Editorials

Letter to Mr Powell

Full editorial for the May 2018 edition of the New Welsh Reader, 117

The Long & Short of It

David Lloyd and Gwen Davies introduce the new issue of New Welsh Reader, which focuses on the novella and includes entries from this year's New Welsh Writing Awards.

CREATIVE
ANGELA GRAHAM

The Road

‘The Road’ opens Angela Graham’s short-fiction collection, A City Burning, which she completed in 2017 with the aid of a Writer’s Bursary from Literature Wales (supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Wales).

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Ed Garland announced as winner of the New Welsh Writing Awards 2018

At a ceremony in Hay earlier this month, copywriter and former court usher Ed Garland was announced as winner of the New Welsh Writing Awards 2018
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27/06/2018

Käthe Kollwitz: Portrait of the Artist

Harsher, more real, more felt, more understood than her contemporaries, Ellen Bell rediscovers the work of this artist, enjoying for the first time her understated display and allegory, and is rendered speechless by her exquisite draughtsmanship

20/06/2018

The Moon-Eyed People and the White Ravens

Reginald Francis writes about the unexpected connections between Welsh and Native American cultures that were revealed by Peter Stevenson during an evening of music and storytelling

05/06/2018

Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds

Eleanor Howe is charmed by this ripping yarn for children by Horatio Clare, at turns outrageous, hilarious, thoughtful and wise

New Summer Multimedia

Jennifer Wong enjoys this essay collection about resisting misogyny and building solidarity online more...