Birdsong

Dewi Roberts

From the epic mythologies of the Mabinogion through to the present day, birds have exerted a powerful influence on the literature of Wales. This unique anthology gathers together a remarkable range of poetry and prose ...

Blind Man’s Meal

Bryan Aspden

Bryan Aspden’s second collection crosses Western Europe in its search for individuality in the face of an increasingly bureaucratic world. In the wake of Chernobyl, the rise of consumerism and mass media, and in the breaking down of national barriers he looks to the diverse cultures of Wales, France and Spain for an affirmation of identity in the shadow of bland universalism ...

Blodeuwedd

Tony Conran

Many of the poems in this collection are written for people whom they celebrate and remember. They include a homage to Sorley Maclean, ’A Fern from Skye’, and the ’Elegy for the Welsh Dead’, perhaps the finest poem about the Falklands War ever written ...

The Blood Choir

Tim Liardet

SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S. ELIOT PRIZE 2006

Tim Liardet’s masterly new collection, The Blood Choir, will surprise readers with its dramatic subject matter: teaching poetry in prison. An acutely observed incident is recalled and given a multitude of perspectives, each perspective resounding with an emotional corollary ...

 

The Bloodstream

Ceri Meyrick

This is the first in a series of SEREN POETS volumes, featuring the work of five poets. Four are collected here for the first time: Wayne Burrows, Rose Flint, Lucien Jenkins and Merryn Williams. The...

The Blue Book

Owen Sheers

This impressive debut includes poems on a wide range of themes: from recollections of a return to Fiji, to sharper memories of an adolescence in a rural town in Wales; from dark ruminations on farm...

Blue Horse of Morning

Rose Flint

Blue Horse of Morning is Rose Flint’s first full collection of poems. From wild love poems where angels float above hedgerows, to poignant elegies for relatives, to intense meditations on social and environmental themes, these poems promise to surprise and inspire ...

Blue Sky July

Nia Wyn

Book of the Month on BBC Radio 5 for October
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Featured in the Daily Mail  and The Guardian
WH Smith’s ’Book of the Month’ in Wales for October

“This is an astonishing book…she has succeeded brilliantly, and in the process brought us a wonderful story, beautifully told, about an astonishing little boy and his amazing mother.” – Rosita Sweetman, Sunday Independent, Jan 08

“This book, which one almost hesitates to call a novel, is a tribute to the power of maternal love and the indomitable spirit of a small boy and his mother. Despite the tragedy of its subject matter it is a novel of optimism and hope.”  – Gillian Rowlands, Cambria, April 08

“It’s the strangest time – a birth – for life to start falling apart”

Set between the summers of 1998 and 2005 in Cardiff, Blue Sky July follows the story of a mother whose child suffers a devastating brain injury. It traces her journey into a world hidden away in society’s pockets as she battles against impossible odds to heal him…

This book will challenge your heart and change your views.

There is a huge media buzz surrounding Blue Sky July at the moment; it has been featured in The Guardian, Daily Mail, Western Mail, South Wales Echo, Wales on Sunday, Good Housekeeping, Wedi 3, BBC Wales Today  and BBC website. There will be more press coverage to come, so keep checking the website for updates…

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"A heartbreaking tour-de-force that is taking the literary world by storm." The Daily Mail