The Men I Never Married’
June 10, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Dogwoman’ by Deryn Rees-Jones
This week’s Friday Poem is the opening page of the sequence ‘Dogwoman’ by Deryn Rees-Jones. ‘Dogwoman’ draws on the work of Portuguese artist Paula Rego, who passed away earlier this week. It first appeared in Deryn’s collection Burying the Wren, and…
June 7, 2022
We’re partnering with Storyville Books for Independent Bookshop Week 2022
Stop by and say hello to our Sales Manager Simon in store on the 22nd June!
May 27, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘On Suitors’ by Katrina Naomi
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘On Suitors’ by Katrina Naomi from her collection Wild Persistence. Katrina Naomi’s this collection Wild Persistence is a confident and persuasive collection of poems. From the first poem we are warned to be on guard for th…
