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Patrick Hannan talks about MPs' expenses furore on BBC News website
An interview with Patrick Hannan, author of A Useful Fiction: Adventures in British Democracy, is live on the BBC News website. In the book, Hannan says the MPs' expenses furore is the biggest political scandal he has seen. During the interview, he comments, “I’ve never seen anything that’s called into question the whole political structure”. To listen to the interview, click here.
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Poetry Wales/Purple Moose Poetry Prize
The winner of the Poetry Wales/Purple Moose Poetry Prize will be announced soon. We had a huge number of entries, and the judges have been delighted by the high quality of the poems, though this will make the final decision all the more challenging. Entrants will be informed personally, and an announcement will be made on the website.
New & Forthcoming Titles
Hoofpicks: Photographs of the Horse in Wales
Bruce CardwellPhotographer Bruce Cardwell has captured the whole world of the horse in Wales in this stunning collection of black and white photographs. From the internationally famous Welsh cob to wild ponies roaming housing estates, from mounted shepherds in mid Wales to mounted police in the south and much more, this book is a must for horse lovers…
Hoofpicks will be launched at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 7th July, 6pm and at the Royal Welsh Show on 22nd July, 3pm. All welcome.
PUBLICATION JULY 2009; AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW.
Later Selected Poems
Sheenagh PughA poet renowned for the clarity of her style, the originality of her subject matter, and for her erudite and spiky online presence, Sheenagh Pugh is a poet at the heighth of her career. This book is a companion to her popular earlier Selected Poems, originally published in 1990, and collects a wide selection of her later poems …
PUBLICATION JULY 2009; AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW.
At the Bright Hem of God: Radnorshire Pastoral
Peter J. Conradi'Imbued with the author's intimate knowledge and love of the Welsh Border country Conradi's new book is rich in insights, surprises and delights.' – James Roose Evans
Down the centuries Radnorshire has fascinated and inspired, as a place of contemplation, exploration, creation and retreat. In At the Bright Hem of God Peter J. Conradi examines both his own relationship with the place and responses to it by writers from Gerald of Wales,who passed through in 1176, to the present day…
The Tethers
Carrie Etter“Terse, wry, discreetly metaphysical, Carrie Etter’s poems have the economy of good jokes. A first book to be remarked.” – Rosanna Warren
American expatriate Carrie Etter’s debut collection, The Tethers, introduces a compelling new voice. With a lyric intensity born of compression and linguistic precision, The Tethers’ travels are as much psychological as physical, exploring the life of the mind as it engages with delight and despair, pleasure and hardship, in an unusually mature first book …
Seahorses are Real
Zillah BethellSeahorses are Real is a haunting tale of love and tragedy, which revolves around the frequently avoided subject of domestic violence against men. This intense, beautifully-written novel is a moving human tale of how lovers can create and destroy each other’s happiness …
Seahorses are Real will be launched at Bryngarw Arts Festival as part of a Poetry and Prose evening, also to include readings from Hilary Llewellyn-Williams and Cat Weatherill. Thursday 9th July, from 7pm at Bryngarw Country Park & House, Brynmenyn, Bridgend. Tickets are available by calling the Grand Pavilion Box Office, Tel: 01656 815995
