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The Green Indian Problem, The Blue Book of Nebo

Tim Cooke admires two novels that make innovative use of epistolary forms written from the point of view of children, both firmly rooted in their Welsh locations and exploring themes of identity, change and the mother–child relationship

PUBLISHED ON: 28/06/22

CATEGORY: Reviews

Writing in the first person from a child’s perspective is fraught with difficulty. Achieving an authentic language, delivering realistic insights and …

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I am the Mask Maker and Other Stories

Zoe Lambert admires a refreshing and perceptive collection exploring how older men, on the cusp of change, reframe or relinquish the power they once took for granted

PUBLISHED ON: 22/02/22

CATEGORY: Reviews

‘This is how it starts, you know. Weird behaviour.’ So declares Dan, the son of retired farmer Jim, in ‘Oh, Hanami (or Fall Seven Times and Stand up E …

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The Book of Jem

JL George assesses a powerful literary dystopia and admires its sense of rootedness but finds that it may disappoint some readers in its characterisation choices

PUBLISHED ON: 26/01/22

CATEGORY: Reviews

Set in a future world that has banned religion in the aftermath of cataclysmic wars, Carole Hailey’s The Book of Jem portrays the implosion of an isol …

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Five Minutes with JL George

Author JL George talks to New Welsh Review about her debut dystopian novella The Word, the near future, how to help your readers to expect the impossible, and how her next writing project will give her the chance to dress up her characters in ridiculous outfits

PUBLISHED ON: 14/12/21

CATEGORY: Interview

New Welsh Review: How are you feeling now that your debut novel The Word (epub version available here) is out in the world and you’ve launched it with …

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Water, Water, Nowhere

Heledd Williams

PUBLISHED ON: 22/10/19

CATEGORY: Fiction

Mattie tried to remain composed while she faced the IriScan, keeping her features relaxed so the pigment algorithm of her irises could be analysed. It …

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Views of the Wildmill Estate

Tim Cooke (Photography by Ben Absalom)

PUBLISHED ON: 22/10/19

CATEGORY: Essays

Equipped only with a black iPhone, he enters the estate via a tunnel below a Victorian railway bridge. The road along which he is walking is called Ce …

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