Buzz Magazine
What's On in Wales - Your Ultimate Guide
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.
A crime-heavy week (with a bit of feminist sci-fi for good measure) as we ease into September with five new novels.
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE CAN THE MONSTER SPEAK? Paul B. Preciado [trans. Frank Wynne] (Fitzcarraldo Editions) In 2019, Paul B. Preciado [pictured, top – credit Marie …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE ANDREA VICTRIX Llorenç Villalonga (Fum d’Estampa) Described as the “best dystopian literature ever written in Catalan,” Andrea Victrix is a gripping novel …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE EMPEROR’S FEAST: A HISTORY OF CHINA IN TWELVE MEALS Jonathan Clements (Hodder & Stoughton) The Emperor’s Feast is neither a cookbook nor …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE AMAZINGLY ASTONISHING STORY Lucy Gannon (Seren) There can’t be many people brave enough to call their memoir The Amazingly Astonishing Story, …
HOW LOVE ACTUALLY RUINED CHRISTMAS (OR COLOURFUL NARCOTICS) | BOOK REVIEW Gary Raymond (Parthian) What’s worse: a Love Actually fan reading Gary Raymond’s new book, How Love Actually Ruined …
The motif of fire burns through the pages
GOOD RIDDANCE Elinor Lipman (Lightning Books) The chocolatier protagonist of Good Riddance cannot really be described as an everywoman. However, like a good Austen novel, with whom Lipman has been compared …
WELSH SAINTS ON THE MORMON TRAIL Wil Aaron (Y Lolfa) Wil Aaron has told a remarkable historical non-fiction tale in Welsh Saints On The Mormon Trail. On looking at the …
THE UNBINDING | THEATRE REVIEW Volcano Theatre, Swansea, Sat 19 May Wrong Shoes Theatre Company, in association with Arts Council England, has done it again and created a moving, …
THE SHIRES | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 14 May The Shires, the UK country duo of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes, really started shining in 2015 …
