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• Star Kings and Wizards by Sally Roberts Jones
Sally Roberts Jones looks at the influence that Arthurian legend has had, and continues to have on literature and film.
• Profile of Roland Mathias by Jeremy Hooker
The author looks at the life of Roland Mathias - historian, poet, critic and teacher - and the important role he has played in the development of Anglo-Welsh writing.
• by Moira Dearnley
Moira Dearnely on the view of Wales in the novels of 19th Century writer, Anne Beale.
• Glyn Jones and I go to Paris by Elwyn Davies
Extracts from the 1932 diary of Elwyn Davies.
• Books and Curators by J R Kenyon
J R Kenyon on the library of the National Museum of Wales.
• Letter from America by David Lloyd
On poetry magazines.
• Write On! New Theatre in Wales by David Adams
A report on Made in Wales's Write on Festival in Mold and Cardiff.
• The Ferryman's Daughter by Alun Richards
• The Agony in the Garden by Lynn Kramer
• Elephants Never Forget by Bernard Harrington
• A Bird in the House by Katie Campbell
Poems by :
Vuyelwa Carlin
Christine Evans
Catherine Fisher
Anne Stevenson
John Heath-Stubbs
Christopher Meredith
William Oxley
Barry Simner
Edwin Morgan
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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New Welsh Review can
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• Love in the Days of Rage by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Published by Bodley Head
ISBN pb 166pp £8.95
Reviewed by John Turner
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• Rumours of Fulfilment by Robert Watson
Published by Seren
ISBN pb 201pp £4.95
Reviewed by Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan
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• Themes on a Variation by Edwin Morgan
Published by Carcanet
ISBN pb 140pp £6.95
Reviewed by Ian Gregson
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• A Various Art by Ed by Andrew Crozier & Tim Longville
Published by Carcanet
ISBN pb 377pp £12.95
Reviewed by Sean Hand
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• the new british poetry by Ed by F D'Aguiar, G Allnut, E Mottram, K Edward
Published by Paladin
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Reviewed by Ian Gregson
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• Let's Talk about the Weather by Marin Sorescu
Published by Forest Books
ISBN pb 96pp £5.95
Reviewed by Sean Hand
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• Symphonies in Black: The Paintings of Nicholas Evans by Rhoda Evans
Published by Y Lolfa
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Reviewed by John Harvey
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• Eyecatcher by Mike Kreciala
Published by Kindredson Publishing
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Reviewed by Ian Bell
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• A Game of Two Halves by Phil Merrick
Published by The Book Guild
ISBN pb 173pp £9.50
Reviewed by Ian Bell
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• Taliesin: Poems by
Published by Llanerch Enterprises
ISBN pb 120pp £4.95
Reviewed by Tony Conran
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• Wilderness/ Just Bounce by Nigel Wells
Published by Bloodaxe
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Reviewed by Clive Meachen
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• The Virgin and the Nightingale by Fleur Adcock
Published by Bloodaxe
ISBN pb 96pp £5.95
Reviewed by R V Bailey
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• Immrama by Catherine Fisher
Published by Seren
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Reviewed by R V Bailey
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