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A powerful, coming of age parable – THE EQUESTRIENNE | BOOK REVIEW

November 3, 2021

Uršuľa Kovalyk's The Equestrienne is a YA story about a young girl finding her passion on the backdrop of communist Czechoslovakia.

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Rather bleak but deeply insightful – FIT | BOOK REVIEW

November 3, 2021

Sammy Wright's book Fit casts a grim but absorbing view into young, contemporary Britain with mixed levels of detail.

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Pleasingly jarring with a raw naivety – OLDLADYVOICE | BOOK REVIEW

November 3, 2021

The title of Elisa Victoria's Oldladyvoice has a double meaning - walking a tightrope between 'good' and 'bad' kinds of weird.

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Polly Atkin, Patrick Jones, Tôpher Mills and more – NEW POETRY COLUMN: OCTOBER | FEATURE

October 28, 2021

Mab Jones serves up a Welsher than usual selection of poetry this month, with best-ofs by south Wales faves Patrick Jones and Tôpher Mills, among others.

Category: Books, Reviews Region: Wales-Wide

A whirlwind of celebrity, music and wanderlust – TENEMENT KID | BOOK REVIEW

October 27, 2021

A sweeping narrative of a working-class kid exploring feelings of wanderlust, courtesy of the first memoir by Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie.

Category: Books, Music, Reviews

How languages come back from the brink of extinction – SPEAK NOT | BOOK REVIEW

October 27, 2021

James Griffiths’ book offers studies of three languages – Welsh, Hawaiian and Cantonese – which have been threatened with extinction in recent memory, and have rallied with varying degrees of success.

Category: Books, Reviews Region: Wales-Wide

What more can be said about the Man United legend? – SIR ALEX: SIMPLY THE BEST | BOOK REVIEW

October 27, 2021

What more can be said about Manchester United’s legendary former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who turns 80 this December? As it turns out, 256 pages more.

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A testament to the old made new – LEONARD COHEN: THE MYSTICAL ROOTS OF GENIUS | BOOK REVIEW

October 27, 2021

Religious scholar Harry Freedman attempts to unravel the twisted threads of dozens of song lyrics, exposing the many inspirations and biblical references behind Lonard Cohen’s writing.

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A deeper dive into the landmark BBC series – WONDERS OF THE CELTIC DEEP | BOOK REVIEW

October 27, 2021

Wonders Of The Celtic Deep takes a deeper dive into the stories, history, marine wildlife, and people inside and behind the BBC TV show of the same name.

Category: Books, Reviews, TV Region: Wales-Wide

Essential for Stones and graphic design fans alike – ROLLING STONES: HOT STUFF & UNZIPPED | BOOK REVIEWS

October 25, 2021

Unzipped and Hot Stuff provide colourful insight into rare Rolling Stones memorabilia and the music icons' working process.

Category: Books, Culture, Music, Reviews

Dave Grohl to Daniel Sloss – THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 20, 2021

Featuring a ghostly tale from Will Maclean, comedy and advice from Daniel Sloss, an adaption of a medieval fiction by Hammad Rind, rock'n'roll memoir by Dave Grohl and rock'n'roll biography by Mike Evans, concerning The Who.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 13, 2021

Crime fiction from Will Dean, picture-heavy rock biography on Joy Division and New Order, musings on music by Kelefa Sanneh, the manifesto of Bernardine Evaristo and Rowan Jacobson's 'Truffle Hound'.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

October 6, 2021

Reviews of newly published titles by Ruth Ozeki, JR Moores, Annie Ernaux, Kate Bowler and Montserrat Roig (that one's newly translated from Catalan to English)

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 29, 2021

From a post-Atwood dystopian novel, to a snazzy hardback history of wildlife photography, to the latest from TV's Richard Osman, to some brief thoughts on spaghetti, to comedian Phil Wang on racial identity... we get this week's books column.

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CATHERINE FISHER | AUTHOR INTERVIEW

September 28, 2021

Karla Brading talks with Catherine Fisher about her new evocative, blood-fizzling release The Red Gloves And Other Stories, where two stepbrothers share one nightmare, red gloves reach for your throat, a stranger asks to swap lives with you… and who is the ghost in the rain?

Category: Books, Interviews Region: South Wales

NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE

September 27, 2021

Mab Jones’ latest appreciation of verse opens with an appreciation of Wordsworth – William’s sister Dorothy that is – but never fear, it’s still new! And it’s, as Mab says of her first subject, “a sheer joy to read”.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 22, 2021

In between titles offering broadsides against, respectively, bad food on trains and Welsh neoliberalism, we find novels about Turkish gangsters in London, a world without working electricity and a man who get uploaded into his group chat...

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 15, 2021

A photographic diary of COVID in Welsh hospitals, a personal account of a more mysterious ailment, an Aussie rocker's attachment to a piece of chewing gum and two novels set in a Johannesburg suburb and on a Greek island.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 8, 2021

Punk rock tour diaries, Black Mirror-esque speculative fiction, thoughts on cultural and racial dividing lines in Britain, photographs from Troubles-era Northern Ireland, and a couple who encounter uncanny situations when they travel to adopt a child.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

September 1, 2021

A crime-heavy week (with a bit of feminist sci-fi for good measure) as we ease into September with five new novels.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 25, 2021

Murderous thrillers, Russian historical fiction, a perfume-scented journey to 19th-century Edinburgh, explorations of identity and belonging, and a graphic novel devised by Line Of Duty's main brain.

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NEW POETRY COLUMN: AUGUST | FEATURE

August 23, 2021

nth, Mab Jones returns with the next of her monthly roundups of contemporary independent poetry. Everything from Powys owls to Jim Morrison to mythical Cornish lands awaits…

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 18, 2021

Including a familial rock memoir from Baxter Dury, ruminations on vintage UK TV by Rob Young and a marquee late-summer novel release by Leïla Slimani.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

August 11, 2021

This week's books include a Southern Gothic novel by Bethany W Pope, a UK-Cypriot search for identity by Elif Shafak, and Séamas O’Reilly's bereavement memoir.

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A powerful, coming of age parable – THE EQUESTRIENNE | BOOK REVIEW

Rather bleak but deeply insightful – FIT | BOOK REVIEW

Pleasingly jarring with a raw naivety – OLDLADYVOICE | BOOK REVIEW

Polly Atkin, Patrick Jones, Tôpher Mills and more – NEW POETRY COLUMN: OCTOBER | FEATURE

A whirlwind of celebrity, music and wanderlust – TENEMENT KID | BOOK REVIEW

How languages come back from the brink of extinction – SPEAK NOT | BOOK REVIEW

What more can be said about the Man United legend? – SIR ALEX: SIMPLY THE BEST | BOOK REVIEW

A testament to the old made new – LEONARD COHEN: THE MYSTICAL ROOTS OF GENIUS | BOOK REVIEW

A deeper dive into the landmark BBC series – WONDERS OF THE CELTIC DEEP | BOOK REVIEW

Essential for Stones and graphic design fans alike – ROLLING STONES: HOT STUFF & UNZIPPED | BOOK REVIEWS

Dave Grohl to Daniel Sloss – THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

CATHERINE FISHER | AUTHOR INTERVIEW

NEW POETRY COLUMN: SEPTEMBER | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

NEW POETRY COLUMN: AUGUST | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

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