New Welsh Review 67, Spring 2005

Editorial:

Out of the Flux (Francesca Rhydderch)

Dai Smith’s review of Stephen Knight’s A Hundred Years of Fiction (published in New Welsh Review 66) has provoked an important critical and cultural debate which will resonate with those of us – readers, writers and critics alike – concerned with defining Welsh writing in English in an increasingly diverse post-devolution society.
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Features

• Postcolonial Change by Jane Aaron
  Jane Aaron refutes previous criticism of Stephen Knight’s A Hundred Years of Fiction, arguing that the book offers a persuasive postcolonial interpretation of Welsh twentieth- century fiction.
  
  
• ‘The material for my painting’ by Ceri Thomas
  Ceri Thomas considers the literary influences on the art of Ernest Zobole - a painter of the south Wales Valleys, Zobole’s originality lies in his complex synthesis of other literary worlds.
  
  
• Here and Now by Andrew McNeillie on the art of Kyffin Williams.
  Andrew McNeillie discusses the expression of the concept of cynefin – belonging – through the language and visual representation of Williams’ work.
  
  
• Wales and the Next Generation by Kathryn Gray
  Kathryn Gray, whose first poetry collection was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, reflects on the ever-increasing profile of Welsh poetry in English.
  
  
• Mind Melding by Ian Davidson and Zoë Skoulding
  Two poets offer reflections on their collaborative writing process.
  
  

Fiction

• We Wear Watches by Zillah Bethell
  
• We Move About Rooftops by Richard Gwyn
  An extract from his novel, The Colour of a Dog Running Away, published by Parthian in April 2005.
• Cecil & Noreen by Patrick Cocoran
  An extract from his novel, Cecil & Noreen, published by Seren in April 2005.

Poems

Poems by :
Zoë Brigley
William Greenaway
Paul Groves
Marcus Lloyd
Andrew McNeillie
Christopher Meredith
Robin Metz
Paul Muldoon
Mercer Simpson
Stephen Wilson

Reviews

The majority of books reviewed in New Welsh Review can be bought online from gwales.com, the Welsh Books Council's online bookshop, by simply clicking on the 'buy now' icon. For any that are unavailable, please contact the publishers or ask in your local bookshop. All details were correct at the time of publication.

• New & Selected Poems by Ruth Bidgood
  Published by Seren
  ISBN 1854113771  pb £6.99
  Reviewed by Matthew Jarvis
  
  
• Making the Beds for the Dead by Gillian Clarke
  Published by Carcanet
  ISBN 1857547373  pb £6.9550
  Reviewed by Richard Poole
  
  
• Mirror Mirror by Ed. Patricia Dunker and Janet Thomas
  Published by Honno
  ISBN 1870206576  pb, 144 £7.99
  Reviewed by Catherine Merriman
  
  
• White and other poems by Peter Oram
  Published by Starborn Books
  ISBN 1899530061  pb £5.00
  Reviewed by Ian Gregson
  
  
• The Rub by Peter Oram
  Published by Starborn
  ISBN 189953007X  PB £5.99
  Reviewed by Ian Gregson
  
  
• A Night on the Lash by Graham Mort
  Published by Seren
  ISBN 1854113755  PB £7.99
  Reviewed by Ian Gregson
  
  
• An Art-accustomed Eye: John Gibbs and art appreciation in Wales 1945 – 1996 by Peter Wakelin
  Published by National Museums and Galleries of Wales
  ISBN 0720005558  PB £9.95
  Reviewed by Tony Curtis
  
  
• The Wye Plays by David Ian Rabey
  Published by Intellect Books
  ISBN 1841501158  pb £14.99
  Reviewed by Alyce von Rothkirch
  
  
• More lives than one: Selected work by Mark Jenkins
  Published by Parthian
  ISBN 1902638417  pb £7.99
  Reviewed by Alyce von Rothkirch
  
  
• Mr Vogel by Lloyd Jones
  Published by Seren
  ISBN 1854113348  pb £7.99
  Reviewed by Andrew Hussey
  
  
• Real Cardiff Two: The Greater City by Peter Finch
  Published by Seren
  ISBN 1854113844  pb £9.99
  Reviewed by Andrew Hussey
  
  
• Hidden Dragons: New Writing by Disabled People in Wales by Allan Sutherland & Elin ap Hywel (Eds)
  Published by Parthian
  ISBN 1902638395  pb £9.99
  Reviewed by Kaite O’Reilly
  
  
• Gwen John and Augustus John by David Fraser Jenkins and Chris Stephens (Eds)
  Published by Tate Publishing
  ISBN 1854375431  pb £29.99
  Reviewed by Ceri Thomas
  
  

Letters

• A Hundred Years of Fiction - Patrick McGuinness
• R.S. Thomas - Tony Brown, Jason Walford Davies
• Mervyn Levy - Peter Lord
• The Arts Council of Wales and the Assembly - Lewis Davies