THAT SUMMER FEELING | BOOK REVIEW
THAT SUMMER FEELING Mark Hodkinson (Pomona) That Summer Feeling can quite accurately be labelled as a book of struggle. From girl trouble to family misfortune to a slightly absurd university lecturer, …
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A SIMPLE SCALE | BOOK REVIEW
A SIMPLE SCALE David Llewellyn (Seren) An intriguing premise: music plagiarism forms the basis for this gripping and fast-paced novel. Spanning three decades and two countries, Welsh writer David Llewellyn’s …
A BROWN MAN IN RUSSIA | BOOK REVIEW
A BROWN MAN IN RUSSIA Vijay Menon (Glagoslav) A fairly short book, yet one where even the title of it intrigued this reader. Vijay Menon’s memoir provides an unrestricted look …
TIRZAH AND THE PRINCE OF CROWS | BOOK REVIEW
TIRZAH AND THE PRINCE OF CROWS Deborah Kay Davies (One World) The words ‘coming of age tale’ are usually enough to make me reach for literally anything else, but Tirzah …
REAL CARDIFF: PETER FINCH | BOOK REVIEW
Peter Finch (Seren) Peter Finch has been writing about Cardiff since the turn of the millennium. Considering this is the fourth volume of his {Real Cardiff} series, he’s still got …
CARDIFF BOOK FESTIVAL | REVIEW
CARDIFF BOOK FESTIVAL 2018 BUZZ recently took the opportunity to check out the many choices on offer at the third Cardiff Book Festival. All events took place at Jurys Inn, …
DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD: OLGA TOKARCZUK | BOOK REVIEW
DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions) From the winner of the 2018 Man Booker International Prize comes an acutely subversive …
A YEAR IN PEMBROKESHIRE: JAMIE OWEN AND DAVID WILSON | BOOK REVIEW
A YEAR IN PEMBROKESHIRE Jamie Owen and David Wilson (Graffeg) “A love story in prose and pictures” is how broadcaster Jamie Owen aptly describes this collaboration with photographer David Wilson. …
HER WATCHFUL EYE | BOOK REVIEW
HER WATCHFUL EYE Julie Corbin (Mulholland) Have you ever felt that someone’s watching you? Like the song? Well, they are. It’s a fact that there are more cameras on the …
THE FARM | BOOK REVIEW
THE FARM Hector Abad, trans. by Anne McLean (Archipelago Books) A story about a farming family’s conflict against drug dealers, paramilitaries and guerrillas in the Colombian mountains; anything connected to …
DEAR EVELYN | BOOK REVIEW
DEAR EVELYN Kathy Page (And Other Stories) Dear Evelyn, British/Canadian writer Kathy Page’s seventh novel, provides the reader the chance to experience her realistic and often dark style, through the …
ROY NOBLE: DOWN THE ROAD AND ROUND THE BEND | BOOK REVIEW
DOWN THE ROAD AND ROUND THE BEND Roy Noble (Graffeg) As one of Wales’ proverbial national treasures, Roy Noble is perfectly placed to write a book like this. Down The …
SLAV SISTERS | BOOK REVIEW
SLAV SISTERS Edited by Natasha Perova (Dedalus) To honour the centenary of women’s votes in the UK, Dedalus has published Slav Sisters to memorialise women’s literature in 20th century Russia and …
THE ALADDIN TRIAL | BOOK REVIEW
THE ALADDIN TRIAL Abi Silver (Lightning And Eye) A classic thriller set in London, where the dynamic legal team of Judith Burton and Constance Lamb are drafted in following the …
A TERRIBLE COUNTRY | BOOK REVIEW
A TERRIBLE COUNTRY Keith Gessen (Fitzcarraldo Editions) A Terrible Country follows the story of Andrei Kaplan, a Russian who emigrated to America, as he returns to Moscow to look after his …
“When I ended up in jail I thought to myself that I needed to cut violence out of my life” – ANT MIDDLETON | INTERVIEW
As Ant Middleton prepares to go on a tour of the UK, the former soldier, current author, and all-round hardman chats to Buzz’s own ex-military man Carl Marsh about his …
UP TOP | BOOK REVIEW
UP TOP – FROM LUNATIC ASYLUM TO COMMUNITY CARE Hugh Purcell and Margaret Percy (Y Lolfa) Up Top was what the Talgarth locals called this hospital, a colossal structure of a …
DEATH OF THE SNAKE CATCHER – AK WELSAPAR | BOOK REVIEW
Death of the Snake Catcher Ak Welsapar, ed. By Richard Govett (Glagoslav Books) Death of the Snake Catcher is a collection of short stories written by Ak Welsapar, and features …
NO GOOD BROTHER | BOOK REVIEW
NO GOOD BROTHER Tyler Keevil (Borough Press) Currently employed as a Cardiff University lecturer, Tyler Keevil has lived in Wales for several years but continues to set his fiction in …
“A massive proportion of the nation is addicted to social media” – DAN TYTE | AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Dan Tyte The Cardiff-based author Dan Tyte chats to Karla Brading about his latest novel The Offline Project, published by Graffeg and the perils of the internet age. Having bumped into Dan …
A DOUBLE LIFE | BOOK REVIEW
A DOUBLE LIFE Flynn Berry (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) Picture this: a peer of the realm lives with his family and a live-in nanny in a beautiful home in Mayfair, London. …
HURTLE OF HELL | BOOK REVIEW
HURTLE OF HELL Simon Edge (Eye) When Stefano Cartwight is on death’s door after nearly drowning on his beach holiday in the Canary Islands, he sees the eye of God …
CRYSTAL JEANS | AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Crystal Jeans Emanating from the rawness and grit of Cardiff at its best, Crystal Jeans has just won Literature Wales’ Book Of The Year Award for second novel Light Switches …
PETER FINCH: REAL CARDIFF | EVENT REVIEW
Peter Finch: Real Cardiff | Event Review **** Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff, Thurs 19 July That Peter Finch is here today is doubly appropriate. Not only is it nearly two …