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October 21, 2014
Jaki McCarrick Longlisted for the Irish Laureate Award
The Scattering author, Jacki McCarrick has been longlisted for the first Irish Laureate Award. Jaki is one of thirty four Irish writers to be nominated for the award and she sits on the longlist alongside names such as Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Dona…
October 21, 2014
Jaki McCarrick Longlisted for the Irish Laureate Award
The Scattering author, Jacki McCarrick has been longlisted for the first Irish Laureate Award. Jaki is one of thirty four Irish writers to be nominated for the award and she sits on the longlist alongside names such as Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Dona…
October 21, 2014
Pascale Petit’s ‘My Father’s Wardrobe’ is the Saturday Poem in The Guardian
‘My Father’s Wardrobe’ from Pascale Petit’s new collection Fauverie was selected as the Saturday Poem in The Guardian this week. Read the poem on their website here www.theguardian.com To order a copy of Fauverie click HERE
October 17, 2014
Friday Poem – There’s no such thing as pandas
What if I told you that pandas weren’t real? That they were just people in suits? This Friday’s poem, There’s no such thing as pandas, taken from Katherine Stansfields collection Playing House, suggests just that. A concise wit, a distinct voice and…
October 15, 2014
Win a signed Sugar Hall paperback
To celebrate the launch of the paperback edition of Sugar Hall, we’re giving away three copies signed by the author, Tiffany Murray. To be in with a chance all you have to do is tweet us your most spine tingling, heart stopping, goose bump raising gh…
October 15, 2014
Win a signed Sugar Hall Paperback
To celebrate the launch of the paperback edition of Sugar Hall, we’re giving away three copies signed by the author, Tiffany Murray. To be in with a chance all you have to do is tweet us your most spine tingling, heart stopping, goose bump raising gh…
October 10, 2014
Friday Poem
This Friday’s poem, Nun on a Bicycle, comes from Jonathan Edwards’ debut collection My Family and Other Superheroes. A collection that takes inspiration from the unlikeliest of subjects including: Sophia Loren, the kebabby in Merthyr and a nun on a…
October 8, 2014
Dylan Moore on why Shifts is the Greatest Welsh Novel
Dylan Moor on why Shifts by Christopher Meredith deserves your vote to be crowned as the greatest Welsh novel of all time. Taken from Wales Arts Reviews original post. The title of Christopher Meredith’s 1985 debut novel refers to both the monotonous…
October 8, 2014
Gary Raymond on Why A Toy Epic is his Greatest Welsh Novel
Gary Raymond explains why, for him, A Toy Epic by Emyr Humpreys is the greatest Welsh novel of all time. Taken from Wales Arts Reviews’ original post. Perhaps a strange choice for some to open Wales Arts Review’s nominations for The Greatest Welsh No…
October 8, 2014
The Hunt for the Greatest Welsh Novel
In just a few days we will know which book has been named the greatest Welsh novel of all time. Earlier in 2014, Wales Arts Review set out to find the greatest Welsh novel. 25 of Wales top writers were asked to nominate a title, old or new, and argue…
October 8, 2014
The Hunt for the Greatest Welsh Novel
In just a few days we will know which book has been named the greatest Welsh novel of all time. Earlier in 2014, Wales Arts Review set out to find the greatest Welsh novel. Twenty five of Wales top writers were asked to nominate a title, old or new,…
