New poetry for August: dancing sea urchins, Norfolk Broads and fat cuckoo chicks
For her late-summer coverage of the best new poetry, Mab Jones selects new releases from Jane Hirshfield, Nisha Ramayya, Lorcán Black and Matt Howard.
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New poetry for July: timely soul food, transmasculine kisses and a human-or-AI? conundrum
Mab Jones is back with five of the best books for July encompassing a spectrum of sexuality, experience and level of human intervention.
New poetry for June: witches’ cauldrons, slaughtered cows, memories of old outfits
Feast your eyes on six of the best new entries from the British poetry landscape of June 2024, including titles from Caerphilly’s clare e. potter and Newport’s Nigel Jarrett.
New poetry for May: seals, squids, swimming, Sylvanian Families and the avian experience
Mab Jones swoops back to improve this merry month of May with five of the best (in her opinion) new poetry titles from independent publishers.
New poetry for April: oily black birds, hearts & innards, jazz standards
Mab Jones has come back for more of the best new poetry released this April, from the venerable David Harsent to a Welsh contingent in Elizabeth Parker and Taz Rahman.
New poetry for March: gods of the pond, slapping udders, Michael McIntyre’s net worth
Mab Jones compiles the best new poetry this March: from vital contemporary voices on the scene, their verse ranging from the devastating to the evocative to the faintly absurd.
New poetry for February: radium jaws, the tightrope of love, Welsh poets branching out
A leap into the unknown for February's best new poetry roundup by Mab Jones with reviews of new books by Lavinia Greenlaw, Safia Elhillo, Lynna Hjelmgaard and more.
Buzz joins 12 other Welsh publishers & organisations at the 75th FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
Alongside 12 other Welsh publishers and creative organisations, Buzz is spending this week at the world's biggest trade event for print and digital publishers.
New poetry for August: concrete experimenting, reconnecting to roots, taming the octopus
No fewer than seven new titles from the contemporary poetry scene, from pamphlets to paperbacks to anthologies, make up this month's best new poetry picks.
New poetry for July: dismantling identity, addressing loss, death of the author’s youth
Mab Jones rounds her usual poetry best ofs for the month of July, this time featuring Connor Allen, Megan Barker and Rachael Clyne, among others.
New poetry for June: dictators’ wives, toffee apple hearts, Irish drinking jigs
Explore the latest poetry releases in June, featuring varied themes of dictators' wives, fathers' complexities, and inspiring tales of miracles.
WHALING: a gripping nautical journey in 1800s Milford Haven
Nathan Munday's beautifully written debut novel, Whaling, set in 1800s Milford Haven, takes place amid the arrival of a whaling community and the mysteries it brings.