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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…
May 20, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Politics of Water’ by Peter Finch
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Politics of Water’ by Peter Finch. Originally published in his 1996 collection Math, it now features in Volume One of his newly published Collected Poems. Peter Finch’s remarkable career spans over fifty years. He has been…
May 13, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Rhys’ by Rhian Edwards
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Rhys’ by Rhian Edwards from her collection Clueless Dogs. Clueless Dogs is the multi-award-winning debut collection by Rhian Edwards. Full of verve and humour, Rhian Edwards’ language has a winning honesty and intensity. P…
May 11, 2022
Michael O’Brien featured in new TV documentary British Injustice with Raphael Rowe
Michael O’Brien was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Cardiff newsagent Philip Saunders in 1988. Episode 1 revisits his case.
May 6, 2022
Friday Poem – ‘Samuel Taylor Colderidge Walking from the Queen’s Head…’ by Jonathan Edwards
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Samuel Taylor Coleridge Walking from The Queen’s Head…’ by Jonathan Edwards from his collection Gen. Gen is a book of lions and rock stars, street parties and servants, postmen and voices. In the opening sequence’s explo…
