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Parsnips! L isten again to Natalie Ann Holborow on The Verb on Radio 4 from last night’s show / Hay Festival The Adverb at the Hay Festival with Ian McMillan joined by Michael Rosen, Len Pennie, Alex Wharton, and Natalie Ann Holborow, and a tribute to children's writer Eleanor Farjeon.

Taz Rahman interviews Emily Vanderploeg ( Strange Animals , Parthian 2022) for Just Another Poet.

The new edition of Unspeakable Beauty by Georgia Carys Williams is available for pre-order today, out in Feb 2026 with a lovely new cover... ‘a lyrical, compelling and addictive read’ — Sophie Buchaillard, Nation.Cymru The brand new edition of Unspeakable Beauty by Georgia Carys Williams will be out in February 2026.    Delve into the story of Violet Hart who had always dreamt of becoming something extraordinary: a ballet icon as famous as Margot Fonteyn. But when a magnetic stranger starts to pull at her strings, Violet’s world is sent into a tailspin. Unspeakable Beauty is a beautiful, poetic debut novel of learning to take lead, and finding power in your own voice. Pre-order your copy.

Great to see New Welsh Review on the shelves at Book Space Cardiff, let me know where else you spot it!

  Look what’s just arrived! My first issue of New Welsh Review , beautifully redesigned by Olwen Fowler with the cover image by Jon Pountney! Come and celebrate the new issue with us on Saturday 13th September at Elysium in Swansea 2-5.30pm featuring great music from Dark and Twisties Music and Ben Wildsmith and readings from some of this issue’s wonderful contributors. More details coming soon… In shops and available to order now…

 

   It's August, which means the  #SealeyChallenge  is underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations. Today's recommendation comes from Abigail Parry, who judged the 2024 Geoffrey Dearmer Prize and wrote a piece about the winning poet, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, for the latest issue of The Poetry Review (115:2). To get your hands on a copy, visit the link in our bio. Abigail's pick is Christina Thatcher's Breaking a Mare (Parthian). Thank you, Abigail

Have you ordered our Summer 2025 issue yet? Edited by yours truly. Inside you will find... Editorial: Susie Wild Beautiful redesign and new logo by Olwen Fowler. Photo Essay: Nearly There? Jon Pountney on his journey photographing the South Wales Valleys. Featured Poets: Abeer Ameer – Srebrenica, Town of Silver and Salt (extracts from a long poem sequence commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide); glimpses of a long-running poem-and-image conversation between Penarth-based poet Philip Gross and Luxembourgois-American visual artist Kiera Faber; a cover poem from Roberto Pastore; and new work from the winner of the 2024 Jerwood Poetry Prize clare e. potter. ++ the Borzello Trust Poetry Prize winner, Natasha Gauthier, and runners-up Rhian Thomas, Cerys Hughes, Sarah Persson, Lesley James and Emma Baines. Essays: Brennig Davies on masculinity and silence in Joe Dunthorne’s Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance and Anthony Shapland’s A Room Above a Shop...