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June 16, 2021
‘A City Burning’ longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize
Angela Graham’s debut ‘A City Burning’ on Edge Hill Prize longlist.
June 11, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Midnight, Dhaka, 25 March 1971’ by Mir Mafuz Ali
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Midnight, Dhaka, 25 March 1971’ by Mir Mafuz Ali from his collection Midnight, Dhaka. Midnight, Dhaka is the debut collection by Mir Mahfuz Ali. As a boy, Mahfuz witnessed atrocities and writes about them with a searing di…
June 4, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘The Guns’ by Katrina Naomi
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘The Guns’ by Katrina Naomi from her collection Wild Persistence which was published this time last year. Wild Persistence by Katrina Naomi is a confident and persuasive collection of poems. Written following her move…
June 1, 2021
Katrina Naomi – Wild Persistence, A Year On
A year on from publication of her collection Wild Persistence, poet Katrina Naomi reflects on her experience of publishing a book during the pandemic. A year ago, when I realised I couldn’t hold the launches for Wild Persistence that we’d planned in…
May 28, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Free, No Obligation Valuation’ by Rhian Edwards
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Free, No Obligation Valuation’ by Rhian Edwards from her second collection The Estate Agent’s Daughter, published this time last year. The Estate Agent’s Daughter is the eagerly awaited follow up to Rhian Edwards’s Wales B…
May 21, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘City’ by Peter Finch
This week our Friday Poem is ‘City’ by Peter Finch from his 2020 collection The Machineries of Joy. The Machineries of Joy is the vibrant, uproarious, pointed & wildly entertaining new collection from renowned Cardiff-based performance poet, Pete…
May 18, 2021
Extract from Fatal Solution by Leslie Scase
Fatal Solution by Leslie Scase once again sees Inspector Thomas Chard confronted with a murder in bustling Victorian Pontypridd. On the face of it the case appears unremarkable, even if it isn’t obviously solvable, but following new leads takes Chard…
May 14, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘Instructions for the Coastal Walk from Clarach to Borth’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Instructions for the Coastal Walk from Clarach to Borth’ by Lynne Hjelmgaard from her collection A Second Whisper. A Second Whisper is Lynne Hjelmgaard’s moving new collection in which she looks back upon her life in…
May 14, 2021
Books to celebrate Dylan Day 2021
Celebrate Dylan Day 2021 with these Dylan Thomas related titles from Seren
May 7, 2021
Friday Poems – ‘Harp/Telyn’ by Philip Gross and ‘Telyn’ by Cyril Jones
This week’s Friday Poems are ‘Harp/Telyn’ by Philip Gross and ‘Telyn’ by Cyril Jones from their new bilingual collection Troeon : Turnings. The book also features letterpress designs by the artist Valerie Coffin Price. To turn, to dig, to plough, to…
April 30, 2021
Friday Poem – ‘A Rosary’ by André Mangeot
This week our Friday Poem is ‘A Rosary’ by André Mangeot from his collection Blood Rain which was published in February 2020. Resonant, complex, rich in heft and texture, these are mature poems that grapple with serious themes. Beautifully crafted, a…
