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Set in post-nuclear Ukraine, THE HALF-LIFE OF SNAILS is a beautiful yet unsettling story

May 18, 2022

Philippa Holloway’s The Half-Life Of Snails is a vivid and emotional exploration of human connections and the surrounding landscapes.

Region: North Wales
Read moreSet in post-nuclear Ukraine, THE HALF-LIFE OF SNAILS is a beautiful yet unsettling story
Figurehead, Carly Holmes

Newly republished, FIGUREHEAD is a gothic horror tour de force

March 9, 2022

Originally published in 2018, Carly Holmes' Figurehead is a book that’s as full of eeriness and enchantment as one could ever wish for.

Region: South Wales
Read moreNewly republished, FIGUREHEAD is a gothic horror tour de force
Uršuľa Kovalyk

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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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.

Read moreTHIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 28, 2021

Relationship drama, an experimental Welsh novel, Greek mythology updated for the celeb era, the cultural implications of Chinese ear-cleaning and an illicit tryst in a summer house...

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

July 12, 2021

This week’s five items includes a (sometime) Buzz writer! Big shout out to Emily Garside for that. Plus wildlife illustrator Matt Sewell, August Corteau’s (translated) Greek novel and books by Nancy Tucker and Adam Mars-Jones.

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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 30, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   EASY MEAT Rachel Trezise (Parthian) I admit to being a fan of Rachel Trezise’s writing. Here, she does what she does best: …

Region: South Wales
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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 23, 2021

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 …

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BUZZ CULTURE: RACHEL TREZISE | INTERVIEW FEATURE

June 10, 2021

BUZZ CULTURE: RACHEL TREZISE | INTERVIEW FEATURE   Easy Meat, the new work by much-admired novelist Rachel Trezise, is another slice of Valleys life, set in the Brexit crunch time …

Region: South Wales
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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

June 9, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   THE FORTUNE MEN Nadifa Mohamed (Viking) A heartbreaking fictional account of a true miscarriage of justice, and the severe consequences in Cardiff’s …

Region: South Wales
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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE

May 19, 2021

THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE   DEATH DRIVES AN AUDI Kristian Bang Foss (Parthian) The title’s metaphor makes sense as the plot unfolds. In a bleak world where …

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