#dewithon

When I was gathering together piles of options for March’s reading events, I found I had surprisingly little trouble pulling Irish Lit options off the TBR. However, Wales initially seemed more difficult, despite the fact I have a good number of books from and about that country lurking in the stacks. However, I was nudged towards a particular title by a documentary I watched on BBC Wales; the…

Choosing a book for the Reading Wales/Dewithon event is always such fun! This year it’s being run by Booker Talk, and it’s an event I’m keen to join; so I had a bit of a rummage on the Welsh shelves, but nothing grabbed me from there. I have a lot of Welsh poetry, as well as short stories and non-fiction, but none of them particularly spoke to me at the moment. Then I recalled that I had a couple…

In contrast to the insanely long month which is January, February always seems to fly past… I think this is possibly exacerbated by half term, because once I go back to work after the break, the month is nearly at an end! However, this year’s half term was blighted by both myself and Mr. Kaggsy being laid low by a hideous virus and frankly I think we’re still recovering from it! The pile of books…

An end of week recap “Lovely the woods, waters, meadows, combes, vales, All the air things wear that build this world of Wales…” – Gerard Manley Hopkins A very Happy Saint David’s Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus) to all my Welsh or Wales-based followers, plus absolutely anyone who would like to join us in celebrating this culturally significant festival. Are you wearing a daffodil in your lapel today?…

An end of week recap “If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.” – Jasper Fforde (born 11th January 1961) This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming publications, see…

A few thoughts on the future of Dewithon I came up with the idea of Dewithon (aka Reading Wales) in 2018 because I wanted to introduce as many non-Welsh-speaking readers as possible to the literature of my country. Books translated from Welsh have always been included in this annual event (1st to 31st March), but just as frequently, those written in English by authors and poets living and working…

An end of week recap “Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict — alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.” – Dorothy Thompson This is a post in which I summarise books read, reviewed and currently on my TBR shelf. In addition to a variety of literary titbits, I look ahead to forthcoming features,…

A series of short posts highlighting recent cultural and bookish chatter from Wales This is the second post of D24 in which we look at literary and other cultural goings-on (Welsh speakers may prefer sgwrsio llenyddol Cymraeg) from the land of poetry and song. ****************************   Are You a Cwlture Vwlture?   For those of you with an ear for a tune and a liking for underground…