BECKY HILL returns with an empowering pop saga of modern womanhood
The album of the summer is here: two-time Brit Award winner Becky Hill has just released her sophomore album, Believe Me Now?
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PLAYBOY: escaping heteronormality in bourgeois France – Constance Debré’s sharp memoir
Shedding class privilege in favour of life without many monetary frivolities, Playboy is a story of bravery and ultimate personal freedom, and the costs that come with it.
Tale across time, north Walian book GLASS HOUSES – a gripping, cinematic page-turner
The second novel from north Wales-born Francesca Reece, Glass Houses’ is a novel of belonging, figuring out what home means to us, and the unique pride of being of a certain place.
Miranda July’s ALL FOURS: creativity, marriage, and midlife freedom
Miranda July's latest book All Fours speaks of the institution of marriage, the sexual freedom of middle-aged women, and the space required for creativity and dreams to develop.
Summer 2024’s blockbuster books: the titles we’re most excited to read
Buzz’s special summer 2024 book preview brings you a must-read list of titles to look out for.
Superstar poet HOLLIE MCNISH shares anecdotes & excepts from new book LOBSTER at packed Cardiff show
Visiting Cardiff during her Lobster promotional tour, poet Hollie McNish's audience is captivated by what feels like a hangout with a good friend.
Rising Welsh literature star’s UNSPEAKABLE BEAUTY is a mammoth debut novel
Unspeakable Beauty, the debut novel from Swansea-based writer Georgia Carys Williams follows her short story collection and is a mammoth debut.
ST. VINCENT’s ALL BORN SCREAMING is both timeless and uniquely now
The seventh studio album by Annie ‘St. Vincent’ Clark and the first one solely produced by her, All Born Screaming is an exciting concoction of sounds and vibes.
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: a deep dive into TAYLOR SWIFT’s bold new direction
On The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift attains the status of musical poet laureate. “Who’s afraid of a little old me?” she screeches, in the song of the same title – and we should be.
Annie Ernaux examines complexities of mother-daughter relationships in A WOMAN’S STORY
Annie Ernaux is a master of the form in A Woman's Story, the French 1988 book that's finally recieved an English translation.
Reckoning of the soul: Lucy Sante recounts late-in-life gender transition in I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME
I Heard Her Call My Name talks, with honesty and lack of self-pity, about Lucy Sante’s internal struggle and her difficulties with transitioning late in life.
Popular poet Hollie McNish is your wittiest best friend in new collection, LOBSTER
Lobster, the newest collection by the highly prolific author and poet Hollie McNish feels honest, fresh and like a conversation with your wittiest friend.