Alex McCarthy's Blog: Playlist
September 24, 2024
Hay Winter Festival 1pm 30th November 2024
Alex McCarthy talks to Caryl Lewis
Debut Discoveries: The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone
Saturday 30 November 2024, 1pm
St Mary’s Church
Tucked into the Welsh valleys and encircled by silver birch and pine is the village of Cwmcysgod, a quiet and sleepy place. But all is not as it seems in Alex McCarthy’s novella The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone: there are simmering tensions in Cwmcysgod, where a unique cast of characters gives voice to their version of the truth, and of the story of Rosalind Bone. McCarthy introduces the world of Cwmcysgod and characters including 16-year-old Catrin Bone and her embittered and reclusive mother, Mary, whose sister disappeared from the village in a shroud of shame years before.
McCarthy was born in Cardiff and grew up in South Wales. An alumna of London Contemporary Dance School, she worked as a dancer and choreographer for a number of years on stage, TV and film. The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone won Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2024.
She talks to author and previous Wales Book of the Year winner Caryl Lewis.
Price: S/65.00 (PEN)
Only Members of Hay Festival may buy tickets prior to public launch. If you are already a Member please log in. If you would like to become a Member, sign up here.
Booking for non-members opens at 1200 on Friday 27 September.
Debut Discoveries: The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone
Saturday 30 November 2024, 1pm
St Mary’s Church
Tucked into the Welsh valleys and encircled by silver birch and pine is the village of Cwmcysgod, a quiet and sleepy place. But all is not as it seems in Alex McCarthy’s novella The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone: there are simmering tensions in Cwmcysgod, where a unique cast of characters gives voice to their version of the truth, and of the story of Rosalind Bone. McCarthy introduces the world of Cwmcysgod and characters including 16-year-old Catrin Bone and her embittered and reclusive mother, Mary, whose sister disappeared from the village in a shroud of shame years before.
McCarthy was born in Cardiff and grew up in South Wales. An alumna of London Contemporary Dance School, she worked as a dancer and choreographer for a number of years on stage, TV and film. The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone won Wales Fiction Book of the Year 2024.
She talks to author and previous Wales Book of the Year winner Caryl Lewis.
Price: S/65.00 (PEN)
Only Members of Hay Festival may buy tickets prior to public launch. If you are already a Member please log in. If you would like to become a Member, sign up here.
Booking for non-members opens at 1200 on Friday 27 September.
Winner Fiction Category Wales Book of the Year
Read more about Alex McCarthy's win, here: https://www.literaturewales.org/our-p...
May 13, 2024
Playlist
When I was writing this book a few songs came to mind. If you’re curious, here’s a link:
https://spotify.link/0ZBnnjljhJb
The song which ran in my head most was A Design for Life by Manic Street Preache ...more
https://spotify.link/0ZBnnjljhJb
The song which ran in my head most was A Design for Life by Manic Street Preache ...more
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