tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87634243957857889472024-03-18T01:45:20.393-07:00WildlifePosts from life as a writer and publishing editor...Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.comBlogger578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-54992503780347612562023-12-18T02:24:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:39:54.671-08:00WAR Best Poetry Collections of 2023: Hymnal<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5i_vD2_cZIwziCHVD68jXGWhBIym4i6-fVJB__hLgKvuJQytln-wVtGTAZK-JwpRQTeXy4BNqb4cDqLoszm-St5XKc76dstLGH2mDjprJPtfsi3LhONAw-eUaJzuFbO2mqN4JDxJbW50fpRE6CdisxksLetXl6l82vf68AbA8hzA7ib6EYYPXjE_T4GM/s426/Welsh-Poetry%204-426x279.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="426" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5i_vD2_cZIwziCHVD68jXGWhBIym4i6-fVJB__hLgKvuJQytln-wVtGTAZK-JwpRQTeXy4BNqb4cDqLoszm-St5XKc76dstLGH2mDjprJPtfsi3LhONAw-eUaJzuFbO2mqN4JDxJbW50fpRE6CdisxksLetXl6l82vf68AbA8hzA7ib6EYYPXjE_T4GM/w400-h263/Welsh-Poetry%204-426x279.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Thrilled to see Julia Bell's <i>Hymnal</i> on WAR's '<a href="https://www.walesartsreview.org/best-welsh-poetry-of-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1nVRNshDqtT9nNAs4nZQKO0GR4j6RbQhMJ0JUIVTPYQRXJCXwWsDJEd5s" target="_blank">Best Poetry Collections of 2023</a>' list! </span><p></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Late in the 1960s, before Bell was born, her father and mother visited Aberaeron, a small fishing town on the west coast of Wales. Here, her father heard a voice – which he knew to be God – directing him to minister to the Welsh. Six months after she was born in the early 1970s, they moved to Aberaeron where he took up his first curateship. Over the next eighteen years they would move to various parishes within a forty mile radius: first to Llangeler a predominantly Welsh-speaking parish in the Teifi valley, then back to Aberaeron where Bell’s father became vicar, and then to a larger and more Evangelical church in Aberystwyth.</span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This unique memoir in verse offers a series of snapshots about religion and sexuality. In verse because it’s how Bell remembers: snapshots in words strung along a line, which somehow constitute a life. Snapshots of another time from now, but from a time which tells us about how Bell got here. Not the whole story, but her story. Of an English family on a mission from God, of signs and wonders in the Welsh countryside, of difference, and of faith and its loss.</span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/recommended-poetry/products/hymnal?fbclid=IwAR0UYjL69ExOB1vqqL3WLWdYZtxPKYEWY9EuOE1_AZZo-gGD9s_jRhXEDuM" target="_blank">Buy <i>Hymnal</i> from Parthian</a></span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-32845808624714351132023-12-17T02:28:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:34:52.370-08:00Welsh Books Council 2023 Highlight: Hymnal by Julia Bell<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAVGzdg3OqHWlfKMqvIqm6Kwr3dxKgpezzKt177r-3GNlhI21lF2m6309QPjxUCeuuqjKEtIztcuhqUhpx3Am5olmAA5KjwFAyPe-69g12N_1oWKmp5c2odAjG-lBr1SvK-CrKAspMvnvSCdhc2Wo4X4nSwJPNfsFT8fY7g5dM_WGiByNiv1dGIfwmpI/s2480/Hymnal%20-%20FINAL%20high%20res%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="1748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAVGzdg3OqHWlfKMqvIqm6Kwr3dxKgpezzKt177r-3GNlhI21lF2m6309QPjxUCeuuqjKEtIztcuhqUhpx3Am5olmAA5KjwFAyPe-69g12N_1oWKmp5c2odAjG-lBr1SvK-CrKAspMvnvSCdhc2Wo4X4nSwJPNfsFT8fY7g5dM_WGiByNiv1dGIfwmpI/w226-h320/Hymnal%20-%20FINAL%20high%20res%20copy.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />It was lovely to see <i>Hymnal</i>, Julia Bell's memoir in verse selected as a 2023 Highlight by the Welsh Books Council <a href="https://mailchi.mp/bee4ea4fe5b9/dewch-draw-in-gweld-yn-y-sioe-amaethyddol-15537768?e=19368faf6d&fbclid=IwAR2Q2cANwyJKPs7ud7PmElQT0ZtBzGmTZSr-FF7GW6xp_8x_BdLfeaOu0-8" target="_blank">in their latest newsletter</a>.<p></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Moving, tender writing with a haunting evocation of place and time.' <b>– Hannah Lowe</b></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Bell pulls us deep into her memory, where depth charges lie planted which are then detonated to great effect. We are there, in her moment, and though her eye is unwavering and her wit biting, it is never at the cost of empathy... The claustrophobia is gothic and palpable, but never overplayed – testament to Julia Bell’s finesse as a writer, but also her frankly awesome powers of forgiveness.' <b>– Mike Parker,<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"> Planet Magazine</span></b></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'<span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" data-mce-fragment="1" dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>Hymnal</i> is vivid, intense and freeing. There is so much to release; so much deep emotional confusion is explored. Her poems remind me of Sharon Olds’ The Father and Pascale Petit’s The Zoo Father, woven through with threads of trauma and self-discovery ... This work bursts forth in relentless, rich images. It’s a record of an exhausting, lonely coming of age, <span data-mce-fragment="1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span>hard won. Its overriding power resides in the knowledge that one must understand one’s own needs, escape conformity, and find a way of living which liberates the true self.' <b>– Maggie Mackay, <a href="https://thefridaypoem.com/hymnal-julia-bell/?fbclid=IwAR2b293eQ1dSPtT_nCUFlo4cADfns5A-XOcqjE1oi4vZL6GRgRtgOlkwF9c" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank">The Friday Poem</a></b></span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'These full-throated poems bring to resonant life the story of a daughter whose father’s calling “sits on all our shoulders like a fog”. Bewildered by severities at odds with her body, she wonders at Jonah breathing inside a whale while on land “I do not know which way is up ... The surface is so far down.” Yet the desires of the queer self unfolding in thrilling detail here refuse to be extinguished – the phrasing in</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">Hymnal</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">glistens with the rich clarity of stained glass.' <b>– John McCullough</b></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Autobiographical, alluring, with keen evocations of Welsh setting and clever reworkings of Christian images, Julia Bell’s <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Hymnal</span> is a hymn to “the possibilities of … life unfolding”. Amen to that.' <b>– Mab Jones, <a href="https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/new-poetry-reviews-april-cardiff-writers-circle-75-anniversary-hymnal-julia-bell/?fbclid=IwAR0FDViHo86TDWlaI0ewkPxf1FptHmusUkMxgNCiKx9CS-TsQ2rV_MUaJw8" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank">Buzz </a>Magazine</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'The work is nigh on perfect. As poetry, it is exquisite, just as you’d expect from a writer as accomplished as Bell. She produces verse that is somehow simultaneously dainty <span data-mce-fragment="1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">and </span>meaty, and clearly adores words and what can be done with them... Her outsider-insider takes on Welshness are especially thrilling, but in truth, there is no duff topic here, no slight slip-up anywhere in this consistently brave and brilliant collection.' – <a href="https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-2023-writers-recommendations/?fbclid=IwAR2eR3H7pFh6WN9iY_hS0Ae_WGw0Q4EweNOK_qkqpGJmtd_dSfhou67_nbw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank">Wales Arts Review</a></span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-84659070856433458292023-12-15T01:55:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:12:31.521-08:00WAR Best Welsh Non-Fiction Books of 2023: Letters from Wales<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4aaUWVNjR9tibGqIPltErkOEXz0dYCYogbGk_qHNFLwjj6vKA_9ItUAOUYnfElrT-XPuw5wm490TIlWnKPbQlW5XaMMRZiwuvJbLTrk_Se2rUWnXwg-SWbS6xFPh5yixw4MeguETMoJarS6AH4uf180hVvvwjz3czhUCxPbdGtef2pZyb3sy6UnInXo/s426/Welsh-Visual-Arts-2-426x279.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="426" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4aaUWVNjR9tibGqIPltErkOEXz0dYCYogbGk_qHNFLwjj6vKA_9ItUAOUYnfElrT-XPuw5wm490TIlWnKPbQlW5XaMMRZiwuvJbLTrk_Se2rUWnXwg-SWbS6xFPh5yixw4MeguETMoJarS6AH4uf180hVvvwjz3czhUCxPbdGtef2pZyb3sy6UnInXo/w400-h263/Welsh-Visual-Arts-2-426x279.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />It is lovely to see <a href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/letters-from-wales-memories-and-encounters-in-literature-and-life" target="_blank"><i>Letters from Wales: Memories and Encounters in Literature and Life</i> by Sam Adams</a> on <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/WalesArtsReview?__cft__[0]=AZW5xcs-0oo7S6ofblk26ROvHL_X5ona3CGbVHWQl7iazyY4rOO0COntOzfsmEc_ZNwgxKD4ht7onDkB2SGQn5mxVBgiQvNSncSU5ta0umiSZuAsPS1kxJIEcrJS8jezp3QDl5L-wc7w6b5TEZVKV3Jemv3ilBIrVsjIQ-OknmQOVjRFZTka5CWTyAp8JKPcgFs&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><i>Wales Arts Review</i></span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">’s <a href="https://www.walesartsreview.org/best-welsh-non-fiction-books-of-2023/" target="_blank">Best Welsh Non-Fiction Books of 2023</a> list! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kYetbSRJMF8Pdr6Q4zd7w-cA43Vd4LRxRPgEVofdMOmfK3wmkCtyiU-i1Os8oT6BuqS9geSgK1RMBXMYZ4ps4SK3pBsYqFmeoYk2_yudMDW5iRqG4RpDOP3bzumzFtRKU8_zghG61q-SU7pdAjVcJd1nEXE3PxzoloXwMx6xTlGKJvHvBaE5DjnujnQ/s1000/71SjF88hFtL._SL1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="611" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kYetbSRJMF8Pdr6Q4zd7w-cA43Vd4LRxRPgEVofdMOmfK3wmkCtyiU-i1Os8oT6BuqS9geSgK1RMBXMYZ4ps4SK3pBsYqFmeoYk2_yudMDW5iRqG4RpDOP3bzumzFtRKU8_zghG61q-SU7pdAjVcJd1nEXE3PxzoloXwMx6xTlGKJvHvBaE5DjnujnQ/w392-h640/71SjF88hFtL._SL1000_.jpg" width="392" /></span></a></div><p></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘This is writing in time and over time; the author’s horizons widen as he goes, his impressions change... What is revealed is the generous deep-rootedness of the author’s cultures.’ – <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Michael Schmidt</span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">‘His writing respects writers, respects the past and, because of this quality, it continuously offers readers something surprising and new.’ – <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Jonathan Edwards</span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'with <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Letters from Wales</span> Sam Adams has created what has become one of my favourite books dealing with the histories and cultures of our homeland. Nominally concerned with a country’s literatures, packed with praise and puzzlement, Adams’s ‘Letters' is a vastly wide-ranging collection of personal engagements. Those who know Sam Adams's own poetry will be delighted by the self-revelations that create a delicious seam throughout this work. For example, the editor singles out a depiction of a miner’s lamp. Brilliant, poignant. Originally a series of columns in PN Review, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Letters from Wales</span> can now be enjoyed in one indispensable volume.' – <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Robert Minhinnick</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'This collection of Sam Adams’s pieces, written over the years for <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">PN Review</i>, is a literary journey in the company of writers and writings of Wales, and beyond. Sam Adams was there at the start, when a few believers sparked a renaissance of Welsh writings in English, when <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Poetry Wales</i>, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Anglo-Welsh Review</i>, the Triskel Press were launched, slim volumes were published, and for the first time the <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">TLS</i> reviewed poetry from Wales. I will return to it again and again, to learn, and to remember our story.' – <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Gillian Clarke</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Drawing on decades of experience as a writer at the heart of Welsh literary life, Adams has treated readers of PN Review to short, intimate commentaries on the cultural sector in Wales as it has evolved around him... <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">Letters from Wales</span> stands alone as an invaluable guide to Welsh writing.' <b>– Sam Young, <a href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/recommended-non-fiction/products/letters-from-wales-memories-and-encounters-in-literature-and-life" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank"><i>Wales Arts Review</i></a></b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'In these columns, as impressive for their depth as they are for their intellectual breadth, Adams analyses the work of acclaimed Welsh writers such as Gillian Clarke, R. S. Thomas, and Rhian Edwards with scholarly panache' <b>– Joshua Rees, <i><a href="https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/letters-from-wales-sam-adams-welsh-literature/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank">Buzz</a> Magazine</i></b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'This is a huge book which serves to demonstrate the no less enormous contribution made by Sam Adams to Welsh literary life... Adams is consistently the most amiable and urbane of companions, illuminating and entertaining as he intelligently surveys the world of letters from a Welsh perspective.' <b>– Jon Gower, <a href="https://nation.cymru/culture/review-letters-from-wales-by-sam-adams/?fbclid=IwAR10NyGHuTeJfCUubUWCG4ACvyMxcaH07piuoiew0mGVXGKuDjAVEMs2Pak" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank">Nation.Cymru</a></b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></span></p><p data-mce-fragment="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Adams writes with magisterial clarity as if for the general reader from outside Wales, but it’s sometimes when describing ourselves to others that we learn most. Informative, great for dipping into, and testimony of a lifetime of service to this country.' <b><span data-mce-fragment="1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" data-mce-fragment="1" dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box;">–</span></span> Christopher Meredith, <a href="https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-2023-writers-recommendations/?fbclid=IwAR2eR3H7pFh6WN9iY_hS0Ae_WGw0Q4EweNOK_qkqpGJmtd_dSfhou67_nbw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.1s ease-in 0s;" target="_blank">Wales Arts Review</a></b></span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-27185609825162060452023-12-14T09:24:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:27:37.013-08:00Cover Reveal: Fox Bites by Lloyd Markham<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="May be an image of 2 people and text that says ''A new, original voice.' JOANNE HARRIS 'Aunique voice... in Markham those who feel that they are voiceless or trapped have found distinct champion.' WALES ARTS REVIEW FOX BITES LLOYD MARKHAM Set in Zimbabwe during the early 2000s, dark coming-of-age horror fantasy about pain, loneliness, and stepping back from the abyss.'" src="https://scontent.fbhx1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/411186438_10159482326871536_1314426812838912969_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3635dc&_nc_ohc=hv7cO5kU8D8AX8ZS9BL&_nc_ht=scontent.fbhx1-1.fna&oh=00_AfBVTwWxlof8ApMBq5UCD7aNoWdVhnpFKk8MZI2ZN-eN3g&oe=6589748B" /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">COMING IN APRIL 2024... FOX BITES</span></b></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The new novel from Betty Trask winner <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/lloyd.markham?__cft__[0]=AZXHCboiPBLp1q95cDKBgwg_bT6KNazYAnlr1nHpdUxyBB62gogceK1Zdh-1m_X9_undd1uA9G1uTM7hZSlIDzmNU01FaCnS4GmMyi1srffTuV9jD0gU07PP8bkHpNhAZIaxj9widLWq6kJjWfkl5s0QJQ3Zf_n7kA0cWQbkac26YQ&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Lloyd Markham</span></a></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Surely we can all come back from the edge? Can we?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Set <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>in Zimbabwe during the early 2000s, amidst a backdrop of political turmoil, FOX BITES is a dark coming-of-age horror fantasy about pain, loneliness, and stepping back from the abyss.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Available to pre-order: </span><a href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/pre-order/products/fox-bites">https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/pre-order/products/fox-bites</a></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lloyd Markham was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He spent his childhood in Zimbabwe before moving to and settling in south Wales at the age of thirteen. His first novel 'Bad Ideas\Chemicals' was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year and won a Betty Trask award. He was awarded a bursary from Literature Wales to develop his second novel 'Fox Bites'. He lives in Cardiff where he likes making and listening to strange music.</span></div></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-10808394250762799922023-12-14T02:12:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:24:22.862-08:00Watch – Exposé: The Cardiff Poetry Scene (from 60s to the 90s)<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSsY51Totp4Qgtzq93Er3xxw8953DS8v1B94DXWO1X0woY1oZ5gcY2Jf3JdzxLzl4nkELofwzNQiTCdiktbC7b7ZPweToXeViOX6daKYKl3wdJIzULLuNgNMVV2Q8PrrtmhBxZh3AXRB02vp7OUUqMyLZ_7FRCIUTUgkHM3m4bQPHOE-E07DwktvqlFg/s500/Expose%20Topher%20and%20Bob.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSsY51Totp4Qgtzq93Er3xxw8953DS8v1B94DXWO1X0woY1oZ5gcY2Jf3JdzxLzl4nkELofwzNQiTCdiktbC7b7ZPweToXeViOX6daKYKl3wdJIzULLuNgNMVV2Q8PrrtmhBxZh3AXRB02vp7OUUqMyLZ_7FRCIUTUgkHM3m4bQPHOE-E07DwktvqlFg/w400-h209/Expose%20Topher%20and%20Bob.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Ea1MVTOdzKg?feature=shared" target="_blank">Watch <i>Exposé: The Cardiff Poetry Scene (from 60s to the 90s)</i></a> – a fascinating conversation between Seren Poet Bob Walton and Parthian poet Tôpher Mills about the <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">poetry scene in the Welsh capital from the 1960s to the 90s (Just Another Poet).</span><p></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-30408074660868662772023-12-11T09:53:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:52:41.690-08:00Wild Cherry: 'a collection destined to become a bookcase staple within the world of Welsh poetry.' – gwales.com<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1GpYi6oB5_Ououiftpr3OvgB_CVvq6OhY4rx952ZviyxYAOCy6j37BQ5rKdABKJrIxC5DOPy1Emtzg4rToFtd0dZ2cYrDYhUO9gmK0sHLuakm6XZwdMfnqRTkneCmPCzwRKuG-C_kAWDBHakW6P7v7xoQ6OeFF7qQDczevphg92BOz8yn046NOHbCeU/s1500/Wild-Cherry_fc_hi-res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1GpYi6oB5_Ououiftpr3OvgB_CVvq6OhY4rx952ZviyxYAOCy6j37BQ5rKdABKJrIxC5DOPy1Emtzg4rToFtd0dZ2cYrDYhUO9gmK0sHLuakm6XZwdMfnqRTkneCmPCzwRKuG-C_kAWDBHakW6P7v7xoQ6OeFF7qQDczevphg92BOz8yn046NOHbCeU/s320/Wild-Cherry_fc_hi-res.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />'<i>Wild Cherry</i> is a collection that does justice to a man respected, loved, and revered for his poetry, teaching, and friendship. With McGuinness’s introduction, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">editing and notes, the selection here serves to direct readers to Jenkins’s wider work. It is a collection destined to become a bookcase staple within the world of Welsh poetry.' </span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><b>– Liam Nolan</b> (<a href="https://www.gwales.com/bibliographic/?isbn=9781914595226&tsid=2">A review from</a></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; list-style: none; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;"><a href="https://www.gwales.com/bibliographic/?isbn=9781914595226&tsid=2"> www.gwales.co</a></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a href="https://www.gwales.com/bibliographic/?isbn=9781914595226&tsid=2">m, with the permission of the Books Council of Wales</a>.)</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-58271496111862426772023-12-08T05:38:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:40:42.653-08:00Rose-tinted Skies<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWj3z0-hbrMbCVGqWln8QtAFCItPp4dtcZ93rBHExUhRJ_1pVpzmGmxSsCk2yCGRG9bJP4R0XwhsLlg4Wr4OORzrUaNrUpqwlG96v4fVMYSXiZ7zDLfz_gSzWq5g8pVfZsSj0tx1FYNqn-kkj19bPI26hMbd0GdK04svo9tntq70hfd_CtH804dJRsgY/s2048/purple%20sky.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWj3z0-hbrMbCVGqWln8QtAFCItPp4dtcZ93rBHExUhRJ_1pVpzmGmxSsCk2yCGRG9bJP4R0XwhsLlg4Wr4OORzrUaNrUpqwlG96v4fVMYSXiZ7zDLfz_gSzWq5g8pVfZsSj0tx1FYNqn-kkj19bPI26hMbd0GdK04svo9tntq70hfd_CtH804dJRsgY/w400-h300/purple%20sky.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0h8s4qtjGQTm6W4pFVNbmv91tiEnFkgfZMNLp9B2cZTjgxXAUSnCWSkWYZYQDw9p5B2d2NCInp9LZw_yCEYrNoN1zDBJjWoa0jn7CLYsNRM7Hveeshy55Y1OtUTxqc5OMqv0yAMomCurZoHPF-FtgHuWeiUwkh1bMDFT6Ow6LZYr0yWuAwareED-j-k/s2048/pink%20sky.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0h8s4qtjGQTm6W4pFVNbmv91tiEnFkgfZMNLp9B2cZTjgxXAUSnCWSkWYZYQDw9p5B2d2NCInp9LZw_yCEYrNoN1zDBJjWoa0jn7CLYsNRM7Hveeshy55Y1OtUTxqc5OMqv0yAMomCurZoHPF-FtgHuWeiUwkh1bMDFT6Ow6LZYr0yWuAwareED-j-k/w400-h300/pink%20sky.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Yesterday’s crazy sky turned the lounge pink…</span><p></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-62435429913399755562023-12-08T05:13:00.000-08:002023-12-11T09:23:10.777-08:00The Poetry Society's #BooksOfTheYear: Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim by Ness Owen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC-nREcpmydfwUK43FQELu7Ken0u6Jn-iAKaFnfLiAfH_n2B58AAEQF__HUmWRmKMwg-q9vEDAfCj7A_0FB94-hGaXr0jvznO2rDdbtPs7SAD9Rd2i-Gw_rltj9DaHcN0snGKy66X423CFjx1ezayBYtDrz9ZIQzgZZzm7tZhlqhjbe5rcEFZN7Wodho/s1080/psmjcbs%201.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC-nREcpmydfwUK43FQELu7Ken0u6Jn-iAKaFnfLiAfH_n2B58AAEQF__HUmWRmKMwg-q9vEDAfCj7A_0FB94-hGaXr0jvznO2rDdbtPs7SAD9Rd2i-Gw_rltj9DaHcN0snGKy66X423CFjx1ezayBYtDrz9ZIQzgZZzm7tZhlqhjbe5rcEFZN7Wodho/w400-h400/psmjcbs%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Day eight of The Poetry Society's </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/booksoftheyear?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWi4s0-o44FxCQ2jRkHEE0jzxPRrfviX5_uZwG3v-IxJwbrS3ekKcKbWXCjC_XcTQPEFc_nyZ-eGKb9d7HAGMdg4X9nKX_aFzZH5gz0BK0yV5Blwhz3kTKkv4gdI9IG9CHEju5uX-KVP4R7YGI6NmUJI6EX22uh_Y46z9rDKR0g2z_SUESbBdj7y3Kcw3SBIaJXix3ozA4JYxAMYWUdvx8l&__tn__=*NK*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#BooksOfTheYear</a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> </span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Jane Aldous recommends Ness Owen's <i>Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim</i> (Parthian Books).</span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-53955852684922415722023-12-06T07:32:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:37:07.769-08:00Cover Reveal: This Common Uncommon by Rae Howells<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iXO9giqClGsyoI4xxsZetfvUdNcZE3Fzzp6ygn6n4RdUlELJM_s-gvfIeHhzWa82Yg1EXiOh8bXESQvcJW6RtfIx4P7ZJzntmAhMtgBjEGE44fddFezd8D-aWBMl7CCbBpot35IT4YPak-yHBfQq1YTuLedJSDM8fIQoPXmrgHZ5UOqyStm2R2eVTuc/s1080/TCU%20Rae.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iXO9giqClGsyoI4xxsZetfvUdNcZE3Fzzp6ygn6n4RdUlELJM_s-gvfIeHhzWa82Yg1EXiOh8bXESQvcJW6RtfIx4P7ZJzntmAhMtgBjEGE44fddFezd8D-aWBMl7CCbBpot35IT4YPak-yHBfQq1YTuLedJSDM8fIQoPXmrgHZ5UOqyStm2R2eVTuc/s320/TCU%20Rae.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I’m delighted to be working with Rae Howells again for her new collection of poems <i>This Common Uncommon</i>, out with Parthan<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> in May 2024, and <a href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/pre-order/products/this-common-uncommon?fbclid=IwAR17VgDoc4u18tE_E2N9dae2Ti-5ZJGs8pet9T8D_Q9rZvJPfKEpLK6xk6M">available to pre-order now</a>. </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">I’ve been thinking about my former MA tutor Nigel Jenkins’ ‘Advice to a Young Poet’ (<i>Wild Cherry: Selected Poems</i>) again this week… </span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">‘poems, au contraire – and not least in Cymru – / have made many things happen.’ </div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">We hope so! Let’s see…</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-59721940099460907482023-12-01T02:14:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:20:06.236-08:00Welsh Book of the Month: Wild Cherry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFpitbXUQNzCCuTcEK7iD2VhcUeIxuWIBC4siGGHsaL8gHApsd0vG13D__9QIoTAgpHTs9pY0oz2NZbFvuV2WYNSRJcK0DyxMYhLtAS7Ia53Ao6I_4X3WQmabq-0n1bKM7PRBbAIZJbMoYs_2HPHpElnpUhIb836b4UpJKW7iftwXuHfJfbdBXkZMRbw/s600/BOTM%20wILD%20chERRY.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="600" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFpitbXUQNzCCuTcEK7iD2VhcUeIxuWIBC4siGGHsaL8gHApsd0vG13D__9QIoTAgpHTs9pY0oz2NZbFvuV2WYNSRJcK0DyxMYhLtAS7Ia53Ao6I_4X3WQmabq-0n1bKM7PRBbAIZJbMoYs_2HPHpElnpUhIb836b4UpJKW7iftwXuHfJfbdBXkZMRbw/w640-h536/BOTM%20wILD%20chERRY.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌸" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf0/1/16/1f338.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍒" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t28/1/16/1f352.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> Hello December! We’re really pleased that <i>Wild Cherry</i>, the Selected Poems by Nigel Jenkins, edited with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness, is a Welsh Book of the Month! Available now from </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/parthianbooks?__cft__[0]=AZVxm04hEwRYuTz-IKkGSpDUQZ-qg1sckBLPDTpe8YkXc9r2P7KKosgV6WRNQ94IOG_BQxczKCx1XVg9aS7IF0AoU5IwCz6Xf9FfRJ4W_tsINie1qoL6-Qe8Kv3Wcwe_ZfaeoRLuHJEkaTBSLqCGmRKj96kxox5wwzG5FnmNVxWVverCOCRWVGA38fTR4q0ktxQis7aDjiIZv5IyI07A-8d3&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;"><span>Parthian Books</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> and your favourite bookshops! </span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍒" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t28/1/16/1f352.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> </span></span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="🌸" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf0/1/16/1f338.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></div><br /><p><br /></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-62735673736976666932023-11-30T05:24:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:52:09.190-08:00Book Launch: The Return<p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzw6FUI0u3zMBZIiXc7zGhUxPHp3-GFQkglX9kqHHyfYM1ZsWp0G7jC5uv8j_ecK-dw8eQDpD669ML3EhLhuT35X5ZkVbMrVPbyoPe9c0hnWyVrN6zD66MTIvY5rwq4xKrKJzP6mfeQ5TuT2x0S4qY5RB5-pTXZYPwgltXUvuCn1Aju-8ZjyB02o-qUo/s720/the%20Return%20launch%20poster.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzw6FUI0u3zMBZIiXc7zGhUxPHp3-GFQkglX9kqHHyfYM1ZsWp0G7jC5uv8j_ecK-dw8eQDpD669ML3EhLhuT35X5ZkVbMrVPbyoPe9c0hnWyVrN6zD66MTIvY5rwq4xKrKJzP6mfeQ5TuT2x0S4qY5RB5-pTXZYPwgltXUvuCn1Aju-8ZjyB02o-qUo/s320/the%20Return%20launch%20poster.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div><br />This Saturday, join us for the launch of <i>The Return: Selected Poems </i>by Myfanwy Haycock, selected by broadcaster Jenni Crane</div><p></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-74232116455481060782023-11-30T02:29:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:32:17.985-08:00Buzz Review: Wild Cherry<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQA2eWO5FUMAeaEfIOZ-GN77ph2L6JcFph5oQXWaxaHQmmrzTBnfaAwSY8eX8Ye2pkR1VHozqx8OpC-GKErrlL9MUOreXAAMvOQx-5zAqnMXZcFFnhvjbotJ1FuLaVkmzvVaKlQae3-G7U-CflopugDf4xd8UBCGr9qJxYja-IFwEH5UpP8AH7WDipg6Y/s500/Nov%20Buzz.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQA2eWO5FUMAeaEfIOZ-GN77ph2L6JcFph5oQXWaxaHQmmrzTBnfaAwSY8eX8Ye2pkR1VHozqx8OpC-GKErrlL9MUOreXAAMvOQx-5zAqnMXZcFFnhvjbotJ1FuLaVkmzvVaKlQae3-G7U-CflopugDf4xd8UBCGr9qJxYja-IFwEH5UpP8AH7WDipg6Y/s320/Nov%20Buzz.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>A lovely, personal angle on this review of <i>Wild Cherry</i> from Mab Jones, here for <i>Buzz</i>... <p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">'A poet who I feel more affinity with than most; who writes about Wales but also about the cosmos (as I do); who’s as clear, pure, lucid, light, and accessible as I wish to be; who’s as true, bright, honest, right-seeing, and unafraid as I, also, aim for in my own work [...] Perhaps it’s because of the hills and the sky, the sea on our three sides and our cultural inheritance, but I find </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">the landscape of Jenkins’ work here hugely appealing, highly inspiring, a mirror for me and the poet I am and would like to grow to be. [...] Honest, lively, so finely written, and entirely enjoyable and uplifting for any reader...' </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a href="https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/mab-jones-poetry-column-november-2023-nigel-jenkins-abigail-parry/">https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/mab-jones-poetry-column-november-2023-nigel-jenkins-abigail-parry/</a></span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-85029173568184131402023-11-30T02:07:00.000-08:002023-12-21T02:41:27.348-08:00Book Launch: Wild Cherry<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfVXax7DGJXP4n83GiRBO_v44pIkEWYhXfaFbioPAf7r4GQGN67dvZdSui6L2ymizWRnCVlBeWgdQoIjFpGri80ULQBTQFDLBd3srzuykfDT6TDSoZIoQGiTKm1aO2Zdxxx6Ndj034FY-_tmidfotHHd8TU-WU9mDTvOX2t3rTQGE9xxmNP05LwuT8dc/s1500/Wild-Cherry_fc_hi-res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1004" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfVXax7DGJXP4n83GiRBO_v44pIkEWYhXfaFbioPAf7r4GQGN67dvZdSui6L2ymizWRnCVlBeWgdQoIjFpGri80ULQBTQFDLBd3srzuykfDT6TDSoZIoQGiTKm1aO2Zdxxx6Ndj034FY-_tmidfotHHd8TU-WU9mDTvOX2t3rTQGE9xxmNP05LwuT8dc/s320/Wild-Cherry_fc_hi-res.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />I'm looking forward to the launch of Wild Cherry: Selected Poems by Nigel Jenkins on Thursday 2 November, edited with an introduction by Patrick McGuinness and the wonderful cover features artwork by Iwan Bala. 6-7.30pm Mumbles Tabernacle Church, Newton Road Mumbles SA3 4AR ... please book a free ticket if you'd like to come...<p></p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-wild-cherry-a-celebration-of-nigel-jenkins-poetry-and-legacy-tickets-712924214517">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-wild-cherry-a-celebration-of-nigel-jenkins-poetry-and-legacy-tickets-712924214517</a></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-14054478793503676072023-11-29T09:30:00.000-08:002023-12-11T09:47:49.179-08:00Reflecting on the Poetry Wales Winter Holiday Reading 28th November: Economic Stress<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDZccMpxTJkHvRmHVhLHO8lCuy2_vPiXFD7ZLBK6cvBnLNvBmDiqYl-QeE-YNQFd-moWya9Mke6jBGzdNZGv_YIDadyOj59STFGz36hHQIzjQz3S7PAYi-Xui9gEt_XkDa_Uqwuz79x5YT5NoBdV4_0lH4fHFwwUXtplnrjO44mh-E-w-Q5FEQq8AQaU/s225/images.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDZccMpxTJkHvRmHVhLHO8lCuy2_vPiXFD7ZLBK6cvBnLNvBmDiqYl-QeE-YNQFd-moWya9Mke6jBGzdNZGv_YIDadyOj59STFGz36hHQIzjQz3S7PAYi-Xui9gEt_XkDa_Uqwuz79x5YT5NoBdV4_0lH4fHFwwUXtplnrjO44mh-E-w-Q5FEQq8AQaU/s1600/images.png" width="225" /></a></div><br />There's a lovely write up on the <i>Poetry Wales </i>Winter Readings by editor Zoë Brigley here.<p></p><p><a href="https://zoebrigley.com/2023/11/28/reflecting-on-the-poetry-wales-winter-holiday-reading-28th-november-economic-stress/">https://zoebrigley.com/2023/11/28/reflecting-on-the-poetry-wales-winter-holiday-reading-28th-november-economic-stress/</a></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-82053390142204559432023-11-29T07:27:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:51:34.560-08:00Poetry Wales: Wild & Wildsmith <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMyTGjOaQbXqkyEwUT5xrY-6-DtEcpLUAb-YbpcgFfHlbTLFGMdAnd_eLouWxAp-Z_XFCS8ArVGpNkAZe21xgYvSe456cI0H2_kjVFe43ieR2hnvFKm0bSWr-x6kqjSo84usTd2iXIsEBWXMMm9o3S63X_3lAAg8YSyP1JwI-VpLOm4msrogZ9FDMbrc/s2048/Laird%20Smith.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMyTGjOaQbXqkyEwUT5xrY-6-DtEcpLUAb-YbpcgFfHlbTLFGMdAnd_eLouWxAp-Z_XFCS8ArVGpNkAZe21xgYvSe456cI0H2_kjVFe43ieR2hnvFKm0bSWr-x6kqjSo84usTd2iXIsEBWXMMm9o3S63X_3lAAg8YSyP1JwI-VpLOm4msrogZ9FDMbrc/w400-h275/Laird%20Smith.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Laird & Smith </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Wild & Wildsmith </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">The new issue of </span><i style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Poetry Wales</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> has arrived and I am amused.</span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-70077038719586108572023-11-26T03:24:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:28:44.072-08:00Nation.Cymru: Nigel Jenkins introduced<div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5vrnd8JI-CiTHPgN-BnYRg4LGTxVPesy3K1h-Uo1UbsI6wFuKinM3pd7xLA-gfe5gs6_V2hXoDEAXj4_pHQZ9fCD0CA6MXDVBwL6aYmudNox7e9R9YuRm2uyvaRKuYId8Z_p_P_xT5gl6LAXVP6vEO_Hb7PGOs9Hn2_PVJqAgMKHMRm-riyLKr4hUUw/s1600/NJ%20Side%20Profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5vrnd8JI-CiTHPgN-BnYRg4LGTxVPesy3K1h-Uo1UbsI6wFuKinM3pd7xLA-gfe5gs6_V2hXoDEAXj4_pHQZ9fCD0CA6MXDVBwL6aYmudNox7e9R9YuRm2uyvaRKuYId8Z_p_P_xT5gl6LAXVP6vEO_Hb7PGOs9Hn2_PVJqAgMKHMRm-riyLKr4hUUw/s320/NJ%20Side%20Profile.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Diolch to Nation.Cymru for publishing Patrick McGuinness's introduction to WILD CHERRY, the selected poems of Nigel Jenkins.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://nation.cymru/culture/nigel-jenkins-introduced/">https://nation.cymru/culture/nigel-jenkins-introduced/</a></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">'Jenkins had a clear understanding <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>of what it meant to be a Welsh poet writing in English in the 20th and 21st centuries. That understanding was informed and energised by its attentiveness to Welsh-language culture, and from its sense that the English-language tradition of Wales could learn from the centrality of poetry in Welsh-speaking society ... A sense of history underpins Nigel Jenkins’s writing, but it is the present that propels it. In that sense, his poetry and prose are part of a single, albeit various, oeuvre. They are the work of a writer who believed that poetry has a duty to engage with the world as it is, while holding out the imaginative possibilities of what it can be.'</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/recommended-poetry/products/wild-cherry-selected-poems">WILD CHERRY is available to buy now. </a></div></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-14779108013761942932023-11-25T04:36:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:50:47.917-08:00Western Mail Author's Notes: Nigel Jenkins<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bWXgUA7uzn0n4Yg_XSAHayp2FfrAS1JK0DoMN-Rpj0PzH32hS30eoUkZ6quJxERhVKr4Yycq4ki8cZJyGobt2dIqWdqn6pUQwxBhLF1ZBE8szk4j-78jeI1rjhA99RKqkBrN4YcBqCcqk49yArYppI_pnF-nnN9Pkzj2RAAcQgAsM_4-Wnta98ioLFw/s2048/NJWC%20in%20WM%20Nov%2023.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2048" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bWXgUA7uzn0n4Yg_XSAHayp2FfrAS1JK0DoMN-Rpj0PzH32hS30eoUkZ6quJxERhVKr4Yycq4ki8cZJyGobt2dIqWdqn6pUQwxBhLF1ZBE8szk4j-78jeI1rjhA99RKqkBrN4YcBqCcqk49yArYppI_pnF-nnN9Pkzj2RAAcQgAsM_4-Wnta98ioLFw/s320/NJWC%20in%20WM%20Nov%2023.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">A lovely spread in the<i> Western Mail</i> today on <i>Wild Cherry: Selected Poems</i> by Nigel Jenkins. </span><p></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">'<i>Wild Cherry: Selected Poems </i>[reveals] a writer of massive scope – a poet equally adept at lyric poems, poems of love and desire, poems for public spaces and occasions – and, crucially, a powerful wielder of words against some of the most pressing issues affecting Wales and the wider world in Jenkins' lifetime (and now), such as environmental damage, militarism, capitalism, </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">imperialism – Jenkins took it all on with rage and humour ... [The book] is richly nourishing, entertaining, lyrical and wise – doing merit to a multifaceted talent whose influence already reaches far and who will continue, posthumously, to be an ambassador for Wales.'</span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-12424144825800950322023-11-25T04:12:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:19:05.044-08:00Online Reading: Poetry Wales Winter Holiday Party<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> and <i>Letters from Wales</i> by Sam Adams featured on <a href="https://www.walesartsreview.org/books-2023-writers-recommendations/">Wales Arts Review's 2023 Writers' Recommendations</a></span><p></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Both available from </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/parthianbooks?__cft__[0]=AZWr9ytpJNOg1t_dV8EB3Kl-HhPUU4yUQuJtFNvP9WmSAAdaxf6MWN1ryYsynm88rrxNVVwkHjYLcKuFzeicBukyK-SB65jrYoTjFxATWLDZrTt01pKQtP8tflOke3Z67ZkesGPntLc4KVa_RrxpRsWipydiII2ifbipx3P96LMlw3unfBgM5Gn2fguo_s7uKmV4QG60O5ZavaagCowfIoAB&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Parthian Books</span></span></a></span></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-30094944297313343342023-11-21T11:10:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:23:47.299-08:00Bring on the Blue plaque<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxN8OxkttXcbGdCF_enaSmWeCWrxbxXAc0ZDgM0kJArfJeJSXXsOLMIi8qCdO5-c78iJWLcvNsDU7ANrwwvX_PyU-x7I7uMxsC0Py7AMVqj_PpEhC4uQizhHf3IRw4hbVqFhOjo-t6p5BebKrBUbA3Gaa0arYp4yMLLreZTPJ0LCu1NAs3hQtgBQs4swQ/s787/flags.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="787" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxN8OxkttXcbGdCF_enaSmWeCWrxbxXAc0ZDgM0kJArfJeJSXXsOLMIi8qCdO5-c78iJWLcvNsDU7ANrwwvX_PyU-x7I7uMxsC0Py7AMVqj_PpEhC4uQizhHf3IRw4hbVqFhOjo-t6p5BebKrBUbA3Gaa0arYp4yMLLreZTPJ0LCu1NAs3hQtgBQs4swQ/w640-h440/flags.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">The week we become a two published authors household. Bring on the Blue plaque.</span><p></p><div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">[Super proud wife, buy <i>Flags & Bones</i> from Cambria, from us or from your favourite bookshop!]</span></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-9567158532816902512023-11-15T14:08:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:10:14.689-08:00Feeling Alive<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlZlqASPEoU0_OqoJ5xkqBEgc6mVxndv33iCNh7O3968JKgCFpnSKXfv071q87YAXSuQV0XiVhkRbw30KDsZxIYbh0n7-r6HQYabZ9SqoHDX_T0shYWDtCQurRYph5Us5F-_bM5OIv1QngoaKFLuzDap_ceEa6kOXaZ5iNwIPontLvceikoClgM_nDwo/s720/TM%20Penarth.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlZlqASPEoU0_OqoJ5xkqBEgc6mVxndv33iCNh7O3968JKgCFpnSKXfv071q87YAXSuQV0XiVhkRbw30KDsZxIYbh0n7-r6HQYabZ9SqoHDX_T0shYWDtCQurRYph5Us5F-_bM5OIv1QngoaKFLuzDap_ceEa6kOXaZ5iNwIPontLvceikoClgM_nDwo/s320/TM%20Penarth.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thomas Morris and Tessa Hadley talking short stories in Penarth tonight. ‘It may not be a way to make a living, but it’s a way for me to feel alive.’ — Tom<p></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-4985081100090343842023-11-15T04:53:00.000-08:002023-12-11T10:56:23.842-08:00In Translation: Hymnal by Julia Bell<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLtD5s4w1hVqxMroPbMGEJYx12jGKYerEQPu-6RKaMwUc4SoLEKYOFqwu7NC_Yvhgz_q2upaoaXNNnTlInve8BHKIV8xPTxtuDLjZwKNzoOEV1VXwvZt2maTpxbVNa0_vgoww30-JBXvI3pqLH_H05aTxMXp1BRsuktT7vgS1kKLnNxwisJLK8PZNlnQ/s810/Hymnal%20Italian.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="810" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLtD5s4w1hVqxMroPbMGEJYx12jGKYerEQPu-6RKaMwUc4SoLEKYOFqwu7NC_Yvhgz_q2upaoaXNNnTlInve8BHKIV8xPTxtuDLjZwKNzoOEV1VXwvZt2maTpxbVNa0_vgoww30-JBXvI3pqLH_H05aTxMXp1BRsuktT7vgS1kKLnNxwisJLK8PZNlnQ/s320/Hymnal%20Italian.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Julia Bell's memoir in verse <i>Hymnal</i> is <a href="https://edizionikolibris.net/2023/11/15/julia-bell-innario-2/">now out in bilingual Italian/English with Edizioni Kolibris</a><p></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-63955311990052540802023-11-13T06:03:00.000-08:002023-12-11T11:07:38.563-08:00Wales Arts Review: On Sam Adams collected 'Letters from Wales'<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr2xH-hNg3tI9T5hXgF_rFHDG1rgktBuZ22OD1sC9uSFos5AUO8O8slWTVALpbegIrK5IjVF23crq0AXE4yfPNiVeMrMMD7rWuZiGYuJwmVyzPvxeIPQQWLJNJpjeWE7tI6KyiAQ8OZ5vwWjacvEorQ1n7WD6bKDC3xqPZk25z3T0It499J8r1LDVbps/s1000/71SjF88hFtL._SL1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="611" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJr2xH-hNg3tI9T5hXgF_rFHDG1rgktBuZ22OD1sC9uSFos5AUO8O8slWTVALpbegIrK5IjVF23crq0AXE4yfPNiVeMrMMD7rWuZiGYuJwmVyzPvxeIPQQWLJNJpjeWE7tI6KyiAQ8OZ5vwWjacvEorQ1n7WD6bKDC3xqPZk25z3T0It499J8r1LDVbps/s320/71SjF88hFtL._SL1000_.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br />'an invaluable guide to Welsh writing' – Sam Young delves into all things culture and literature as he explores <i>Letters from Wales: Memories and Encounters in Literature and Life</i>, a weighty collection which draws together the cultural and political commentaries of poet and editor, Sam Adams.<p></p><p><a href="https://walesartsreview.substack.com/p/on-sam-adams-collected-letters-from">https://walesartsreview.substack.com/p/on-sam-adams-collected-letters-from</a></p>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-71338179302261429232023-11-06T05:14:00.000-08:002023-12-11T15:23:23.470-08:00Planet Review: Hymnal and Moon Jellyfish Can Barely Swim<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCTcweLmWi337QZvea2ts4nPALRtGVuSxPD6mmq7YFEeoSpXHx1cidX7OS-Ssvrm6n3ZweiazP1XymqHzlKAIuGazY8hdhmFDyqoqK8jVDHAl5HpDMuUvzoUBpp0r_nDkw2eCl0MGou5qfkFOPHKayEsEkSx-KYVMP3bmwkOdeyYqwahAngxsWplCbAs/s2048/MJ.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCTcweLmWi337QZvea2ts4nPALRtGVuSxPD6mmq7YFEeoSpXHx1cidX7OS-Ssvrm6n3ZweiazP1XymqHzlKAIuGazY8hdhmFDyqoqK8jVDHAl5HpDMuUvzoUBpp0r_nDkw2eCl0MGou5qfkFOPHKayEsEkSx-KYVMP3bmwkOdeyYqwahAngxsWplCbAs/s320/MJ.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Thanks Mike Parker and </span><span style="color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Planet</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> for the lovely review of two of our poetry titles: <i>Hymnal</i> by Julia Bell, and <i>Moon Jellyfish Can </i></span><span style="color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><i><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a></i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><i>Barely Swim</i> by Ness Owen!</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Here are a couple of snippets:</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Part of a poet’s job description is to be the canary down the mine. This vital function is exquisitely rendered in two new collections from Parthian... Owen gives us lyrical wave after wave breaking on the shore of our consciousness, a sensation so strong you can almost smell the seaweed.'</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSIAKjor8F8vd03sCx1qd1_ANpERJ11a-TTyI8bn65mZAgevt2kvVBik6th1_wdb-FqD3HxfgoiLAaR4sRrBSg4xUHGYGGk5oWfkgd58XTeAADXnp3Jb9IVmXpAFDW6BFO-XMgL3XL37PYBeYGboBdfyo6q-sc9J4GMUrK58VJyHitFRD56s5W_EqFEQ/s2048/H.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSIAKjor8F8vd03sCx1qd1_ANpERJ11a-TTyI8bn65mZAgevt2kvVBik6th1_wdb-FqD3HxfgoiLAaR4sRrBSg4xUHGYGGk5oWfkgd58XTeAADXnp3Jb9IVmXpAFDW6BFO-XMgL3XL37PYBeYGboBdfyo6q-sc9J4GMUrK58VJyHitFRD56s5W_EqFEQ/s320/H.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Julia Bell pulls us deep into her memory, where depth charges lie planted which are then detonated to great effect. We are there, in her moment, and though her eye is unwavering and her wit biting, it is never at the cost of empathy.'</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/recommended-poetry?fbclid=IwAR0rHx-s4kgRFoINZrkeVDmByUBbFh3TniWtpuqwsynEjmVMXzd7FpAHRpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.parthianbooks.com/collections/recommended-poetry</a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to read the full reviews plus loads of other great content then head over to Planet's website and take out a subscription! </span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><a href="https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/">https://www.planetmagazine.org.uk/</a></span></span></div></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8763424395785788947.post-48735644601618676052023-11-05T02:23:00.000-08:002023-12-11T15:26:15.370-08:00Nation.Cymru Review: Wild Cherry<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_nMqw1s2XTZdQAVFw3M7ePJfAzgv6uzjZo3cCUiDpqdfRYXmHJDE4duuFnG3iNC4FVVo89WTq9YlsPR8MGnlAigVGfaoFY5j1m2HWMymIdVXAgToplqYEk53U1mcbaQpRjyTndjZB6OP5hRKLbdkYCgs_v1IUiZ-Axdoq4gAhWQA6iN5vitpvH-rAcU/s960/Nigel%20Flower%20Hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_nMqw1s2XTZdQAVFw3M7ePJfAzgv6uzjZo3cCUiDpqdfRYXmHJDE4duuFnG3iNC4FVVo89WTq9YlsPR8MGnlAigVGfaoFY5j1m2HWMymIdVXAgToplqYEk53U1mcbaQpRjyTndjZB6OP5hRKLbdkYCgs_v1IUiZ-Axdoq4gAhWQA6iN5vitpvH-rAcU/s320/Nigel%20Flower%20Hat.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />'Nigel Jenkins has a staggering presence in the literature of Wales. His poetry is both political and beautiful, deeply human, wonderfully cosmological ... often scathingly humorous. Swansea’s most amiable bard and, undoubtedly, its most popular poet since Dylan Thomas.' </span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/topher.mills.5?__cft__[0]=AZXVLXQwCIY-wsoHQR_q17JYyeA8Lni0uF8aAlKbYTF0YBlxk1c19aHJNqNxqAZZq4Bfu7fjdc0PYWgRGtVI3sfM279ntlQJJjfxQCohhMOBViUT5zTZJ7hnt4q2P_vSknoPDrnhLoAZzqTOw0T0zIKv1LJ2AIBT9JVS4OJ3xRFSdCdygtReq0GDuDOaWkuK_QI&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Topher Mills</span></a> for this wonderful review of <i>Wild Cherry</i>. </span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://nation.cymru/culture/review-wild-cherry-selected-poems-by-nigel-jenkins/">https://nation.cymru/culture/review-wild-cherry-selected-poems-by-nigel-jenkins/</a></div></div>Susie Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11443620453663793977noreply@blogger.com0