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Back to Welsh Literature page > Today marks the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth in Cardiff, Wales. He wrote children's books including 'Matilda' 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' and 'The BFG' In his autobiography ‘Boy’ Dahl talks about his childhood in Wales. Wales is celebrating the centenary with a number of events: http://www.roalddahl100.wales/ whats-on/ How Welsh was Roald Dahl? Find out in a BBC interview with Prof Damian Walford Davies author of ‘Roald Dahl: Wales of the Unexpected’ and Lleucu Siencyn CEO of Literature Wales:...
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > A pioneering new book aims to present a journey through Welsh history and ‘introduce the people of Wales’ to their own history through the Welsh Christian experience. Our Holy Ground - The Welsh Christian Experience by John I Morgans and Peter C Noble tells of the Welsh Christian story and, through showing how it is rooted in localities, tells the story of Wales. ‘This is for the people who live in Wales to learn about their own story – a story which continues to be contemporary and relevant.’ John and Peter explained, ‘We want the...
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > The autumn edition of New Welsh Reader includes exclusive extracts from entries to the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing including the winning essay ‘Bush Meat: As My Mother Told Me’ by Mandy Sutter, which depicts a Nigerian domestic scene where subtle and interdependent racial and class issues are seething under a tight lid. ‘The Rains of Titikaka’ by John Harrison recounts the rise and fall of the pre-Columbian city of Tiwanaku in Bolivia, ‘Stranger Shores’ by Karen Philips looks at the...
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > The celebrations to commemorate 50 years since the establishing of Y Lolfa publishers and press have begun with the publication of a calendar of old posters. Calendr Posteri’r Lolfa 2017 ( Y Lolfa Poster Calendar 2017 ) is a collection of commercial and political posters that were printed by Y Lolfa during the 1960s and 1970s. It is published to coincide with Y Lolfa’s 50 th anniversary celebrations in 2017. Amongst the posters are old favourites such as ‘ Gwnewch Bopeth yn Gymraeg’ (Do Everything in Welsh) – as seen on...
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > New Welsh Review, in association with the University of South Wales and CADCentre, announced the winner of the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing at a ceremony at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff on Thursday 7 July. The Prize celebrates the best short form travel writing from emerging and established writers based in the UK and Ireland. The judges are New Welsh Review editor Gwen Davies and award winning travel writer Rory MacLean. Mandy Sutter from Ilkley won the top prize...
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > To the sound of distant gunfire, school children in Donetsk are now learning about their city’s Welsh past. Lily Revenko, a teacher in the war torn city, has decided to make the book Dreaming A City the basis of a what she calls “investigative journalism” by her pupils, a means by which they can both improve their English and discover the origins of their city. Donetsk was originally founded by Welshman John Hughes . Born and brought up in Merthyr, he began work as an apprentice in the Cyfarthfa ironworks, developed his own business in...
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > Shortlist Showcase: New Welsh Writing Awards 2016 University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing from New Welsh Review on Vimeo .
Read MoreBack to Welsh Literature page > This was the thing that brought us to Hay, an invitation to come to the New Welsh Writing Awards shortlist announcement ceremony, put on by the literary magazine, the New Welsh Review. Below is their press release,with details on the event. There are also links to read the stories and to vote for the winning story, any reader can vote - Travel Writing Prize shortlist encompasses three continents 2016 New Welsh Writing Awards shortlist, Photo: Left to right, Mandy Sutter, Nathan Llywelyn Munday, John Harrison New Welsh Review, in...
Read MoreSo, Ceri and I are selfishly enjoying ourselves very much at the Hay Literary Festival and I wanted to share the festival's press release, so people who haven't heard of it or don't know much about it can find out more, below. We found that, in addition to the regular festival, they've also put on two more events collectively called "How the Light Gets In," a music event (in its second year) and a philosophy event(in its eighth year). So far we've walked all over, got to talk to Owen Sheers and Chris Keil and Alan Bilton, made it to a few events and bought some books and we saw Tony...
Read MoreTravel writer John Harrison among longlist of nine for the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing New Welsh Review , in association with the University of South Wales and CADCentre, is delighted to announce the longlist of nine travel nonfiction essays for the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing. Both new and established writers based in Wales, England and Ireland are in the running for the top prize including the award-winning travel writer John Harrison. The Prize celebrates the best short...
Read MoreWINE TALES FROM DOLGELLAU TO VERONA A long-standing business relationship between an Italian winemaker and a Welsh wine importer was sealed with the presentation of a book at the world famous Vinitaly wine fair in Verona this week. Dylan Rowlands and two members of staff, Emma Williams and Terri Jones, flew over to Italy on Sunday taking a copy of his newly published ‘ Rarebit and Rioja – Recipes and Wine Tales from Wales’ to present to Vincenzo Bossotti and his daughter Cristina. Bossotti’s vineyard features in the Welsh wine importer’s newly published book about...
Read MoreWales and Ukraine met in the most unlikely of circumstances when Liliya Revenko, a teacher from Ukraine, contacted Welsh author Colin Thomas. ‘It began last Autumn. I was asked by school authority to do some research work and all of a sudden, the topic of the history of our city, that has been suffering so much recently came to my mind. But what new things can we write about if there is so much information? We started our pursuit for new facts that were not translated into Russian.’ explained Liliya. ‘We were surfing the Net when we came across the part of Colin Thomas's video...
Read MoreThere are just two weeks left to enter the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing. The prize celebrates the best short form travel writing from writers based in the UK and Ireland and those based worldwide who have been educated in Wales. The word length is 5,000-30,000 and the closing date is midnight 3 April. Entry is free. First Prize: • £1,000 cash, e-publication by New Welsh Review on their New Welsh Rarebyte imprint in 2016 • a positive critique over lunch with leading literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes at WME Second Prize: •...
Read MoreIn January this year, a well-known publishing company in Wales decided to challenge the UK Government’s decision to include the Union Jack on new driving licenses by producing Red Dragon stickers to be placed in their place. Now, Y Lolfa publishers and printers have confirmed that over 3,000 stickers have been sold and have since been reprinted. ‘We recieved a very positive response to our campaign since its launch’ said Fflur Arwel, Y Lolfa’s head of marketing. ‘There has been a very great demand for the stickers. Its clear people very strongly...
Read MoreNew Welsh Review - Wales Foremost Literary Magazine New Welsh Review was founded in 1988 as the successor to The Welsh Review (1939-1948), Dock Leaves and The Anglo Welsh Review (1949-1987) and is Wales’s foremost literary magazine in English, offering a vital outlet for the very best new fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, a forum for critical debate, and a rigorous and engaged reviewing culture. New Welsh Review Ltd is supported through core funding by the Welsh Books Council and hosted by Aberystwyth University Department of English and Creative Writing. The...
Read MoreWar theme for autumn edition of New Welsh Reader New Welsh Review was founded in 1988 as the successor to The Welsh Review (1939-1948), Dock Leaves and The Anglo Welsh Review (1949-1987) and is Wales’s foremost literary magazine in English, offering a vital outlet for the very best new fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry, a forum for critical debate, and a rigorous and engaged reviewing culture. New Welsh Review Ltd is supported through core funding by the Welsh Books Council and hosted by Aberystwyth University Department of English and Creative Writing. The...
Read MoreRead our 2009 interview with Peter Thabit Jones here AmeriCymru spoke to Welsh poet and Seventh Quarry poetry magazine founder and editor Peter Thabit Jones about plans for the forthcoming DT100 ( Dylan Thomas 100th Anniversary ) celebrations in New York and other US cities. "Dylan Thomas is a cultural icon around the world and a poet who made a major impact on poetry itself. In many ways, poetry was never the same after the publication of the astonishing 18 Poems in 1934 and 25 Poems in 1936. For Wales, it is a great opportunity to celebrate his life and...
Read MoreBOOKS BY JO MAZELIS JO MAZELIS INTERVIEW An excerpt from ''Mechanics'' - an original short story by Jo Mazelis, appearing in eto 3 due for publication, early March 2017. Charlotte had the advantage of a free right hand, while Georgina had to either struggle with her left hand, or use her right, but first she had to wriggle to free it from the press of her sister’s body which ruined the effect of their unusual appearance. This was how their mother had instructed them to do everyday things; as if they were a single entity with only two arms, but four legs and two...
Read MoreREAD OUR INTERVIEW WITH DR. TRACY PRINCE HERE Welsh author Chris Keil will be appearing at Wordstock and at the AmeriCymru/Portland Sate University panel discussion ''Culture Wars: Other Voices in British Literature'' Oct 4th-6th. For full details of all his appeances see the the article and interview below. AmeriCymru: Hi Chris and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by AmeriCymru. You have visited Portland before. Care to tell us more about your experiences on those occasions? Chris: Portland is a wonderful, vibrant, hospitable city, full...
Read More1 CommentsCULTURE WARS - OTHER VOICES IN BRITISH LITERATURE Profile Chris Keil is a novelist and part-time university lecturer. He has worked as a sheep-farmer, a journalist and a tour-guide in a number of European cities. In academic life he has published and lectured widely on traumatic memory and representations of the Holocaust, and currently teaches at the University of Wales. He has held literary residencies, workshops and master-classes in Europe and the United States. He is the author of The French Thing (Carreg Gwalch, 2002), Liminal (Alcemi, 2007) and Flirting...
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