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Rainer Maria Rilke

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The Long Field

Chris Moss on a memoir of place, full of ageless energy, where pink-lensed romance is balanced by reality

PUBLISHED ON: 25/01/22

CATEGORY: Reviews

In the beginning the sky had more to offer. That’s where the action was, in the chaotic skyscape of west Wales. Cumulous banks, dazzling as airborne g …

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Digital Voices This online course would suit you

Digital VoicesThis online course would suit you if are an artist or a creative practitioner, someone working with community programmes, an archivist looking to increase your professional skills, someone who is interested in their local history, or simply someone who is wanting to capture the voices and memories of those you care about. Enrolling now! #aberystwythuniversity https://lnkd.in/ey2FhGBS

The term ‘confessional poet’ is obviously less

The term ‘confessional poet’ is obviously less of a descriptor and more of a slur, largely aimed at mid-century female writers. But go back far enough (like pre-Jesus far enough) and you’ll find actual male ‘confessionals’ who got busy writing about emotional entanglement, scandals and sexy-time... Free to view! Jemma L King @JemmaKingPoet on Isobel Williams' Catullus: Shibari Carmina, Carcanet Press. https://newwelshreview.com/catullus-shibari-carmina

18 days left and the submissions are really rollin

18 days left and the submissions are really rolling in now! 📚📚 📚1st Prize £1000 publication + agent review, 2nd Prize: Four night stay Ty Newydd writers retreat, 3rd Prize Two night stay @gladstoneslibrary https://newwelshreview.com/award-page/2022-awards/2022-awards-submit-your-entry

Congratulations to #JLGeorge whose dystopian novel

Congratulations to #JLGeorge whose dystopian novel The Word is OUT TODAY!“Clever, bleak, violent” - #lloydmarkham“A vital new voice in Welsh literature “ @patrickjoneswriter“A fascinating read” - #CathrynSummerhayes“For readers of Margaret Atwood and Kazuo Ishiguro” - @_thebookseller“A great adventure story with survival and rebellion at its heart” - The Western Mail#amreading#dystopia#booklaunch#novel#launch

#NewWelshAwards launches TODAY and is now open #W

#NewWelshAwards launches TODAY and is now open#Writers, send us your BEST prose works with a #Welsh theme or setting for magazine editor Gwen Davies to judge.Entries must be between 5,000 – 30,000 words and submitted by 15 Feb 20221st Prize: £1,000 as advance against e-publication and critique by #cathrynsummerhayes2nd Prize: 4-night writer’s retreat at Nant @llencymru_litwales @canolfantynewydd3rd Prize: 2-night stay @gladstoneslibrary Link in Bio#amwriting #WritingfromWales #writingcompetition #WritersLife #writing

Happy @nationalpoetryday everyone! To celebrate,

Happy @nationalpoetryday everyone!To celebrate, here’s a poem by Aberystwyth medic and poet Steven Hastings ‘Memory Clinic II’. To read an interview with the poet, head over to the New Welsh Review website...#Poetry#Choice#Memory#Poem#Wales#Aberystwyth

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