#dewithon 2022

Winding Up the Week #216

An end of week recap “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” – Elie Wiesel This is a weekly 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, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of…

Winding Up the Week #215

An end of week recap “What millions died – that Caesar might be great!” – Thomas Campbell This is a weekly 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, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of various book-related happenings. CHATTERBOOKS >> If you are planning a…

DEWITHON 22: Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams

A brief introduction and a few shared thoughts on my book choice for Reading Wales 2022 “…the African thing hung about me like a Welsh Not, a heavy encumbrance on my soul; a Not-identity; an awkward reminder of what I was or what I wasn’t.” Published by Planet Books in 2002, Charlotte Williams’s Wales Book of the Year-winning autobiographical ‘novel’ has long been lauded by readers and critics…

Winding Up the Week #214

An end of week recap “Words are the clothes thoughts wear.” – Samuel Beckett This is a weekly 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, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of various book-related happenings. CHATTERBOOKS >> If you are planning a reading event,…

DEWITHON ‘22: Llyfrbabble (Bookbabble) #2

A series of short posts highlighting recent cultural and bookish chatter from Wales This is the second post of D22 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. ****************************  Choosing the Next National Poet of Wales  Literature Wales, the national company responsible for the…

Winding Up the Week #213

An end of week recap “My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.” – Dylan Thomas This is a weekly 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, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of various book-related…

Winding Up the Week #211

An end of week recap “We are in the hands of men whose power and wealth have separated them from the reality of daily life and from the imagination. We are right to be afraid.” – Grace Paley This is my final weekly summary before the start of Reading Wales 2022, which kicks-off on 1st March and runs throughout the month. Please head over to Are You Looking Forward to Reading Wales 2022? for…

Winding Up the Week #208

An end of week recap “The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.” – William C. Bryant This is a weekly 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, see what’s on the nightstand and keep readers abreast of various book-related…