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GIG ALERT: Georgia Carys Williams at Fforestfach Library

On November 4th, Georgia Carys Williams will be reading from and discussing her debut novel Unspeakable Beauty at Fforestfach Library!

Fox Bites Selected for Wales Literature Exchange's Autumn Bookshelf at Frankfurt

 

Autumn 2024

Browse our Bookshelf, selected annually by the Exchange as a window to recent Welsh literary works which we recommend for translation.

GIG ALERT: Tribute to Nigel Jenkins and Alan Perry

 

Fantastic Racket

 

A Fantastic Racket at WMC tonight!

Lisa O'Neill at Llais

Such a gorgeous Lisa O’Neill show at Llais Festival this evening

Pre-show snaps…

Susmita Bhattacharya: "The next story on BBC Sounds is Le...

Susmita Bhattacharya: "The next story on BBC Sounds is Letters Home. I used to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages in Cardiff. A really lovely school, but sometimes, the experiences of the refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants who were students there were hard to digest. They'd gone through so much to be here, and yet ... This story is inspired by my time working in that school, no actual experiences of the students are included. Maybe some of my experiences are included - maybe!"

Image is of the published version in Parthian Books anthology Rarebit. The illustration is by John Abell Artist Edited by Susie Wildsmith https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dqx9

PHOTO BLOG: Gorwelion at Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd

A great Gorwelion evening at Clwb Y Bont in Pontypridd tonight with poetry, music and film crossing shared horizons about the climate crisis and more…

GIG ALERTS: This Common Uncommon On Tour!

 Lots of great events still to come... catch Rae Howells if you can at one of the following....

Little Universe: 'Poems of true wonder'

We've had some lovely endorsements in from first readers for Little Universe, the stellar third poetry collection from Natalie Ann Holborow. 

Thanks so much to these poets for being such stars and sending these in for us! We recommend all their books! Get them!

Do join us for the launch at Swansea Waterstones on Monday 7 October (6pm, free and unticketed, just come along), or find us at Bookspace in Cardiff for a joint reading with poet Rae Howells on Wednesday 27 November 96.45pm, tickets via the shop's website soon). I'll be chairing both events, so see you there!

Rae Howells and Kittie Belltree at The Cellar Bards

 

Rae Howells and Kittie Belltree, both award-winning figures from south and west Wales, are the special guests in this highly anticipated event.

The event takes place on Friday, September 13 at The Cellar on Quay Street, Cardigan.

Doors open at 7.30pm with an entry fee of £3.

More here: https://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/24562468.rae-howells-kittie-belltree-cellar-bard