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September 7, 2020
Robert Walton wins NAFOW Eisteddfod Poetry Competition
Robert Walton wins North American Festival of Wales Eisteddfod Poetry Competition with his poem ‘Alphabet’.
September 4, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘If I Could Wake’ by Cath Drake
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘If I Could Wake’ by Cath Drake from her debut collection The Shaking City. The shaking city of Australian poet Cath Drake’s debut poetry collection is a metaphor for the swiftly changing precarity of modern life within t…
August 28, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Fires’ by André Mangeot
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Fires’ by André Mangeot from his latest collection Blood Rain. Resonant, complex, rich in heft and texture, these are mature poems that grapple with serious themes. Beautifully crafted, and partly inspired by the poet’s lo…
August 26, 2020
Virtual First Thursday Returns
Virtual First Thursday returns for the autumn. Everyone welcome!
August 24, 2020
Short Story of the Month – ‘Circling the Night’ by Helen Gordon
Our new short story of the month is ‘Circling the Night’ by Helen Gordon. “You look pretty,” Gemma says, accusatorially. “You’re going to pull tonight.” For Leila and her friends a night at the fair is full of opportunities that only the heady world …
August 21, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Afternoons Go Nowhere’ by Sheenagh Pugh
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Afternoons Go Nowhere’ by Sheenagh Pugh, the title poem from her latest collection. A fascination for history, both as a source of human drama and a field for artful speculation, characterises this collection of poems by S…
August 14, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘How to Celebrate a Birthday’ by Katrina Naomi
Our Friday Poem this week is ‘How to Celebrate a Birthday’ by Katrina Naomi from her latest collection Wild Persistence. Wild Persistence by Katrina Naomi is a confident and persuasive collection of poems. Written following her move from London to Co…
August 7, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘Secret Reverse’ by Zoë Skoulding
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Secret Reverse’ by Zoë Skoulding from her collection Footnotes to Water which recently won the poetry category in Wales Book of the Year 2020. In Footnotes to Water Zoë Skoulding follows two forgotten rivers, the Adda in B…
August 4, 2020
Zoë Skoulding wins the Poetry category in Wales Book of the Year 2020
We are delighted that Zoë Skoulding and her collection Footnotes to Water have won the poetry category in the Wales Book of the Year 2020. In Footnotes to Water Zoë Skoulding follows two forgotten rivers, the Adda in Bangor and the Bièvre in Paris, a…
August 3, 2020
Zoë Skoulding wins the Poetry Category in Wales Book of the Year 2020
We are delighted that Zoë Skoulding and her collection Footnotes to Water have won the poetry category in the Wales Book of the Year 2020.
July 31, 2020
Friday Poem – ‘St Michael’s’ by Paul Henry
This week’s Friday Poem is ‘St Michael’s’ by Paul Henry from his collection The Glass Aisle. The Glass Aisle is Paul Henry’s tenth book of verse and features all the lyrical precision, empathy for the human condition and deep sense of temporal loss t…
July 27, 2020
An Interview with Euron Griffith
When he smiled it really did feel as if the chilly Caernarfonshire wind had stopped for a few seconds and as if the place had suddenly got warmer. When Miriam fell in love with Padraig life seemed simple. But soon she discovered that love is a treach…
