New poetry for August: home, sanctuary and radical Welsh verse
Themes of home, sanctuary, belonging and uprising pervade Mab Jones’ chosen poetry picks this August.
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New poetry for June: Welsh summer special – Peter Finch, Dylan Thomas’ “bastard son” & Swansea dialects
From Peter Finch to poems written in the Swansea dialect, Mab Jones finds much to celebrate on the home front, poetry-wise, this June.
Compiled over three decades, THE DOSSIER tears into police corruption in Wales
Compiled by Michael O'Brien over 30 years, The Dossier rips into 14 regional examples of misscarriages of justice in Wales.
ALL THE MEN I NEVER MARRIED: searing ‘everyday sexism’ testimonies everyone should read
A series of personal testimonies which stand witness to ‘everyday sexism,’ Kim Moore's All The Men I Never Married is sharp, searing and honest.
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE
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THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BOY ON FIRE: THE YOUNG NICK CAVE Mark Mordue (Allen & Unwin) With Bad Seeds gigs repeatedly pushed further into the ether …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE
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, …
WALKING CARDIFF | BOOK REVIEW
WALKING CARDIFF Peter Finch & John Briggs (Seren) “There are a few things about a good walk… It should get you lost and then it should find you,” writes Peter …
SEREN CARDIFF POETRY FESTIVAL | UPFRONT
SEREN CARDIFF POETRY FESTIVAL After the success of the last two years, Seren Cardiff Poetry Festival (formerly Seren Cornerstone) is moving to the Temple Of Peace in Cathays Park, for …
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 …
BRIEF LIVES | BOOK REVIEW
BRIEF LIVES Christopher Meredith (Seren) Short story collections, despite an author’s best efforts, are rarely focused, cohesive affairs. With Brief Lives, however, Christopher Meredith has managed to not only produce …
MAY | BOOK REVIEW
May Naomi Kruger (Seren) Naomi Kruger’s debut novel, May, is a triumph. We follow the contours of dementia through our primary character May over one day in an old age …