Books Books
Category: Bestsellers, History, Non Fiction, Places, Travel
Number of pages: 304
ISBN: 9781781727782
Publication date: November 14, 2022
Price: £12.99
Category: Bestsellers, History, Non Fiction, Places, Travel
Number of pages: 304
ISBN: 9781781726846
Publication date: November 14, 2022
Price: £12.99
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“Bursts with beautiful, descriptive prose…” – Countryfile Magazine
The Edge of Cymru is the story of Julie Brominicks’ walk around Wales in the course of a year. As an educator she knew a lot about the country’s natural resources. But as a long established incomer from England and more recent Welsh learner, she wanted to know more about its history, about Wales today, and her place in it.
As her walk unwinds the history of Wales is also unwound, from the twenty-first century back to pre-human times, often viewed through an environmental lens. Brominicksʼ observations of the places and people she meets on her journey make a fascinating alternative travelogue about Wales and the lives its people live. Her writing is lyrical, with engaging and striking coinages and images which carry the reader along too, entertained and informed. A quest of personal discovery, the narrative of The Edge of Cymru is also a refreshingly different way of looking at place, identity, memory and belonging.
Julie Brominicks
By sharing her passion for the landscape, people, wildlife, culture and languages she encounters on the road, Julie Brominicks aims to generate excitement for slow and sustainable travel. Her writing is informed by her previous career in environmental education. She is the author of The Edge of Cymru (Seren Books, 2022) and contributes to publications including BBC Countryfile Magazine and Nation Cymru. As a Welsh learner she champions Cymru, Cymraeg and cymreictod. Her second book Cader Idris: Let the Mountain Speak is forthcoming in September 2026.
“The fruits of this research are skilfully woven into the narrative of her book and transform it into something that is much more than a simple description of a walking trip. But it is Julie Brominicks’s own journey, her inner reflections, that make The Edge of Cymru such a compelling read.”
Psychogeographic Review
“Brominicks uses her journey both to celebrate Wales’ natural landscape and highlight the damage climate change is wrecking upon it … Julie Brominicks’ outsider perspective in The Edge Of Cymru makes her an insightful guide to modern Wales and travel around its borders, drawing attention to divisions in its identity, culture and language.”
Rachel Rees, Buzz Magazine
“Small spiders, large landladies and vandalised bus shelters: Julie Brominicks’ attentive The Edge of Cymru is yet another example of excellence on a shoestring from Seren Books … The Edge of Cymru everywhere finds and inspires delight in the relationship between words and world.”
Caught by the River
“The Edge of Cymru is an absorbingly interesting hybrid, a cross between the conventional travelogue, eco-concern and Welsh history textbook, all made eminently readable by the jauntiness and clarity of the prose and the honesty of the book’s author as she walks the land’s edge.”
Jon Gower, Nation Cymru
“…something that is much more than a simple description of a walking trip. It is Julie Brominicks’s own journey, her inner reflections, that make The Edge of Cymru such a compelling read.”
Psychogeographic Review
“Socially engaged, ecologically informed and politically aware, this is an invaluable guide to understanding Wales past, present and future.”
Morning Star
“Bursts with beautiful, descriptive prose, which picks up the minutia of each moment… Brominicks skilfully examines broad social, environmental, political, economic and even geological changes without the book feeling dry… as accessible as a novel and would make a great holiday read as much as a bedside book.”
Countryfile Magazine
Watch Julie talking about the book, her walk and journey to becoming a writer in this film by Culture Colony
